Lebanon has recorded 2,253 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Fifty-one more people have died, raising the death toll to 5,715 20 March 2021
The lira has strengthened but is still trading within a wide band between LL10,500 and LL11,400 to the dollar, indicating extreme uncertainty 20 March 2021
The sixth shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has arrived in Lebanon, the NNA reports. The batch of 53,820 doses brings the total number received from the American-German partnership to 224,640. About 140,000 shots have been administered, according to the Health Ministry 20 March 2021
The Beirut port explosion was so powerful, it shook earth’s ionosphere, researchers from India and Japan have found. Using GPS data, the scientists found the blast was similar to volcano eruptions in its effect on the ionosphere, which begins around 50 kilometers above sea level 20 March 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan announced a deal for 750,000 additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses, set to arrive in May and June, the NNA reports. Lebanon’s inoculation campaign has been slowed down in part due to a lack of doses 20 March 2021
