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Lebanon has registered 2,081 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Fifty-four more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 3,616

7 February 2021

Protesters have blocked the ring bridge with burning tires, the NNA reports. Earlier today, demonstrators had briefly blocked the Cola intersection in protest over the extension of the countrywide lockdown, albeit with restrictions slightly loosened as of tomorrow

7 February 2021

NSSF head Mohammad Karaki tells L’Orient Today the fund is investigating two hospitals in relation to the COVID-19 death of Dr. Nabil Kharrat: one allegedly refused to admit him, while the other appears to have charged much more than the 10% of the bill that a patient should pay

7 February 2021

The Lebanese Forces party, in a statement, denied local media reports that alleged it had been involved in running a hashish factory recently raided by the army in Deir al-Ahmar, while noting that an "overwhelming majority" of the population in the area is with the party

7 February 2021

Automatic approval of online requests to go out during the lockdown is suspended for one day Sunday and only emergency cases will be considered, the Impact platform, which runs the permit system, announced. The suspension is intended “to avoid fraudulent scenarios,” it said

7 February 2021