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90,000 Sinopharm vaccines will join a trend in inoculations distributed outside the national vaccination plan

BEIRUT — Lebanon received a donation of 90,000 doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine on Tuesday — its first donation of COVID-19 inoculations from a foreign state. However, these vaccines...

Emily Lewis, 6 April 2021

BDL will provide outstanding documents necessary for the forensic audit’s revival, the Finance Ministry says

BEIRUT — Banque du Liban has agreed to hand over the remaining documents requested as part of a forensic audit of its activity during the past five years, the Finance Ministry said in a statement...

Omar Tamo, 6 April 2021

The Beirut port silos are at risk of partial collapse, a new report finds

In a report recently provided to Lebanese authorities and reviewed by  L’Orient-Le Jour , engineer Emmanuel Durand cautions that a section of the Beirut port grain silos at risk of collapsing...

Marie Jo SADER, 6 April 2021

Lebanon has registered 2,296 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Thirty-six more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,479

6 April 2021

In an open letter published in the French newspaper Le Monde, more than 100 Lebanese civil society activists called for French President Emmanuel Macron to "freeze assets of doubtful origin held in France by Lebanese political and economic leaders"

6 April 2021

The central bank is set to provide the rest of the documents requested as part of Alvarez & Marsal's audit of BDL by the end of the month, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The statement follows a meeting between representatives of the ministry, the auditing firm and BDL

6 April 2021

Former Defense Minister Yaacoub Sarraf has given Judge Tarek Bitar a copy of a file that contains information about the Beirut port blast, the NNA reports. The two met earlier today after Sarraf came forward saying he had details about the explosion that he wanted to share

6 April 2021

An advisory team from Hamburg Port Consulting, one of the firms leading redevelopment efforts for the Beirut port, arrived to Lebanon for a five-day visit, local media report. The team plans to hold a press conference on Thursday to present its study on the port's reconstruction

6 April 2021

As vaccinations lag, a record two-thirds of the patients who died from COVID-19 over the weekend were younger than 75, according to Rafik Hariri University Hospital head Firass Abiad, who cited the Health Ministry's most recent figures. The youngest patient to succumb was 24

6 April 2021

The defense counsel for Salim Ayyash, a Hezbollah operative found guilty in absentia for his part in the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, will not be allowed to appeal his trial and sentencing, the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has ruled.

6 April 2021

‘A space to listen’: Lebanese tackle crisis on Clubhouse

BEIRUT — In a break from social media mud-slinging and Lebanon’s perennially polarized debates, audio app Clubhouse is hosting a new kind of conversation in the crisis-hit country. ...

6 April 2021

This first 50,000 doses of a donation from China of the Sinopharm vaccine for COVID-19 have arrived. Some 10,000 doses are earmarked for the military; the remainder will go to media and public sector personnel. China will donate 90,000 doses in total, its ambassador said

6 April 2021

Bassam Tleis, head of the land transport unions, has announced a strike tomorrow that will see taxis, buses, vans and trucks cease operating from 6–10 a.m. in protest of deteriorating living conditions, the NNA reports

6 April 2021

Lebanon’s vaccine rollout neglects refugees and migrants, Human Rights Watch says

Lebanon’s vaccine rollout is at risk of marginalizing refugees and migrant workers who make up a third of the crisis-hit country’s population, Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday....

6 April 2021

The northern section of the grain silos that absorbed much of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion must be demolished to avoid collapse, Swiss engineering company Amann Engineering has said in a report seen by L’Orient-Le Jour

6 April 2021

Power to come back, subsidy dollars running low, plans for the port: Everything you need to know to start your day

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Electricity generation is expected to gradually improve as a fuel tanker finishes replenishing two major power plants. On...

6 April 2021