A new batch containing 29,250 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses has arrived in Lebanon, bringing the total number of Pfizer doses delivered to 498,420, the Health Ministry announced 8 May 2021
Lebanon has registered 435 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Twenty-four more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,460 8 May 2021
The ISF Information Branch detained 51 Syrians allegedly trying to flee to Cyprus from the area of Anfeh, Koura, as well as three suspected smugglers. The suspects denied involvement in the operation, which would have cost $2,500 per person upon arrival in Cyprus, the ISF said 8 May 2021
A team from the Agricultural Quarantine Center prevented a ship from China from unloading 31,000 tons of rotten rice containing a significant amount of mold and residue from toxic pesticides at the Port of Tripoli, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement 8 May 2021
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