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People Beg For Hospital Beds as Covid Crisis Overwhelms Lebanon Published January 10th, 2021 - 09:18 GMT
Health professionals have warned that the latest surge in cases risked causing catastrophe across Lebanon, which is already suffering from the aftermath of a devastating August explosion in Beirut and a dire economic crisis. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
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Lebanon still has not received any vaccine as parliament delays action on needed law.
A senior Lebanese health official broke down in tears while describing how stricken coronavirus patients had begged him for a vacant hospital bed so that they would not die at home in front of their families.
Diplomatic reconciliation with Israel will help break its regional isolation, please US
Updated 31 March 2021
March 31, 2021 01:37
ANKARA: Turkey has informed Israel it is set to appoint an ambassador to Tel Aviv once Israel commits to simultaneously reciprocating the gesture, according to a media report.
Newspaper Israel Hayom, citing a senior Turkish official, made the claim on Monday. Turkey has not confirmed the report.
Analysts said that following a decade-long deterioration in bilateral ties, especially after the Mavi Marmara incident when Israeli commandos boarded a ship in a Gaza aid flotilla and Turkish activists died, both sides would need to restore trust with each other through concrete and sincere steps, rather than immediately expect the red carpet treatment.
Lebanon Welcomes The New Year in Style Published December 31st, 2020 - 08:42 GMT (Shutterstock)
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Citizens have also been ordered not to celebrate by shooting guns into the air, and dancing in bars and restaurants has already been banned.
Lebanon has begun the countdown to what are expected to be muted New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Despite some hotels and nightclubs reporting healthy bookings for parties and events, the country’s dire economic situation and a surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is likely to result in most citizens seeing in 2021 at home.
Shops and catering stores have been relatively busy with people buying items to mark New Year’s Eve and pre-ordering home deliveries of food.
BEIRUT: Lebanon has begun the countdown to what are expected to be muted New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Despite some hotels and nightclubs reporting healthy bookings for parties and events, the country’s dire economic situation and a surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is likely to result in most citizens seeing in 2021 at home.
Shops and catering stores have been relatively busy with people buying items to mark New Year’s Eve and pre-ordering home deliveries of food.
Hotels hosting parties said bookings had exceeded expectations, but restaurant owners’ syndicate head, Pierre Al-Achkar, pointed out that 167 hotels damaged by the Beirut port explosion still required repairs and were unable to open.