The COVID-19 positivity rate has drastically increased in Lebanon as the COVID-19 delta variant spreads amongst residents.
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"We’re living in a country where the hospitals don’t have medicine, and the pharmacies are closed," said Jouri al-Sayyed's uncle.
Almost half of Lebanon’s newly recorded coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours have been reported to be the highly contagious Delta variant.
Lebanese medicine Importers warned on Sunday that the country may run out of essential imported medication by the end of July.
“The covid situation in Lebanon is not reassuring," Firass Abiad, Director of Rafik Hariri University Hospital (RHUH), tweeted.
Despite its significant challenges, remote working in Lebanon has the potential to advance the economy.
The vaccine doses administered over the weekend in Lebanon surpassed the ministry's initial target of 20,000 - 25,000 jabs.
The new center will be managed by the Red Cross and has the capacity to administer up to 5,000 shots per day.
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Over 10,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were administered on Saturday during the Ministry of Health’s “vaccination marathon."
An expedited vaccine rollout can prevent further COVID-19 related deaths and hospitalizations across Lebanon.