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Fewer COVID-19 patients seek hospital care, but facilities are still largely full
BEIRUT — The impact of the countrywide post-holiday lockdown may be starting to pay dividends as pressure on some hospitals declines — despite the Health Ministry registering 3,157 new cases of...
Georgi Azar, 10 February 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,157 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Sixty-six more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 3,803
10 February 2021
A 40-year-old man in the Nabatieh-area town of Kfar Tibnit tried to set himself on fire after Internal Security Forces officers ticketed him and shut down his barber shop, which was open in violation of the COVID-19 lockdown, the NNA reports. Bystanders intervened to stop him
10 February 2021
Order of Physicians head Charaf Abou Charaf said in a statement that the group “strongly rejects” some private hospitals’ practice of demanding prepayment from COVID-19 patients or issuing them with inflated bills for amounts allegedly not covered by public or private insurance
10 February 2021
Due to COVID-19, there will be no public event to mark the 16th anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination Sunday, his political party, the Future Movement, announced. Instead, his son and prime minister-designate Saad Hariri will give a televised speech
10 February 2021
Beirut Traders Association head Nicolas Chammas has called on the authorities to review the process of easing the countrywide COVID-19 lockdown. The lockdown prohibits the reopening of most commercial enterprises until phase three, which will not go into effect until next month
10 February 2021
Caretaker Education Minister Tarek Majzoub has said that official exams will go ahead this academic year unless the coronavirus situation in the country deteriorates. He has asked that teachers and students be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccination
10 February 2021
Riad Salameh, hero or villain?
When you think of a communist, the first names that come to mind are Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, or Leon Trotsky. In Lebanon, the late George Hawi or Hanna Gharib would be their local equivalents....
Dan AZZI, 10 February 2021
A few dozen protesters have blocked the road next to the military court in Beirut as they stage a sit-in to demand the release of those detained following demonstrations in Tripoli last month. Protesters also gathered outside the court on Monday
10 February 2021
A hotline will be launched tomorrow to support registration for the COVID-19 vaccine, head of the national vaccine committee Abdul Rahman Bizri has told LBCI. He reiterated that the first vaccines are expected to arrive in Lebanon on Saturday and Monday
10 February 2021
A group of business owners is staging a sit-in in front of the Economy Ministry to protest the requirement that they remain closed during the first stage of reopening under the countrywide COVID-19 lockdown, local media report
10 February 2021
The Lebanese Army says that it will detonate explosive remnants at sea facing the Dbaibo restaurant in Raouche, Beirut, starting at 11 a.m. It called on citizens and boat owners to stay clear of the location
10 February 2021
Qatari aid conditions, lockdown discontent, Tripoli detainees: Everything you need to know this Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . On a visit to Beirut, Qatar’s foreign minister said that his country will only provide aid once Lebanon forms a government....
