Lebanon Asks World Bank to Increase Amount of Vaccines Provided

Lebanon Asks World Bank to Increase Amount of Vaccines Provided

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan held a meeting Thursday with the Regional Director of the Mashreq Department at the World Bank Group, Saroj Kumar Jha (NNA)

Lebanon on Thursday asked the World Bank to increase its support for Lebanon in the various challenges, especially in terms of increasing the amount of COVID-19 vaccines that are being gradually delivered to the country.

The request was voiced by Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan during a meeting with the Regional Director of the Mashreq Department at the World Bank Group, Saroj Kumar Jha, as they discussed the national vaccination plan against the coronavirus pandemic.

On Thursday, the Ministry said batches of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Lebanon starting mid-March.

Meanwhile, MP Assem Araji, head of the parliamentary health committee, expected a delay in reaching herd immunity against Covid-19 in Lebanon, especially after the registration of a large number of infections within the past two days due to the citizens' failure to adhere to preventive measures, as well as the state's failure to aptly implement a gradual lifting of the lockdown plan that had been approved by the Coronavirus Committee.

Speaking to the National News Agency, the MP blamed the increase of daily COVID-19 infections on the