Lebanon’s hospitals on Monday started receiving batches of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines, and the inoculation process of healthcare workers is expected to kick off soon. The Notre Dame des Secours hospital in Jbeil and Sidon’s Governmental Hospital were the first medical centers to get the vaccine batches.
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Vaccination process begins at Rafic Hariri University Hospital
Rafic Hariri University Hospital launched this morning the first vaccination campaign against the Corona epidemic for health care workers at the COVID-19 Vaccine Center, which was rehabilitated and equipped with a grant from the Al-Waleed Bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation. Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab had inspected the Corona Vaccine Center in the hospital, where he...
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Hassan launches vaccination campaign in Metn
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, on Sunday, launched the vaccination campaign against the Coronavirus at the “Jesus the King” Hospital in Broumana, in the presence of representatives of the International Red Cross and health workers. Father Jean Youssef Al-Bustani, 88, received the first vaccine, followed by 90-year-old Sister Rose Rashid. The vaccination process...
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Diab inspects COVID-19 vaccination centers at Rafiq Hariri Hospital
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, today inspected the Covid-19 vaccination center at Rafic Hariri University Hospital. He was received by Minister of Health Hamad Hassan, Head of the National Committee for Vaccination, Dr. Abdel Rahman Al-Bizri, and General Manager of RHUH, Dr. Firas Al-Abiad. PM Diab was accompanied by his Advisor, Khodor Taleb. Premier Diab...
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Ministers Hassan, Abdel Samad begin a tour of the vaccination centers by visiting St. George Hospital
Caretaker Public Health and Information Ministers, Dr. Hamad Hassan and Dr. Manal Abdel-Samad Najd, accompanied by the Chairman of the National Committee for Vaccine Management, Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Bizri and Head of the Parliamentary Health Committee, Dr. Assem Araji, began this evening a tour of the accredited vaccination centers by visiting Saint George Hospital, which has...
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Lebanon to receive first COVID-19 vaccine doses today
Lebanon is expected to receive this afternoon about 28,500 of the Pfizer vaccine doses, in a move by the Lebanese government to curb the Corona outbreak. In this context, the Ministry of Public Health announced Saturday afternoon that the first doses of Pfizer vaccines will arrive at Beirut International Airport at 4:30 p.m., coming from...
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Hassan from Marjayoun Hospital: No obstacle to starting vaccination on Monday
Caretaker Public Health Minister Hamad Hassan visited this afternoon the Marjayoun Governmental Hospital, as part of a tour of the districts of Jezzine, Marjayoun and Bint Jbeil, where he announced the opening of a new section for treating Corona patients at the hospital. Hassan stressed his Ministry’s determined follow-up on the development of governmental hospitals...
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Information International’s Opinion Poll reveals information about Lebanese people’s intent to get Covid-19 vaccine: 38% reject it, 31% want to get it, 31% have not decided
Information International on Monday distributed a statement containing the results of an opinion poll it had conducted on the willingness of the Lebanese population to receive the Coronavirus vaccine. The statement explained that the company had conducted a poll from January 30, 2021 to February 4, 2021, to discover the opinion of a representative sample...
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Ministers of Health, Information launch national registration platform for coronavirus vaccination
Caretaker Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan, and Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, launched this Thursday the national platform for registration for the coronavirus vaccine, in a press conference held at the Ministry of Public Health. Hassan affirmed that the goal is to “deliver real information to the citizens, and we pray that they will...
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Diab chairs Inter-Ministerial Coronavirus Committee meeting to discuss vaccination plan
Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired at the Grand Serail, the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the follow up of Coronavirus Vaccination Plan. The meeting was attended by Ministers Zeina Akar, Imad Hoballah, Michel Najjar, Ramzi Musharrafieh, Hamad Hassan, Talal Hawat, Vartine Ohanian, and Charbel Wehbe, in addition to Parliamentary Health Committee Head, MP...