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Pharmacists in north Lebanon have announced that they will go on strike tomorrow to protest “repeated attacks on the pharmaceutical corps” and holding pharmacists responsible for medicine shortages
7 July 2021
Following a raid on a Tripoli medicines warehouse by protesters earlier Wednesday, the Syndicate of Pharmacists has issued a statement calling on the security forces to play a greater role in protecting pharmacies from “repeated attacks and robberies”
7 July 2021
The value of the Lebanese lira has plunged to a new record low with parallel market exchangers selling dollars for over LL18,000
BEIRUT — The value of the Lebanese lira plunged to new record lows Wednesday with parallel market exchangers selling dollars for over LL18,000. The previous record sell rate of LL17,800 was set...
7 July 2021
Lebanon has registered 401 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily case count since May 21. Two more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,867
7 July 2021
Spike in ‘chemsex’ among Lebanon’s LGBT+ community that was broken by Beirut blast
BEIRUT — Lebanese drag performer Aniss Ezzeddine had been drug-free for seven months. But when a massive chemical explosion wrecked his hometown Beirut, all he wanted was to get high....
Timour Azhari, 7 July 2021
The French and US envoys to Lebanon will travel to Saudi Arabia tomorrow to discuss with Saudi officials the need for Lebanese leaders to form a new government as well as prospects for the international community to pressure those perceived to be blocking cabinet formation
BEIRUT — The French and US envoys to Lebanon are to visit Saudi Arabia, France’s embassy said Wednesday, an unusual move amid international pressure to lift Lebanon out of a roiling political and...
7 July 2021
Protesters have stormed a medicine warehouse in Tripoli, claiming to have found products that are currently out of stock in pharmacies, a video shared on social media shows. The protesters called on the Health Ministry to investigate and distribute the medicines, the NNA reports
7 July 2021
The committee also recommended that the Interior Ministry ensure that people hosting family and friends from abroad abide by preventive measures and that the Red Cross, Health Ministry and Interior Ministry form a new unit for monitoring cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant
7 July 2021
The committee for the follow-up of preventive measures and procedures to confront COVID-19 has recommended that travelers from the UAE, Ethiopia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia, Malawi and Kenya spend three nights in hotel quarantine on arrival to Lebanon
7 July 2021
Gas station owners have called on the state to develop a system for fairer fuel distribution to reduce congestion and deploy more security forces to protect station employees and customers. The owners said the continuation of current circumstances will force stations to close
7 July 2021
Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee has approved a draft law that would lift banking secrecy from all public workers, the committee's head, Ibrahim Kanaan, said, adding that the move aims to “hold people accountable through an independent and free judiciary”
7 July 2021
French envoy slams Diab for shifting blame on economic collapse
BEIRUT — The French ambassador to Lebanon rebuked the country’s outgoing prime minister for saying the country was under siege and blamed years of “mismanagement and inactivity” by Lebanese...
7 July 2021
Hasbaya Governmental Hospital in southern Lebanon has announced that it will host an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine “marathon” on Saturday for people aged 30 and older, starting from 8:30 a.m. The Health Ministry has not yet announced another nationwide vaccine marathon
7 July 2021
In a statement, the head of the Order of Physicians, Charaf Abou Charaf, said children’s vaccines are out of stock in Lebanon, adding that he has asked the World Health Organization for help securing them and that he will meet with the Health Ministry on Thursday about the issue
7 July 2021
Qatar to provide food aid for Lebanese soldiers amid economic crisis
DUBAI — Qatar will provide the Lebanese Armed Forces with 70 tons of food a month, the Qatari state news agency, QNA, reported, as Lebanon seeks assistance amid its worst economic and political...
7 July 2021
Fuel prices increased again today — reflecting a one-half to two-thirds price hike across the board over the past two weeks. Twenty liters of 95-octane gas now cost LL71,600; of 98-octance gas, LL73,800; and of diesel, LL55,500. A household gas tank now costs LL45,900
7 July 2021
Qatar tackles cabinet impasse, potential pharmacists’ strike, COVID-19 case jump: What to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Qatar’s foreign minister is in town to try his hand at breaking Lebanon’s monthslong cabinet formation stalemate. Mohammed bin...
