Forwarded from COVID-19 Up
🇬🇭 Ghana reports the first death from Coronavirius. The victim is a 🇱🇧 Lebanese named: Tarek Minkara. @COVID19Up
-- An infamous assistant of Amer Fakhoury and a known torturer from Al Khiyam prison, Antione Hayek, who was never sentenced to prison and joined the ISF ( Internal Lebanese security forces) after leaving the SLA was assassinated today in his shop in South Lebanon by few of the ex prisoners that he tortured after 28 years of roaming free.
-- Part of the Lebanese army deployment to the streets of Beirut to ensure that all unessential shops are closed and no unnecessary traffic is happening.
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-- Several villages in mount Lebanon started to self isolate themselves by placing rocks and soil on their main road.
-- Lebanese army helicopters flew over Beirut today and using large speaker ordered people to stay home and avoid unnecessary movement on the streets.
Lebanese News and Updates
-- Interior minister Fahmi: The government was proactive in adopting appropriate protection measures in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, but unfortunately some citizens in various Lebanese regions did not adhere to the binding preventive safety…
-- Fahmi: Due to lack of commitment, the number of coronavirus cases increased dramatically; is it reasonable to have 300 people attending a wedding in light of the current situation?
-- Fahmi: We have destroyed our society and killed our people; unfortunately, we cannot contain the epidemic anymore since we are no longer in the containment stage and are sliding towards the unknown.
-- Fahmi: The law will be applied to everyone and every violation that poses a threat to public safety will be penalized.
-- Fahmi: We have destroyed our society and killed our people; unfortunately, we cannot contain the epidemic anymore since we are no longer in the containment stage and are sliding towards the unknown.
-- Fahmi: The law will be applied to everyone and every violation that poses a threat to public safety will be penalized.
🇮🇱 -- 2 Israeli jets noted over Lebanon at a medium altitude.
Prior to this sortie a UAV was noted over the south and middle sectors of the country.
Prior to this sortie a UAV was noted over the south and middle sectors of the country.
-- Weird that the NGOs we saw during Lebanese “thawra”, planning and organizing, logistics, funding, ideas and marketing.. suddenly disappeared when it came to fighting the coronavirus eminent threat.
No press conference, no awareness camp, no funding, no humanitarian intervention. Many questions are raised.
No press conference, no awareness camp, no funding, no humanitarian intervention. Many questions are raised.
-- Jumblatt to MTV: I will donate $500,000 to Hariri Hospital and $100,000 to the Lebanese Red Cross.
-- Security Forces: 478 tickets were issued today for violations of the general mobilization decision.