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Lebanon National Operations Room Daily Report on COVID-19

Wednesday.25 August.2021 Report #495 Time Published: 8:00 PM

Occupancy rate of COVID-19 Beds and Availability

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Ref: Ministry of public health

Beirut 271 Maten 207 Chouf 43 Zahleh 65 7 Saida 113 Ain Mraisseh 6 Borj Hammoud 14 Naameh 1 Sarba 5 Batroun 2 Hlaliyeh 1 Ras Beyrouth 2 Nabaa 1 Chhim 5 Jounieh 3 Selaata 1 Qiyaa 1 Manara 3 Sinn Fil 4 Dalhoun 1 Zouk Mkayel 5 Chikka 1 Haret Saida 2 Qreitem 4 Jisr Bacha 2 Daraiya 1 Haret El Mir 2 Kour 2 Miyeh Ou Miyeh 2 Raoucheh 5 Jdaidet Matn 12 Ketermaya 1 Jounieh Ghadir 4 Aaoura 1 Ain El Heloueh 17 Hamra 13 Ras 1 Sibline 1 5 Akkar 18 2 Ain Tineh 1 Baouchriyeh 2 Baassir 2 Adonis 3 Halba 2 Aabra 8 Msaitbeh 9 Daoura 2 Jiyeh 6 Jounieh Haret Sakhr 2 Cheikh Taba 1 Qraiyeh 2 Mar Elias 4 Raouda Baouchriyeh 6 Ouadi Ez Zayni 2 Jounieh Sahel Aalma 1 Bezbina 2 Bqosta 3 Tallet Khayat 1 Sadd Baouchriyeh 1 1 Kfar Yassine 1 Beit El Hajj 4 Ain Ed Delb 1 Tallet Drouz 1 Sabtiyeh 4 Meghraiqa 2 1 Tall Hmayra 2 Ghaziyeh 9 Zarif 5 Dekouaneh 14 Mazraat Ed Dahr 1 Bouar 2 Nahr El Bared 1 Kharayeb 3 Mazraa 14 10 Deir El Qamar 1 Aajaltoun 2 Dinbou 1 1 Borj Abou Haidar 7 Manqlet Mezher 2 Semqaniyeh 1 1 Qarqaf 1 Insariyeh 1 Basta Faouqa 7 Jall Dib 3 Baaqline 4 Shayleh 1 Fnaydeq 1 Sarafand 3 Tariq Jdideh 24 Naqqach 2 1 Jaaita 4 Rahbeh 1 Bissariyeh 2 Ras Nabaa 7 Zalqa 17 Aathrine 1 Kfar Hbab 1 Ouadi Khaled 1 El Aaqbiyeh 1 Bachoura 2 3 Jahliyeh 2 Borj El Ftouh 1 Others 1 Saksakiyeh 3 Rmeil 4 Mazraat Deir 5 Beqaata 3 Ghosta 1 Bcharrieh 3 Merouaniyeh 4 Achrafiyeh 10 Mansouriyeh 15 Niha 2 Mradiyeh 1 Bcharreh 1 Aanqoun 1 Others 142 Daychouniyeh 2 Ain Ouzain 1 1 Mar Youhanna 1 4 Baabda 292 3 Bater 1 Qleiaat 4 Tourza 1 Others 42 Chiyah 16 6 Others 2 Aachqout 2 Mineh Dunieh 5 Tyre 158 Jnah 23 Ain Najm 1 Aleyh 103 Faytroun 2 Bahsa 1 Sour 24 Mdaoura 1 Bqennaya 1 Aamroussiyeh 24 Kfar Dibiane 1 Haql El Aazimeh 1 Sour El Bass 1 Ouzaai 8 14 Hay Es Sellom 28 Faqra 1 Karm El Mohr 1 Bahr Ech Chemali 1 Bir Hassan 8 5 El Qoubbeh 1 Aayoun Es Simane 1 Markebta 1 Sour Er Rachidiyeh 7 Ghbayreh 18 Mtayleb 5 Khaldeh 4 2 Bakhaaoun 1 Sour Maachouq 3 Ain Roummaneh 7 Rabiyeh 2 Choueifat El Oumara 14 5 Zahleh 21 Borj Ech Chemali 14 Furn Chebbak 4 Qornet Chehouane 4 Aaramoun 13 Jbeil 33 Zahleh El Midane 3 Batoulay 2 Haret Hreik 46 Raboueh 3 Bchamoun 3 Jbayl 12 Haouch El Oumara 1 Deir Qanoun El Ain 8 Laylakeh 11 Beit Ech Chaar 3 Blaybel 2 Eddeh 1 Zahleh Aradi 2 Jouaiya 5 Borj Brajneh 45 Ain Aar 1 Aaley 2 Aamchit 4 Hazerta 1 Aaytit 5 Mreijeh 14 Mazraat Yachouaa 4 Qmatiyeh 1 Halate 2 Ablah 1 Ouadi Jilo 1 Tahouitat Ghadir 5 Deir Tamich 1 Aaytat 2 Nahr Ibrahim 5 Ksara 1 Yanouh 3 Baabda 18 Zakrit 1 Keyfoun 1 Adonis 1 Chtaura 1 Baflay 1 Hazmiyeh 6 2 Bayssour 1 Hboub 2 Saadnayel 1 Barich 13 Fayadiyeh 1 Mar Karm Tine 3 Majdel Baana 2 Janneh 1 Barr Elias 3 8 Hadath 22 Mayasseh 1 Saoufar 1 Lassa 1 1 3 Boutchay 1 Chrine 1 Rouayssat Saoufar 1 Others 4 Others 6 Maaroub 6 Louayzeh 2 Qornet Hamra 1 Charoun 1 Bnt Jbeil 45 Beqaa Gharby 15 Recheknanay 1 Kfar Chima 3 Broummana 2 Others 2 Aaynata 1 Lala 11 Saddiqine 2 Chahrour Aaoulia 1 1 Nabatieh 57 4 Ghazzeh 2 7 Aabadiyeh 2 Qenabet Broummna 1 Nabatiyeh Et Tahta 4 1 Manara 1 2 Chouit 1 4 Nabatiyeh El Faouqa 1 Rmaych 2 Raouda 1 1 Qobbayaa 1 Sfaileh 1 Mazraat Kfar Jaouz 3 Tibnine 5 21 Chehabiyeh 2 Aaraiya 2 Beit Meri 2 Kfar Roummane 2 Jmaijmeh 1 Baalbek 6 Deir Qanoun Nahr 7 Aarbaniyeh 1 Monteverdi 3 Habbouch 4 Chaqra 3 Douris 2 5 Ain Hamadeh 1 Zahriyeh 1 Kfar Tibnit 1 4 Aaddous 1 Halloussiyeh 1 Salima 1 Mtain 1 Houmine El Faouqa 1 Hariss 3 Haouch Ed Dahab 1 Bedias 1 Rouayssat Salima 1 1 Aarab Salim 1 Deir Ntar 2 Haret Chmaliye H 2 9 Hammana 4 Khinchara 2 Roumine 3 Kfar Dounine 1 Laboueh 1 Chabriha 3 Qalaa 1 2 Zefta 1 Tiri 5 Temnine Et Tahta 3 Chaaitiyeh 1 Chbaniyeh 2 Dhour Ech Choueir 1 Deir Ez Zahrani 1 Kafra 1 Chmistar 1 Jbal El Botm 1 Khreibeh 1 1 Toul 1 Qalaouiyeh 2 Khodr 1 2 Bmaryam 1 Tripoli 22 Nmairiyeh 1 Borj Qalaouiyeh 2 Nabi Chit 1 Qasmiyeh 1 Falougha 1 Bab Er Raml 2 Harouf 4 1 Others 2 Majdel Zoun 1 Btibyat 1 Trablous Et Tall 1 Douair 1 1 1 Biyada 1 Arsoun 1 Mina Jardins 4 Jibchit 2 1 Ain Ej Jdideh 1 Others 5 Others 10 Qalamoun 2 Mayfadoun 1 Beit Lif 2 Jezzine 6 Zagharta 15 Others 9 Insar 5 Others 3 Ain El Mir 2 Zgharta 1 Beddaoui 2 Zaoutar Charqiyeh 1 Marjaayoun 20 Hassaniyeh 1 Rachaaine 5 Camp Beddaoui 2 Qsaibeh 3 Marjaayoun 1 Choualiq 2 Kfar Hata 1 Koura 5 Qaaqaiyet Ej Jisr 4 1 Baanqoudain 1 Ardeh 1 Kfar Saroun 1 Kfar Sir 1 Khiyam 4 MِEjdlaiya 1 Kousba 3 Yohmor 1 2 Haret Ej Jdideh 1 Others 1 Sir El Gharbiyeh 7 Houla 2 Iaal 1 Others 3 2 Ehden 1 1 Miziara 1 Qantara 1 Aachach 1 5 Miriata 1 Touline 1 Others 46 Hasbaiya 1 Hasbaiya 1

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

Distribution of Active and Cumulative Cases Distribution of Active Cases Distribution of Cumulative Cases

Number of Cases by Location

Number of cumulative cases for the last 14 days

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

Distribution of Death Cases

Distribution of deaths during the past 24 hours Hospital Residence Gender Age Chronic 24/08/2021 Ragheeb Hareb Hosp Tyre Male 27 Yes Geitoui Hosp Female 65 Yes Ain w Zain Hosp Chouf Female 72 Yes Ain w Zain Hosp Aleyh Male 73 Yes Tebnen Hosp Tyre Male 92 Yes

Distribution of deaths by Governorate

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

Distribution of Recoveries

Distribution of Recoveries per Casa

Distribution of Recoveries per Casa in the last 14 days

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

The National Awareness Campaign on the Coronavirus Vaccine

The National Awareness Campaign to register on the Coronavirus Vaccine Platform

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

The percentage of positive cases out of the number of daily checks during the past 14 days

Cumulative cases per day

Cumulative cases by age group

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

Decisions and actions taken during the past 24 hours

Ministry of Public Health

The Minister of Public Health tweeted via Twitter, saying: “To strengthen the community immunization campaign in the face of the high infection rate, invitations for the Pfizer vaccine will be sent from today to those registered from 45 to 49 years old; as well as to those registered on the lists of service professions unions: transport, restaurants, hotels , popular markets and others regardless of age groups and for registrants born 1997-1992 in the month of August.

The Ministry of Public Health, with the support of the Information Branch in the Bekaa, raided a building and seized several baby milk containers. The seizures were confiscated for the benefit of the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Public Health reported the arrest of PSD warehouse owners and the confiscation of medicines in favor of the ministry to be distributed free of charge to patients and obligating the Neopharma warehouse in Oqaiba to sell its subsidized stock to the public, and obligating the Pharmanet and Picomed & Bellapharm companies in Jadra to sell their subsidized stock to pharmacies and transfer them to the competent judiciary.

Lebanese Red Cross

Cases that have The number of PCR The number of The number of Number of home The number of been transferred assays people who were beneficiaries visits to register beneficiaries of to hospitals That have been taken transported to the Awareness COVID-19 vaccine the electronic to hospitals vaccination centers seminars recipients platforms 31,446 100,287 3,274 149,750 51,365 6,390 (67 New) (233 New) (2 New) (49 New) (1770 New) (2 New)

Lebanese Army Forces

- The army units continue to distribute social aid (400,000 Lebanese pounds) to families with limited income in all Lebanese territories. - Supporting the security services in implementing the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers. - Reporting that 338/ PCR examinations were conducted for members of the army, where it was found that there were /43/ positive cases: /22/ active service, /18/ civilian, /3/ retired,/1/ military medical. General Directorate of State Security

- Reporting the number of new positive cases in the various governorates. - Report on the vaccination campaigns that are being implemented in various Lebanese regions through the Ministry of Public Health.

General Directorate of Internal Security Forces

51,378 written minutes have been written against violators of the decisions of general mobilization since 01/14/2021.

The General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces - Public Relations Division issued the recommendations of the periodic meeting of the emergency committee to raise the state of alert in Lebanese prisons, which came as follows:

• Strictly implementing the necessary measures to prevent the spread of the Corona virus, especially in light of the emergence of the rapidly spreading “Delta” mutant.

• Continuing to vaccinate prisoners and detainees in all prisons and places of arrest and detention, and follow- up awareness campaigns on this issue.

• Follow-up communication with international organizations and specialized associations in terms of monitoring the equipment and maintenance of vital facilities in prisons.

General Directorate of General Security

• It was reported that there were 8 new injuries among the elements of the General Directorate of Public Security. • Reporting the number of new positive cases in the various governorates and districts. • Follow up on the procedures adopted at the air, land and sea borders in cooperation with the teams of the Ministry of Public Health

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport:

Departing Flights Arriving Flights Number of Flights 72 Number of Flights 71

Number of Departing Individuals 12,304 Number of Arrivals 4,248

Ports:

Port Entered Left Import Direction # Export Direction # Containers Alexandria 1 Gasoline Al Zahrani 1 Beirut Containers Port Said 1 Gasoline Zouk 1 Cars Bourusan 1 Gasoline Turkey 1 Chekka Containers Egypt 1 Containers Beirut 1 Diesel Tartous 1 Containers Romania 1 Blank Tassuko 1 Tripoli Conainers Alexandrun 1 Beirut 1 Total 8 5

General Decisions / Announcements

The meeting of the Follow-up Committee on Preventive Measures and Measures for the Coronavirus, held on 12/08/2021, issued the following recommendations:

• Emphasis on the previous recommendation regarding making the necessary circulars by: the General Directorate of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministries of Interior and Municipalities, Economy and Trade, Tourism, Public Health, Education and Higher Education and Labor in terms of the obligation to grant the vaccine to all workers in the public and private sectors Under its supervision, it is the responsibility of the persons who refuse to receive the vaccine to present a negative PCR result every 72 hours so that the material cost of the examination is at their own expense.

• Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities - General Directorate of Internal Security Forces, General Directorate of State Security: Strict crackdown on violations related to non-compliance with hotel quarantine, subject of General Directorate of Civil Aviation Circular No. 31/2, especially against persons who deliberately leave their passports and claiming to lose it later or making fake hotel reservations

• The General Directorate of Civil Aviation: Making the necessary circular to exempt passengers who left and want to return within a week from conducting a PCR examination in the countries from which they wish to return, if they are subject to a PCR examination upon their arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport, as well as exempting them from the hotel quarantine in the event Their coming from one of the countries subjects of Circular No. 31/2.

The Middle East Airlines - Lebanese Airways, announced in a statement that, starting from 6/8/2021, all passengers arriving in Lebanon will be subject to the following procedures:

• Categories obligated to hotel quarantine: Passengers coming from the United Kingdom - Cyprus - Turkey - Brazil - United Arab Emirates - Iraq - India - Malawi - Ethiopia - Zambia - Liberia - Kenya - Gambia and Sierra Leone (not passengers transiting through these countries) with mandatory possession of a reservation My hotel is at their own expense, for 4 days / 3 nights in one of the approved hotels. Passengers who do not have a hotel reservation are not allowed to board the plane.

• Categories excluded from hotel quarantine:

 National and foreign diplomatic missions and their families, if they adhere to the quarantine for a period of four days at their place of residence.

 Passengers who have previously received at least one dose of any Covid-19 vaccine without a specified duration.

 Passengers who were infected with the Corona virus and recovered from it within a period of ninety days before the date of their travel to Lebanon, after presenting an official document proving this.

 Passengers transiting by land to Syria through Rafic Hariri International Airport - Beirut.

 Minor passengers under 18 years of age, whether they are coming alone or accompanied by their parents.

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

• Categories obligated to conduct a PCR examination before coming to Lebanon: All passengers must have performed a PCR examination with the mandatory presence of a QR code in one of the approved laboratories, within a maximum of 96 hours from the date of issuance of the examination result until arriving in Lebanon and that they show the result of the examination upon registration bags. Passengers who do not have a negative test result are not allowed to board the plane coming to Lebanon

• Categories excluded from conducting a PCR examination before coming to Lebanon:

 Passengers who have received the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine or a full dose of Covid-19 vaccine (which is only one dose), for a period of no less than two weeks.

 Passengers who were infected with the Corona virus within a period of ninety days preceding the date of their travel to Lebanon, after presenting an official document proving this.

Note: All passengers arriving in Lebanon are subject to a PCR examination upon their arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport - Beirut, except for children under 12 years and UNIFIL forces.

Laboratories that did not comply with the procedures approved by the MoPH About the information required to be recorded for infected cases within the past 24 hours

Laboratories that did not specify the Governorate Laboratory/Hospitals Cases SDL002-Family Medical Laboratories 3 BRH636-Hospital LAU Medical Center / Rizk 2 BDH558-Hospital Rassoul Aazam 1 BDH562-Hospital Mont liban 1 BRH610-Hospital American university 1 NBH316-Hospital Ragheb Harb 1

Number of positive cases without specifying the place of residence Laboratory/Hospitals Cases JBL001-Laboratoire Akiki et Boulos 4 NBH316-Hospital Ragheb Harb 4 SDL002-Family Medical Laboratories 3 BDL015 - Mediland Laboratories and Diagnostic Imaging Center 2 BRH636-Hospital LAU Medical Center / Rizk 2 BDH558-Hospital Rassoul Aazam 1 BDH562-Hospital Mont liban 1 BRH610-Hospital American university 1 BRH626-Hotel Dieu de France 1 CHH504-Sibline Gov. 1 SDH418-Hospital Hammoud / Saida 1 JBL001-Laboratoire Akiki et Boulos 1

Number of positive cases without a phone number Laboratory/Hospitals Cases BDH505-Rafic Hariri University hospital 3 BRH631-Hospital Makassed 1 BRH636-Hospital LAU Medical Center / Rizk 1 ZHH202-Hospital Elias Hraoui Governemental / Zahleh 1 BDH558-Hospital Rassoul Aazam 1 SRH421-Hospital Jabel Amel / Sour 1

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

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

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Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon

Ref : Ministry of Public Health All reports and related decisions can be found at: http://drm.pcm.gov.lb Or social media @DRM_Lebanon