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The World Bank is reviewing a response from the Health Ministry regarding today's deadline for the ministry to disclose data on COVID-19 inoculations, a Bank official told L'Orient Today. The deadline was issued after last week’s vaccine line-jumping scandal at Parliament
4 March 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,369 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Fifty-three more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 4,919
4 March 2021
Families of those killed in the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion have gathered in front of the port to mark the seven month anniversary of the blast
4 March 2021
Protesters have blocked multiple roads across the country, including the Ring Bridge, Achrafieh, Ghobeiri Street leading to the Kuwaiti Embassy, Mina Highway in Tripoli, Naameh Highway and the Ferzol roundabout in Zahle, the Traffic Management Center reports
4 March 2021
The Lebanese army says it has resumed the disbursement of aid for owners of homes damaged by the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, handing out over LL3.3 billion in aid today with distribution set to continue tomorrow and to eventually reach a total of LL150 billion in this phase
4 March 2021
Protesters have gathered in Beirut’s Martyr Square and blocked the road with burning tires, the NNA reports. The renewed protest comes as the lira continues to trade at a record low of LL10,000 to the dollar for the third consecutive day
4 March 2021
The bakeries syndicate has issued a statement calling on the Economy Ministry to fix and unify prices for raw materials needed to bake bread, including flour and yeast, to ensure fair bread prices. It added that many bakeries are currently struggling to purchase such materials
4 March 2021
Parliament’s environment committee has decided to form a “crisis cell” to coordinate a response to the pollution of Lebanon’s shoreline due to an oil spill off the coast of occupied Palestine, MP Qassem Hashem (Amal Bloc/Marjayoun) said following a committee meeting
4 March 2021
Protesters have blocked the Airport Road south of Beirut with burning tires. Thursday marks the third consecutive day of demonstrations and roadblocks sparked by the record drop in the value of the Lebanese lira
4 March 2021
Law expert says there is 'no legal basis' for the Health Ministry’s rejection of a deadline to vaccinate an 80-year-old
BEIRUT — The Health Ministry has hit back at a judge for ruling that it must vaccinate an elderly man for COVID-19 by Friday or face a fine, saying the decision is illegal. However, Nizar Saghieh,...
Emily Lewis, 4 March 2021
Électricité du Liban added that the power supply is expected to improve “across Lebanon, including Beirut” after all carriers have unloaded their fuel. Lebanon has experienced increased power outages in recent weeks as a result of fuel shortages
4 March 2021
EDL has said a tanker laden with fuel has finished unloading at the Deir Ammar power plant and a second is expected to complete unloading its fuel at the Jiyyeh plant tomorrow. EDL added that the unloading of a third tanker, carrying fuel for two Turkish power barges, will follow
4 March 2021
Cimenterie Nationale has said it will stop supplying cement from Saturday due to the exhaustion of its stock. The firm, one of three cement producers that run an effective oligopoly, says it has been unable to secure essential raw materials since the government shut its quarries
4 March 2021
The Health Ministry adds that the man will be vaccinated “sooner or later” according to the national vaccine plan, which is still working through the over-75 and health care worker group. The judge’s decision followed the vaccination of 12 MPs outside the official platform
4 March 2021
The Health Ministry has said that a ruling ordering the COVID-19 vaccination of an 80-year-old within 48 hours under threat of a fine can be considered “illegal” as the judge did not consult the ministry before making a judgement and cannot impose a “coercive fine” on the state
4 March 2021
Abdul Rahman Bizri, the head of the national committee on COVID-19 vaccines, tells VDL Radio 100.3-100.5 that the committee will follow up with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on the first shipment of its vaccines to Lebanon, which was meant to arrive by this week
4 March 2021
Public transport fare hike, protests continue, deadline for Health Ministry: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Protesters hit the streets across the country again yesterday, albeit in smaller numbers than Tuesday , while the president...
