National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19

Friday, October 09, 2020 Report #205 Time Published: 10:30 PM

Number of Cases by Location

• 9,203 case is Under investigation 127 Chouf 40 Kesrwen 49 Matn 206 Ein Mreisseh 1 Naameh 3 Sarba 1 Borj Hammoud 12 3 Chhim 3 2 Nabaa 2 Manara 2 Ketermaya 2 Zouk Michael 3 9 Qreitem 1 Aanout 1 Ghadir 1 Jesr AL Basha 1 Raouche 9 Siblin 1 3 Jdeidet Al Metn 13 Hamra 14 Barja 4 Adonis 3 Dora 8 Snoubra 1 Dibbieh 1 Haret sakher 2 Rawda 5 Ein El Teeneh 2 Jiyyeh 1 3 Sed Al Bouchrieh 7 Mseitbeh 10 Wady Zayneh 1 2 Sabtieh 5 Mar Elias 4 Joun 3 Adma & Dafneh 1 Dekwene 22 Tallet Al Khayyat 1 Deir Al Qamar 1 Safra 1 Antelias 12 Zarif 2 Kfar Qatra 1 Bouar 1 Jal El Dib 4 Mazraa 4 Dmit 1 Oqaybeh 1 Naqqash 1 Borj Abi Haidar 4 Breeh 1 2 Zalka 8 Basta Fawka 4 Mgheireh 1 3 Byaqout 1 Tariq Jdeedeh 16 Hasrout 1 Sehaileh 3 Bellview 1 Ras Al Nabaa 9 Baqaata 1 Ein Al Rayhane 1 Dbayye 4 Mar Michael El Nahr 1 Baadaran 1 1 Aoukar 4 Ashrafieh 18 Kfarnabrakh 2 1 Mansourieh 17 Aadlieh 2 Btalloun 2 1 Fanar 10 Others 19 Maaser Al Chouf 1 Jdeidet Ghazir 1 Ein Saadeh 4 Baabda 197 Bater 1 Ghosta 1 Roumieh 1 Chiah 20 Barouk 1 Kfour 2 Bqannaya 2 Jnah 3 Others 5 Ghodras 1 Bsalim 9 Ouzai 2 Saida 68 Shahtoul 2 Nabayh 1 Bir Hassan 5 Al Wostany 1 Zaytoun 2 Rabieh 5 Cite Sportif 1 Old Saida 1 Qleiaat 1 QornetChehwan 1 Ghobeiry 8 Haret Saida 12 Feitroun 2 Rabwe 1 Ein Al Rimmaneh 4 Miyyeh w Miyyeh 1 Others 1 Deek Al Mahdi 4 Forn El Shubbak 5 Ein Al Helwe 4 Zahle 108 Zouk Kharayeb 1 Haret Hreik 30 Majdlyoun 5 Hoch Al Zaraaneh 2 Ein Aar 1 Lailaki 2 Aabra 3 Mar Michael 1 Maraet Yashouh 3 Borj Al Barajneh 19 Ein Al Delb 1 Rassieh 2 Bekfayya 2 Mreijeh 8 6 Maallaqa 5 Qornet Al Hamra 2 Tahweetet Al Ghadir 10 Maghdouche 1 Karak Nouh 5 Broummana 3 Baabda 12 Zeeta 1 Hoch Al Oumara 9 Jouret Al Ballout 1 Brazilia 1 Khrayeb 1 Mar Elias 1 Baabdat 1 Hazmieh 14 Adloun 1 Forzol 2 Beit Merry 2 Hadat 27 Mazraet Sinay 1 Hazzarta 2 Qanabet Salima 1 Sabtieh 2 Sarafand 4 Ablah 4 Mtein 1 Loueize 1 Najjarieh 1 Ksara 4 Zaroun 1 Kfarshima 1 Arky 1 Wady Al Arayesh 3 Baskinta 1 Wady Shahrour 1 Arab 1 Chtoura 2 Others 12 Bsaba 4 2 Jlala 3 52 Rweisat Salima 1 Kfarhatta 1 6 Mastita 3 Hammana 1 Saida 9 Jdita 3 Blat 4 Others 15 Others 10 7 Amshit 13 Koura 8 Rashayya 9 Qab Elias 4 Halat 7 Majdel 1 Aqbat Rashayya 2 Mreijat 1 Jeddayel 2 1 Mazraet Jeb Farah 1 Bar Elias 6 Monsef 1 Deddeh 2 Dahr Al Ahmar 1 Anjar 2 Barbara 1 Dahr El Ein 2 1 Majdel Anjar 2 Ehmej 1 Others 2 Others 4 Riyak 2 Hsoun 1 Marjeyoun 5 Menyeh Dunniyyeh 11 2 Haqel 4 Khiyam 1 Menyeh 7 Ein Kfarzabad 1 Hboub 3 Mays Al Jabal 1 Sir Al Dunniyyeh 1 Dalhamieh 3 Gherfine 2 Majdel Silim 1 Bakhoun 1 Kfarzabad 1 Others 4 Souwaneh 2 Others 2 Others 23 Akkar 39 41 Tripoli 52 74 Halba 2 Baalbek 7 Zaytoun 2 Khaldeh 4 Jdeidet Al Joumeh 3 Sharawneh 3 Tal 1 Al Oumara 14 Majdel Akkar 5 Doures 3 Qebbe 1 Deir Qoubel 1 Menyara 1 Fakha 1 Zahrieh 1 Aramoun 10 Hakour 1 Al Ein 3 Tabbaneh 1 Baawarta 1 Borj Al Arab 1 2 Mina 15 Bshamoun 9 Tal Maayan 1 Baalbek 1 Tripoli 19 Ein Aanoub 1 Bebnin 4 Shaet 2 Beddawy 4 Bleibel 3 Hmeira 1 Bednayel 2 Wady Nahle 1 Houmal 1 Fneidek 1 Temnin Tahta 3 Others 7 1 Mashta Hassan 1 Hoch Al Nabe 1 Nabatieh 19 Aley 7 Tleel 3 Sereen Tahta 1 Nabatieh Tahta 3 3 Ghzayleh 1 Nabe Sheeth 2 Shoukine 1 Qmatieh 1 Aidamoun 2 Bouday 1 Habbouch 1 Souk Al Ghareb 1 Qbayat 2 Others 9 Arab Salim 1 Kayfoun 1 Others 10 Tyre 22 Toul 1 Baysour 2 6 Tyre 2 Nmeirieh 1 Aabayh 1 Hermel 2 Rasheedieh 2 Dweir 1 Chanayh 1 Others 4 Borj AL Chemaly 5 Jebshit 1 Majdel Baana 1 Bcharre 1 Jouayya 1 Aadshit Al Shqeef 1 Rweisat 1 Hadath Al Jebbeh 1 Qana 2 Ansar 2 Btater 2 Hasbayya 2 Deir Qanoun Al Nahr 1 Kfar Seer 2 Others 8 Meemes 1 Teir Falasayh 1 Others 4 Zghorta 11 Others 1 Abbasieh 1 6 Zghorta 1 Bint Jbeil 3 Malkieh Sahel 1 Aazour 3 Rasheen 2 Bint Jbeil 1 Others 6 Lebaa 1 Majdlayya 2 Aynata 1 Bsalya 1 Others 6 Harees 1 Mleekh 1 Others 262

Online platform to track sector commitment in general mobilization procedures

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

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

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 Municipalities, the United Nations Development Program, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Ministry of Public Health, the

Cases per day

The percentage of positive cases out of the number of daily checks (26 September to 09 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 – 09/10/2020

Ministry of Public Health

The Ministry of Public Health reported that PCR tests had been completed for flights that arrived in Beirut and were conducted at the airport on 10/5/2020, in addition to the first batch of flight checks that arrived in Beirut on 6/10/2020, where five (5) new positive cases were recorded. It was distributed over the following trips:

Arriving from Company Flight Number Number of Positive Cases 5/10/2020 Istanbul MEA 266 2 Istanbul MEA 268 2 6/10/2020 Istanbul Turkish Airlines 828 1 Total 5

Lebanese Red Cross

234,025 Number of PCR 47,969 Number of 48 ambulance 6,053 cases tests (157 New) additional centers (67 New) transferred to transferred to ambulance hospitals laboratories centers ready to respond 166 Number of 1,498 Number of 8,732 80,964 number of volunteers trained total (1070 New) those trained to paramedics number of benefiting from transfer PCR respondents awareness tests * sessions 967 The number of 291 550 8,601 university Number of (21 New) 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 4,255 Number of 95,094 1,240,561 total 606 (4 New) beneficiaries (36 New) distriibuted (13 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

- A new injury was reported in Nahr al-Bared camp and three new injuries were reported in Rashidieh camp. - 12 new injuries were reported among members of the security forces. - Reporting the closing of the Shintar Registry of Souls after it was proven that an employee was injured, and the application of home quarantine for all employees for a week. - Reporting the commitment of the municipalities to the decision of the Minister of Interior and Municipalities:

Beirut South North Akkar Beqaa Nabateih Baalbek Hermel Mount Leb 40% 50% 57% 40% 45% 65% N/A 50%

General Directorate of General Security • 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

Municipalities that abided by the decision Municipalities didn’t abided by the decision - Bekaa: Ra'it, Kfar Zabad, Hosh Halan, Niha, Qaa Al- - North Lebanon: Minieh. Reem, Saadnayel, , Chtoura, Zahle, Taalabaya, - Bekaa: Rayak, Gaza, Mansoura, Khirbet Qanfar. Al-Farzol, Al-Suwairi, Al-Marj, Mashgharah, Kamid Al- - : the town of Rumaila. Lawz, , Bar Elias, Qab Elias - Mount Lebanon: the towns within the boundaries of Aley and Iqlim al-Kharroub. - Akkar: Kobayat, Sheikh Taba, Majdala. - Baalbek: Shmtar. - North Lebanon: Chekka, Hamat. - Nabatiyeh: Roumin, Bint Jbeil, Rmeish, Ebel Al-Saqi, and Shakra

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 40 Number of Flights 40 Number of Departing Individuals 4,575 Number of Arrivals 3,889

Port Entered Left Import Direction # Export Direction # Beirut Containers Limasol 1 Jouneih Oil gas Beirut 1 Total 1 1

General announcements

The General Directorate of Civil Aviation at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport issued Circular No. 57/2 dated 10/9/2020 to all airlines and ground services companies operating at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut regarding procedures related to passeng ers arriving from Iraq starting from 10/12 / 2020, as all passengers coming from Iraq must have performed a PCR examination within a maximum period of 96 hours from the date of issuance of the test result until arrival in Lebanon, in laboratories accredite d by the Ministry of Public Health as follows: • Trips coming from Baghdad: An examination issued by the Private Nursing Home Hospital in Medicine City and the Medical Consultant Laboratory in Yarmouk. • For flights coming from Basra and Najaf: an examination issued by any laboratory and must be sealed by the health department issued by it. • Trips coming from Erbil: An examination issued by any laboratory in the governorate that is sealed with the seal of the health department in the governorate. Also, all passengers coming from Iraq are subject to a check upon their arrival at Beirut airport according to the approved mechanism and commitment to home or hotel quarantine for a period of 48 hours from the date of their arrival in Lebanon until they are informed of the result of the examination they conducted at the airport, and the condition of having a hotel reservation is canceled. - 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 .

• Educational institutions in towns with a record high daily injury rate, which will be determined by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities at a time, shall be closed. Students, teachers, administrators and workers living in these towns are also prohibited from moving to their work centers throughout the closure period.

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, provided that 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 in 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 towns covered by the closure decision. • The Committee for the Follow-up of Preventive Measures and Procedures to Confront the Coronavirus Invites all media outlets to cooperate in order to develop an awareness plan against the dangers of the Coronavirus in coordination with NGOs and religious leaders.

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

Examples of lack of adherence to safety measures

• 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.

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