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National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19

Wednesday, October 07, 2020 Report #203 Time Published: 11:30 PM

New in the report: - Recommendations issued by the meeting of the Committee for Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Procedures to Confront the Coronavirus on 7/10/2020

Number of Cases by Location

• 8,812 case is Under investigation 96 Kesrwen 72 Akkar 33 Matn 188 2 Sarba 3 Halba 2 Borj Hammoud 14 Manara 1 1 Majdel Akkar 1 Nabaa 1 Qreitem 1 Zouk 8 Menyara 2 8 Raouche 2 Ghadir 6 Zouk Al Habalsa 2 Horch Tabet 2 Hamra 8 5 Bayno 1 Jdeidet El Metn 13 Mseitbeh 7 Adonis 3 Akkar Al Atika 2 Bouchrieh 5 Mar Elias 7 Haret Sakher 1 Ballanet Al Haysa 1 Dora 4 Sanayeh 1 2 Masoudieh 1 Rawda 6 Zarif 3 3 Bebnin 2 Sabtieh 6 Qantary 1 Adma & Dafneh 1 Khan Al Hayat 1 Deir Roukoz 1 Mazraa 6 Safra 3 Qebeet 1 Dekweneh 17 Malaab Baladi 1 Bouar 1 Beit Ayyoub 1 1 Tariq Jdeedeh 11 Oqaybeh 2 Jdeidet Al Qaytaa 1 18 Ras Nabaa 2 2 Meshmesh 2 5 Basta Tahta 1 1 Fneidek 5 Naqqash 9 Gemmayzeh 2 Sehaileh 3 Majdala 2 6 Jeitawy 2 2 Rahbe 1 Byaqout 2 Mar Michael Al Nahr 1 1 Beereh 1 Dbayyeh 8 Rmeil 2 Ghosta 1 Tleel 1 Mazraet Aoukar 1 Ashrafieh 21 2 Qbayyat 1 Mansourieh 8 Forn Al Hayek 1 Maaysra 1 Qobayyat 1 7 Others 13 Reifoun 2 Others 1 Ein Saadeh 1 162 Qleiaat 3 Zahle 166 Bqannaya 1 Chiah 16 Ashkout 3 Maydan 1 4 Jnah 3 Feitroun 1 Rassieh 2 Mteileb 2 Medwar 1 2 Maallaqa 3 1 Ouzai 3 3 Karak Nouh 1 QornetChehwan 2 Bir Hasan 6 1 Hoch Al Oumara 4 Elissar 1 Madeene Riyadieh 2 Others 5 Mar Elias 3 Rabwe 1 Ghobeiry 6 57 Forzol 1 Beit Al Chaar 5 Ein Al Rimmaneh 9 Byblos 9 Hezzerta 2 Deek Al Mahdi 1 Forn Al Shubbak 3 Mastita 2 Ablah 4 MazraetYashouh 2 11 Qartaboun 1 Al Rim 2 Bekfayya 1 Lailaki 3 Blat 7 Niha 2 Delb 1 Borj Al Barajneh 15 Eddeh 1 Ksara 3 Saqyet Al Misk 1 Mreijeh 6 Amshit 5 Ein Al Ghamiqa 1 Qornet Al Hamra 3 Tahweetet Al Ghadir 3 Halat 3 Chtoura 2 Rweisseh 1 Baabda 10 1 2 1 8 Jeddayel 2 5 2 Hadat 22 Nahr Ibrahim 2 Jdita 1 Beit Merry 2 Botchay 2 3 20 Monteverde 1 Loueizeh 2 Hakel 1 Qab Elias 3 Dahr Al Souwan 1 Jumhour 1 Abaydat 2 Bar Elias 24 Bnabeel 1 4 Mayfouk 1 Deir Zannoun 1 Douwar 1 Wady Shhour Al Olya 1 Kfoun 1 Majdel Anjar 2 1 Haret Al Sit 1 Bentael 2 Riyak 6 Others 8 Bsaba 6 Hboub 3 1 Aley 46 Arayya 3 Feghal 2 Masa 2 Al Amrousieh 4 Arayya (Jumhour) 1 1 Dalhamieh 1 Hay Al Sillom 13 1 Others 8 Kfarzabad 2 Khaldeh 4 Falougha 1 Tripoli 45 Others 15 Al Oumara 7 Others 12 Zaytoun 7 17 Aramoun 6 Bcharre 3 Qebbeh 5 Batroun 4 Bshamoun 2 Bcharre 1 Tabbaneh 1 Kfar Abida 2 Aley 4 Diman 1 Mina 18 Shekka 6 Ein Al Rimmaneh 1 Bazoun 1 Bsatin Al Mina 8 Besbeena 1 Bmakkin 1 Menyeh Dunniyyeh 11 Qalamoun 1 Bajdarfel 1 Kfarmatta 1 Menyeh 6 Beddawy 4 Hamat 2 Soufar 1 Bhanneen 1 Beddawy Camp 1 Others 1 Sharoun 1 Kfar Bebnin 1 Others 33 1 Ein Dara 1 Others 3 Ein Ata 1 Baalbak 27 Koura 13 Saida 85 Chouf 44 Baalbak 3 Amyoun 3 Saida Al Kadeemeh 1 Damour 3 Ras Al Ein 1 Kfar Saroun 1 Saraya 1 Saadiyat 3 Doures 2 Btorram 1 Bramieh 2 Naameh 1 1 Kosba 1 Miyyeh W Miyyeh 10 Chhim 3 Nahle 2 Rashdebbeen 1 Ein Al Helwe 5 Ketermaya 2 1 1 Salhieh 2 Anout 1 Qaa Baalbak 1 1 Majdelyoun 4 Siblin 2 Deir Al Ahmar 1 1 Aabra 7 Barja 4 1 Bohsas 1 Bqosta 3 Baasir 1 Qaser Nabba 1 Dahr Al Ein 1 Ghazieh 3 Jadra 1 Beit Chama 1 Others 1 Zrarieh 2 Wady Zayneh 1 Hoch Al Rafqa 1 Zghorta 27 Adloun 1 Semqaniyyeh 1 Shmestar 1 Zghorta 6 Bablieh 1 Dmit 1 Tarayya 6 Racheen 2 Marwaniyyeh 1 Werhaniyyeh 1 Others 4 Erdeh 4 Arky 1 Baaqleen 2 Tyre 27 Majdlayya 1 Kfarhatta 1 Botmeh 1 Bass 1 Aalma 2 Kfar Melky 2 Baqaata 4 Jal Al Bahr Al Chemaly 2 Ehden 2 Others 38 Niha 1 Rasheedieh 2 Mezyara 2 27 Kfarnabrakh 2 Borj Chmaly 1 Meryata 2 Nabateh AL Tahta 2 Btalloun 1 Jouwayya 4 Others 6 Kfar Rimman 1 Maaser Chouf 1 Mahrouneh 1 Jezzine 8 Habbouch 1 Barouk 1 Ein Baal 1 Jezzine 1 3 Others 6 Bazourieh 1 Ein Majdouleen 1 Zefta 1 Bint Jbeil 6 Tora 1 Bkassine 1 Toul 1 Bint Jbeil 3 Abbasieh 1 Dahr Al Ramleh 2 Nmeirieh 3 Tebnin 1 Borj Rahhal 1 Benwaty 1 Jebshit 1 Sultanieh 1 Qleileh 1 Aazour 1 Aabba 2 Shakra 1 Shamaa 1 Mleekh 1 Ansar 2 Marjeyoun 1 Others 9 Qaaqaayet Al Jesr 1 Majdel Silim 1 1 Others 8 Others 292

The number of beds available for those infected with Coronavirus and the occupancy rate

For daily information on all the details of the bed distribution available for Covid-19 patients in the various governorates according to the hospitals: Computer: https://bit.ly/DRM-HospitalsOccupancy-PC By phone: https://bit.ly/DRM-HospitalsOccupancy-Mobile

The Online platform to measure the level of risk of the spread of the new Corona virus by district

This interactive platform allows you to know the level of risk of spreading the kurna virus according to districts, based on the number of cases registered daily and the number of residents in each district. For more information on a daily basis, you can access the following link: https://bit.ly/DRM-RiskLevelInMunicipalities

Online platform to track sector commitment in general mobilization procedures

Based on the recommendation issued by the National Committee for Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Measures to Confront the Coronavirus to open all sectors, provided that the general mobilization procedure (safe distance, muzzle, and hand sterilization) be applied, a special electronic platform was created that allows monitoring and measuring the percentage of commitment by various sectors on an ongoing basis. The detailed results can be viewed directly at the following link: http://bit.ly/covidsectordata

Occupancy rate of isolation centers for cases infected with Coronavirus

For more information about the isolation centers' distribution and the percentage of their occupancy, enter the following link: http://bit.ly/DRM-IsolationCentersProfiles Note: These centers have been equipped in cooperation between the National Committee for Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Measures to Confront the Coronavirus and Governors and , the United Nations Development Program, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Ministry of Public Health, the Syndicate of Nurses in Lebanon and the Syndicate of Specialists in Social Work.

Cases per day

The percentage of positive cases out of the number of daily checks (24 September to 07 October 2020)

Distribution of Active Cases by Districts

Recoveries

Distribution of deaths by Governorates

Distribution of deaths by Age

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 Distribution according to gender

Distribution by age

Decisions and actions taken – 07/10/2020

Ministry of Public Health

The Ministry of Public Health announced a plan to increase the number of intensive care beds in government hospitals, which were divided into three phases:

• The first phase: increasing the number of beds in seven government hospitals in Beirut, and the North, where the number of injuries is increasing dramatically, over a period of between one week and ten days, in conjunction with the continuation of the field examination campaigns. • The second stage: increasing the number of beds in the south and western Bekaa within a period not exceeding three weeks. • The third stage: Increasing the hospitals' capacity to receive Corona patients within six weeks

- The Ministry of Public Health issued Circular No. 150 dated October 6, 2020 regarding securing vacant beds for patients infected with the Coronavirus, requiring all health and charitable institutions to respond to any distress call to any citizen and to transfer any infected or suspected infected person to the nearest hospital emergency, provided that Hospitals receive all patients, regardless of the guarantor, even in the absence of a special department for Corona patients until a vacant place is secured or the patient is transferred to another hospital, under the threat of reducing the hospital’s classification and reviewing the financial ceiling allocated to it, in addition to taking penal and legal measures The right of hospitals in violation of the circular in light of general mobilization.

Lebanese Red Cross

234,025 Number of PCR 47,765 Number of 48 ambulance 5,933 cases tests (133 New) additional centers (57 New) transferred to transferred to ambulance hospitals laboratories centers ready to respond 166 Number of 1,498 Number of 8,732 79,565 number of volunteers trained total (76 New) those trained to paramedics number of benefiting from transfer PCR respondents awareness tests * sessions 967 The number of 291 550 8,580 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 4,248 Number of 95,058 1,240,431 total 587 (2 New) beneficiaries (2 New) distriibuted (4 New) number of from Number of posters, rpisons that educational distributed brochures, have been electronic equipment and flyers disinfected platforms on covid19 COVID-19 prevention

General Directorate of State Security

- Reporting cases registered in the various districts and cases in home quarantine. - Reporting of the towns that committed themselves to implementing the closure decision issued by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities: • Zahle District: , Kfar Zabad, Niha, Farzol, Qaa Al-Reem, Ra'it, Rayak, Terbol, and Saadnayel. • Western Bekaa District: Ammiq, Mansouriya, Mashghara, Khirbet Qanfar, Gaza. • : Romain. • : Bint Jbeil, Rmeish, Shaqra, and Debel. • Marjayoun District: Ebel Al-Saqi. - Notification of the percentage of compliance with the general mobilization decision in the governorates, which came as follows within the past 24 hours:

Beirut South North Akkar Beqaa Nabateih Mount Leb 50% 55% 55% 50% 70% 60% 5% 45%

General Directorate of Internal Security Forces • Supporting the municipalities in isolating the town of Aramoun (Aley), the Radisson Hotel in Ain Mreisse (Beirut) and the Golden Tulip Hotel in Hamra (Beirut) • • 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 03/08/2020 Written records of persons violating the decision to wear a mask 0 Beirut 20,646 52 Mount Leb 18,898 Written records of people violating the general mobilization decision (Aragil* and social distancing) Total 52 Beqaa 8,077 North 6,857 Beirut Mount Leb Beqaa North South South 6,920 0 24 0 26 2 Total 61,398

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 42 Number of Flights 340 Number of Departing Individuals 4,114 Number of Arrivals 3,002

Port Entered Left Import Direction # Export Direction # Beirut Equipments Genova 1 Containers Tripoli 1 Cattles Qartaja 1 Blank Razana 1 Wheat Maripol 1 Tripoli Team Exchange Laranka 1 Blank Laranka 1 Total 5 2

General announcements

The Committee on Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Procedures to Confront the Coronavirus, in its meeting on 7/10/2020, issued the following recommendations: The start of the academic year 2020-2021 through blended, partial and progressive education, starting 10/12/2020 for the ninth, eleventh and twelfth grades in academic education and their equivalent in vocational education, provided that the rest of the grades are gradually followed up according to a program established by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education .

Amending Circular of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport - General Directorate of Civil Aviation No. 52/2 on 9/21/2020 and canceling the clause requiring passengers coming from Iraq, except for Lebanese and foreigners residing in Lebanon, to have a prepaid hotel reservation for 72 hours in one of the specified hotels Provided that the cases coming from Iraq will be tracked by the Ministry of Public Health in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates and the Iraqi Embassy in Lebanon. Close all nightclubs, discotheques and bars until further notice, according to the development of the epidemiological reality . • The Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, activated the IMPACT platform to track positive cases and circulate them to all accredited laboratories to conduct PCR tests.

• Determining the towns with the standard high daily casualty rate on a weekly basis, if they are covered by the closure decision issued by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities for a week.

• Excluding the food and industry sectors, institutions working in the field of fuel and gas distribution, and establishments operating in the distribution of drugs and cables to Lebanon from the closure decision issued in the decision of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities

• The Ministry of Labor issued a circular to all official and private institutions not to take any administrative or behavioral measures against workers residing in the towns covered by the closure decision.

• The Committee on Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Procedures to Confront the Coronavirus Invites all Media to cooperate in order to develop an awareness plan on the dangers of Coronavirus in coordination with NGOs and clerics.

The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities issued Decision No. 1205 on 10/2/2020 related to the closure of some villages and towns due to their high number of Coronavirus cases, as the decision kept on working at the time of preventing exit and entering the streets and roads between the first hour after midnight until the hour Six o'clock in the morning, the decision also included the closure of 111 towns in various Lebanese regions based on an analysis of the epidemiological situation in them for a full week, starting from Sunday 10/4/2020 until 10/12/2020 with specifying exceptions and the implementation mechanism for implementing the decision in cooperation between governors, municipalities and all security agencies.

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

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

• 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). • Non -compliance with the 50% occupancy rate in several restaurants and amusement game centers. • 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.

Examples of lack of adherence to safety measures