And Health Minister Firas Al-Abyad announced, after he chaired in the Grand Serail, the committee to follow up on preventive measures for the “Corona” virus, that it had been decided to “exempt vaccinated arrivals to Lebanon from taking a PCR or antigen test at the borders upon arrival, provided that the last dose of the vaccine does not exceed six months.”
It was also decided to “request the Infectious Diseases Committee in the Ministry of Public Health to reconsider the protocols in terms of the duration of isolation or examinations to be circulated to all educational and other facilities, and to prepare a proposal for safety procedures to be followed at polling stations in the upcoming parliamentary elections.”
Al-Abyad explained that “the number of people infected with corona registered daily has decreased in the past two weeks, and the percentage of positive tests and the reproductive number that has fallen below one, which are indications that the injuries in Lebanon are further declining.”
And the Minister of Health indicated that “reaching the rate of sixty percent of the vaccinated is an important goal to reach in the next stage until the beginning of the summer, when it is expected that large numbers of non-resident Lebanese will come, in addition to anticipating a new cycle of the pandemic that has not ended and new mutant may emerge.” It is imperative to maintain a high degree of preparedness.”
Yesterday, the Ministry of Health recorded 3,978 new cases of “Corona” and 18 deaths due to infection with the virus.