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The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Lebanon as officials vow equitable distribution

BEIRUT — The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Lebanon on Saturday, with officials vowing they would be distributed fairly on the basis of priorities laid out in the national vaccination...

Omar Tamo, 13 February 2021

Lebanon has registered 2,906 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Forty-six more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 3,961

13 February 2021

The plane carrying the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport. This batch contains 28,500 doses, according to the Health Ministry

13 February 2021

The Health Ministry has announced that 28,500 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines will arrive at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport today at 4:30 p.m. The vaccines will be stored in the ministry’s medical refrigerators and then distributed to accredited hospitals

13 February 2021

The press office of the caretaker finance minister has denied that the ministry received a letter from BDL promising that the central bank would comply with the law lifting banking secrecy for one year to conduct a forensic audit. BDL said yesterday that it had sent such a letter

13 February 2021