The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health issued Monday its daily report about the coronavirus updates, recording 14 new infection cases and raising their total to 859.
The report mentioned that 549 PCR tests were conducted during the past 24 hours, adding that the total number of recoveries reached 234.
According to the report, no new corona-related deaths were recording, keeping toll at 26.
It is worth noting that the ministry is conducting random PCR tests in several towns which hosted covid-19 patients.
The public health minister, Dr. Hamad Hasan, warned of the dangers the loosening obedience to the anti-coronavirus measures, stressing that this would waste the positive outcomes achieved recently in Lebanon.
In this regard, Dr. Hasan said that implementing a full lockdown on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (May 15, 16 & 17) in order to restrict the measures and control the pandemic outbreak.
The defense minister Zeina Akar issued a statement in which it announced the reduction of the military tribunal’s activities and restrict them to tackle only the urgent files till May 24 as a number of military guards at the court contracted the military virus.
Lebanon has been fighting the coronavirus since February 21 when the first case was confirmed. The ministry of public health and the rest of the competent authorities have taken all the necessary measures to cope with the pandemic outbreak, achieving globally acknowledged positive results in this regard.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
