National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19

Monday, September 01, 2020 Report #167 Time Published: 21:30 PM

17,777 171 12,610 Total registered cases Deaths (Active Cases) since Feb.21

1,367 16,410 4 New Deaths 12,274 344 Leb Expats Locals In home Isolation Currently hospitalized

4,988 469 Recoveries 0 247

New Cases Mild Cases in the Cumulative Mild Cases Past 24 hrs 3 466 644 Leb Expats Locals Cases registered among 1 97

medical staff In ICU in the past 24 Cumulative In ICU

518,312 hrs 20 Conducted PCR tests in Cases registered among labs since Feb.21 medical staff in the past

8,739 24 hrs PCR tests conducted Lebanon Internationally tests for locals in the last 24 hrs (in labs) Total registered cases 17,777 25,745,273 1,974 PCR tests conducted Total deaths 171 856,837 tests in airport in the past 24 hrs Percentage of deaths 0.86% 3.32%

Number of recoveries 4,988 18,025,077

*The Above data was last updated at 10:00 PM Number of Cases by Location • 4112 case is Under investigation

Beirut Cases Matn Cases Koura Cases Sour Cases Ain Mraisseh 1 2 1 Aaytit 1 Ras Beyrouth 1 2 1 Baflay 1 Raoucheh 2 1 1 Borj Chemali 3 Hamra 5 Beit Chaar 5 Other 1 Sour Bass 3 Ain Tineh 1 Beit Chabab 2 Ras Masqa 1 Sour Rachidiyeh 2 Msaitbeh 2 1 Zgharta Mtaouileh 13 Nabatieh Cases Mar Elias 1 Borj Hammoud 7 Mineh Danieh Cases Deir Zahrani 1 Sanayeh 2 1 Bakhaaoun 1 Harouf 1 Zarif 4 Daoura 3 Deir Aammar 1 Faouqa 1 Qantari 1 Deir Mar Roukoz 1 Izal 1 Marjeoun Cases Mazraa 3 Dekouaneh 10 Kfar Bebnine 1 Houla 1 Borj Abou Haidar 1 1 Minieh 11 Meiss Jabal 1 Basta Faouqa 1 Jall Dib 2 Nimrine 1 Baalbeck Cases Tariq Jdideh 10 Jisr Bacha 1 Other 1 Chaat 1 Ras Nabaa 3 Mansouriyeh 2 Qarsaita 1 Douris 1 Achrafiyeh 4 Mzakkeh 1 Akkar Cases Haouch Rafqa 1 Other 2 1 Aakkar Aatiqa 1 Qsarnaba 2 Baabda Cases Naqqach 1 Bebnine 2 Cases Aaraiya 1 Raouda Baouchriyeh 2 Berqayel 2 Hermel 1 Ain Roummaneh 2 1 Mohammad 1 Cases Baabda 2 Sabtiyeh 2 Fnaydeq 1 Batroun 1 Bir Hassan 1 Sinn Fil 3 Halba 1 Ouajh Hajar 1 Borj Brajneh 17 Zalqa 2 Ilat 1 Boutchay 1 Aleyh Cases Nahr Bared 1 Bsaba 1 Aaramoun 6 Other 1 Ghbayreh 4 Bchamoun 1 Sindianet Majdel 1 Hadath 1 Aamroussiyeh 1 Zahleh Cases Haret Hreik 8 Hay Sellom 3 Barr Elias 3 Jnah 2 Khaldeh 25 Chtaura 1 Mreijeh 1 Other 1 Qabb Elias 2 Unspecified 92 Other 3 Jbeil Cases Saadnayel 1 Total 469 Ouzaai 4 Adonis 1 Terbol 1 Sibnay 1 Cases Beqaa Gharby Chouf Cases Beddaoui 6 Machghara 2 Aammatour 1 Mina Jardins 17 Sohmor 1 Barja 5 Mina N:1 3 Saida Cases Chhim 1 Other 13 Aabra 1 Jiyeh 1 Trablous Bab Raml 1 Ain Heloueh 2 Joun 1 Trablous Jardins 4 Hlaliyeh 1 Ketermaya 1 Trablous Qoubbeh 13 Kharayeb 1 Mazboud 1 Trablous Tabbaneh 12 Mazraat Tebna 1 Other 1 Trablous Tall 1 Other 7 Kesrwan Cases Trablous Zahriyeh 2 Qiyaa 1 Adonis 2 Saida Ouastani 1 Ain Delbeh 1 Haret Sakhr 1 Zouk Mosbeh 1

Cases per day

The percentage of positive cases out of the number of daily checks (19 to 01 September, 2020)

Chronology of decisions according to number of cases

Distribution of deaths by Governorates

Distribution of deaths by Age

Distribution of recoveries by Districts

Comparison of the rate of doubling of the number of deaths in Lebanon with other countries (death doubling rate)

The distribution of the recorded deaths during the past 24 hours

Distribution of cases by nationality

Number of individuals in home isolation and percentage of commitment to isolation

Exposure Status of Cases

Distribution by age Distribution according to gender

Monthly Insights

Decisions and actions taken – 01/09/2020

General Directorate of State Security

• Investigating and following up on suspected and positive cases and cases in home quarantine for residents and expatriates.

• Sending warnings and closing a number of violating commercial stores in the various regions.

Beirut South North Akkar Beqaa Nabateih Hermel Mount Leb 7 0% 70% 65% 45% 80% 70% 80% 50%

Army

• The army carried out patrols in different Lebanese region

• Distributing food aid in various Lebanese regions through the CIMIC Office

• Establishing circumstantial barriers in various regions and supporting the security forces in measures to isolate the towns

General Directorate of Internal Security Forces

• Internal Security Forces circulated the preventive measures that must be followed when traveling by cars and using shared transportation and public cars.

• Writing arrest records against violators of the general closure decision

The number of seizure records during the past 24 hours The total number of Written records of violating institutions (absorptive capacity and 0 records that have been preventive measures) organized against violators of the general mobilization decisions since 3/8/2020 Written records of persons violating the decision to wear a mask 0 Beirut 20,520 84 Mount Leb 17,653 Written records of people violating the general mobilization decision (Aragil* and social distancing) Total 84 Beqaa 7,822 North 6,774 Beirut Mount Leb Beqaa North South South 6,599 0 41 19 3 21 Total 59,446

• ISF will be isolating the following areas for the next week:

Governorate/District Location

Baabda District Supporting the municipality of Majdalbana in isolating the town

Chouf District Supporting the municipality of Daraya in isolating the town

General Directorate of Public Security

• Implementing the required security and preventive measures at the airport, seaports and border crossings.

• Investigating and following up on suspected and positive cases and cases in home quarantine for residents and expatriates in the various Lebanese regions.

• Reporting new casualties among the elements of the internal security forces, internal security and the army.

Ministry of Public Health

The Ministry of Public Health announced a contribution secured from the budget reserve of fifteen (15) billion Lebanese pounds that will be distributed to support ten government hospitals in various Lebanese regions with the aim of developing and supporting them in containing the Corona pandemic.

During the weekly scientific committee meeting, the Ministry announced a set of challenges that impede an effective response to curb the spread of the virus, the most important of which is the failure of a number of citizens and institutions to abide by the instructions issued by the Ministry of Public Health, media campaigns that negatively affect public opinion and the reluctance of some hospitals to receive infected cases. In addition to other challenges, the spread of the epidemic in sensitive places, such as the elderly home or among foreign workers of different nationalities, and the registration of two deaths at an early age.

The Ministry issued additional test results for the upcoming trips on August 29 and 30, 2020, all of which were negative

Lebanese Red Cross 43,350 Number of PCR 0 Number of 48 ambulance 4226 cases (223 New) tests transferred additional centers (32 New) transferred to to laboratories ambulance hospitals centers ready to respond 166 Number of 1498 Number of 8534 67627 number of volunteers trained total number (72 New) those trained to paramedics of benefiting from transfer PCR respondents awareness tests *sessions 967 The number of 217 550 8345 university Number of volunteers university number of trained to follow volunteers total LRC trained up on trained to volunteers managers for prevention conduct for covid19 isolation measures in awareness centers companies and sessions institutions 4110 Number of 77,457 1221777 total 435 (3 New) beneficiaries (255 New) distriibuted (1 New) number of from Number of posters, rpisons that educational distributed brochures, have been electronic equipment and flyers on disinfected platforms covid19 COVID-19 prevention

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 43 Number of Flights 43 Number of Departing Individuals 4,178 Number of Arrivals 2,701

Port Entered Left Import Direction # Export Direction # Joneih Gasoline Jeyyeh 1 Tripoli Containers Greece 1 Blank Turkey 1 Corn Beirut 1 Metals Alexandaria 1 3 2

General announcements

On 8/31/2020, the National Committee for Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Measures to Confront the New Coronavir us issued the following recommendations based on an assessment of the reality of the epidemic:

• Activating the mechanism approved between the Ministry of Public Health and the Lebanese Red Cross to distribute and transfer suspected cases of Coronavirus to governmental and private hospitals through the call center established in the Ministry of Health, provided that the Red Cross is provided with daily regulations about the hospital occupancy rate. • Activating the work of the electronic platform IMPACT at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to monitor the situation of those infected with Coronavirus. • Reopening amusement centers with an occupancy rate of 50% only, while adhering to the highest preventive measures • Reopening the external wedding gardens only, subject to obtaining approval from the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, and monitoring by the municipal police, provided that the occupancy rate does not exceed 50%. • Conducting an analytical statistical study of the spread of the Coronavirus, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and the Lebanese University.

Note: The decisions can be found at www.drm.pcm.gov.lb

Examples of lack of adherence to safety measures

• The tourist officer at the Ministry of Tourism wrote a report of seizure against the Ballroom Foundation and Nightclub, which are located in the Jounieh Haret Sakher area, the Analogue Club in Ashrafieh, the MOOD Club in Broumana and the Mr. Dollar in Zouk, due to the violation of General Mobilization Resolution No. 1032/2020, failure to comply with preventive measures, and the permitted number of customers, which were sealed with red wax.

• Demand gatherings and demonstrations.

• Failure to comply with the preventive measures and procedures required in a number of stores and markets (putting on a muzzle or face mask, sterilizing hands, maintaining a safe distance).

• Gatherings for social events.

• Failure of those in contact with confirmed cases to adhere to home isolation procedures until the results of the laboratory tests are issued.

If you feel any symptoms, call directly the hotline of the Ministry of Public Health: 1214 or 01/594459

A list of the laboratories accredited by the MoPH to conduct PCR tests

Public Hospitals Hospital Name Location Hospital Name Location Rafic Hariri University Hospital Beirut Bint Jbeil Governmental Hospital Bint Jbeil Tripoli Governmental Hospital Tripoli President Elias Hrawi Governmental Hospital Zahle Fattouh Keserwan Governmental Hospital Kesrwen Batroun Governmental Hospital Batroun Baalbek Governmental Hospital Baalbek Halba Governmental Hospital Halba Tibnin Governmental Hospital Tibnine Private Hospitals Hospital/Lab Name Location Hospital/Lab Name Location AUBMC Beirut MLH Baabda Saint George Hospital Beirut Saint Georges Hospital Baabda Hôpital Notre Dame des Secours (CHU – NDS) Jbeil Ain w Zein Hospital Chouf HDF/Merieux/USJ Beirut Hamoud Hospital Makkassed General Hospitals Beirut Dar el Amal Hospital Baalbek LAUMC Beirut Sheikh Ragheb Harebb Hospital Nabatieh Wardieh Hospital Beirut Al Hadi Laboratory Baabda Al Mathlum Hospital Tipoli Akiki Laboratory Al Mounla Hospital Tripoli MDC Tyr Haykal Hospital Koura Jabal Amel Hospital Tyr Serhal Hospital Metn Doctor’s Center Beirut HLG Beirut KML Sidon SDC Nabteih ADC*American Diagnostic Center Beirut INOVIE Laboratory Baabda Khoury Hospital Zahle TRANSMEDICAL Laboratory Metn Sacre Coeur Hazmieh MCC Zahle BELLEVUE Hospital Mansourieh CHN Zaghrta LMSE Tripoli Clinigen Laboratory Hazmieh Al Rasoul Al Aazam Hospital Beirut Centre Medical Moderne Ghbraye Nabni Hospital Tripoli MDTC Hamra

Note: Some positive test results are sent from the highlighted laboratories to the Ministry of Public Health, that does not include a phone number to track cases, which contributes to the spread of the epidemic and unknown cases