Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hasan highlighted on Monday the necessity to impose full lockdown amid the sharp rise in the number of coronavirus infection cases nationwide.
Following a meeting for the Medical Scientific Committee at the Ministry of Public Health, the minister described the full lockdown as “a chance to beef up the readiness of the healthcare sector.”
“Partial lockdown did not yield the sought results,” he indicated in remarks carried by National News Agency.
He also announced that after a series of contacts with the Central Bank, it had been decided to earmark certain amounts for private hospitals to devote wards to coronavirus treatment.
Source: NNA
