On the 12th of January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the … See more

Education
On 28 February, the Minister of Education Tarek al-Majzoub announced the closure of all educational institutions starting on 29 February until 8 March. The decision was seen as unnecessarily strict by some universities … See more

As the first flight introducing coronavirus patients was a flight from Qom, Iran—a city plagued by the coronavirus—some Lebanese citizens and media have cast blame onto Iran and Hezbollah for being silent about the issue and not taking necessary … See more

February 2020
On 21 February 2020, Lebanon confirmed its first case of COVID-19: a 45-year-old woman traveling back from pilgrimage in Qom See more

New cases per day
New deaths per day
As of today, Lebanon has reached 630,180 total cases and 8,385 total deaths due to the virus, … See more

On 21 February 2020, the international Lebanese website, "Lebanon Info Center", was the first Lebanese website to officially cover the See more

Non-payment of salaries was reported. A suffocating economic crisis has left Lebanon's poor with little or no means to cope with extra hardship.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet raised the alarm on Lebanon's … See more