The Higher Defense Council will discuss tomorrow a proposed one-week complete lockdown, with all businesses to be closed and no cars allowed on the roads, a source with knowledge of the matter told L’Orient Today. It is “under discussion” whether the airport would be included 10 January 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,743 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Sixteen more people have died from the virus, bringing the death toll to 1,606 10 January 2021
President Michel Aoun has called a special meeting of the Higher Defense Council to be held at 3 p.m. Monday to discuss the health crisis and the situation of hospitals in the country, as COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise 10 January 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan told Addiyar newspaper that 60 hospitals have refused to cooperate with the ministry’s request to provide ICU beds for COVID-19 patients, withholding a total of 100 ICU beds. He said State Security is investigating the noncompliant hospitals 10 January 2021
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