More than 19,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine were administered today as part of a nationwide vaccine marathon, the Health Ministry announced. The marathon, in which over-55s and people with special needs can get a vaccine without a prior appointment, continues Sunday 12 June 2021
Judges have elected retirees Claude Karam and Thérèse Allawi as members of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, which was created by an anti-corruption law passed in May 2020. Alongside the judges it will comprise a lawyer, two financial experts and a public corruption expert 12 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 148 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Four more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,794 12 June 2021
In an emergency meeting on the health sector headed by caretaker Defense Minister Zeina Akar, attendees recommended that public health insurers meet next week to discuss increasing fees that hospitals charge insurers for medical services to help them cope with rising expenses 12 June 2021
Pharmacies across the country have closed their doors for a second consecutive day as part of a protest against worsening shortages of medicine and infant formula. Medical importers say the central bank is not providing the dollars needed to bring goods from abroad 12 June 2021
Hospitals across the country are offering Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for over-55s and people with special needs without a prior appointment today. Turnout so far has been high, the Health Ministry wrote on Twitter 12 June 2021
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