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The ISF has issued a warning for people not to open a link being circulated in a WhatsApp message purporting to offer LL400,000 in aid in exchange for registering. The link aims to steal information from recipients’ devices for later use in fraud, the statement said
18 January 2021
A record number of daily deaths comes as hospitals scramble to redirect resources to fight COVID-19
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s largest public hospital has announced it will overhaul its services to reallocate maximum resources to the fight against COVID-19 as the country grapples with its deadliest wave...
Emily Lewis, 18 January 2021
Lebanon has registered 53 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24-hours, setting a new daily record, while 3,144 people have tested positive. The total death toll now stands at 1,959
18 January 2021
The chairperson of the Spinneys supermarket chain has called on authorities to exempt supermarkets from delivery-only restrictions and allow people to obtain permission to shop in-store via the state’s COVID-19 IMPACT travel permission app, the NNA reports
18 January 2021
Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport recorded a 71 percent drop in passenger traffic in 2020 from the previous year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statistics published by the NNA
18 January 2021
Refugee settlements in Arsal were inundated in last night's downpour, with ankle-deep pools of standing water remaining today. A local NGO worker told L'Orient Today that, despite the lockdown, NGOs had been able to move around freely to distribute supplies in the flooded camps
18 January 2021
Farmers are selling approximately 80 percent less produce due to the COVID-19 lockdown limiting supermarkets and restaurants to operating via delivery only, the head of the Bekaa Farmers Association, Ibrahim Tarshishi, tells L'Orient Today
18 January 2021
BDL’s latest interim balance sheet shows an increase of LL1.46 trillion in circulation outside the central bank in the first half of January, putting the total over LL32 trillion, despite policies to lower it. The average biweekly increase in 2020 was around LL850 million
18 January 2021
Supermarkets are struggling to keep up with increased demand for delivery under the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, leading to days-long delays and significant wastage of fresh produce, the head of the Syndicate of Supermarket Owners Nabil Fahed tells L'Orient Today
18 January 2021
The puzzle of Mohamed Fehmi, Lebanon’s minister-general
BEIRUT — Seconds after the shockwave from a colossal explosion at Beirut’s port tore through the city on Aug. 4, caretaker Interior Minister Mohamed Fehmi said he ran to the back room of his...
Ghada Alsharif, 18 January 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has signed off on payments to private and public hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. The funds, borrowed from the World Bank, will be available for hospitals to withdraw from the central bank starting today
18 January 2021
The head of the Order of Physicians, Charaf Abou Charaf, told Al-Nour radio that about 500 doctors have emigrated due to the economic situation and said that incentives must be offered in order to address the lack of staffing
18 January 2021
Firass Abiad, the head of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, tweeted that his hospital will suspend non-essential medical activities and allocate their resources to COVID-19 wards. He added that it “is a moral and even legal obligation” for private hospitals to raise capacity
18 January 2021
Hospitals at capacity, mounting deaths, winter storm: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Lebanon’s COVID-19 nightmare continues unabated, with 40 more people dying from the virus yesterday. Hospitals are in...
