Lebanon declares health emergency 10 days

Less than a week after announcing the full shutdown, Lebanon extended the general mobilization until March 31 and declared a state of health emergency, after it reached a terrifying health reality and the Corona epidemic out of control. According to the head of the provisional government, Hassan Diab.
Yesterday, the Supreme Defense Council announced a complete curfew, from next Thursday until January 25, and a total closure. With the exception of some basic sectors, such as those related to the health, food, fuel, water and telecommunications sectors. It also prohibited the holding of public and private parties, social events, parties and gatherings of all kinds.
The decision stipulated the opening of supermarkets and food stores, provided that their work is limited only to delivery service. The decision kept the airport open and required arrivals from Baghdad, Istanbul, Adana, Cairo and Addis Ababa to stay 7 days on their own in a hotel and undergo a PCR test on arrival, and a second test on the sixth. day; “This is because arrivals from these countries make up 85 percent of the number of imported cases.”
Diab had pointed out, before the meeting of the Supreme Defense Council, that imposing the application of measures was not at the level of danger in the past, and that the government had taken new measures in which stricter measures were taken, generally than what What is required of the military and security services is to be strict to avoid a comprehensive collapse of health.
The Parliamentary Health Committee met yesterday morning on an emergency basis, after Acting Health Minister Hamad Hassan reported that Pfizer and global vaccine manufacturers are asking the House of Representatives to issue a law before delivering vaccines.
The head of the committee, Asim Araji, announced the decision to prepare a fast-track law to obtain vaccines on time. That is, in mid-February, then explaining that “this law is similar to all countries in the world, especially since Lebanon does not have any law that provides for the emergency use of vaccines and medicines, especially during pandemics or epidemics “.