Lebanon is unprepared for a coronavirus outbreak

Lebanon is unprepared for a coronavirus outbreak

February 28, 2020 at 7:15 pm | Published in: Article , Lebanon , Middle East , Opinion. The World Health Organisation (WHO) representative for Lebanon, Dr Iman Shankiti, told the Daily Star that dealing with an outbreak "with current supplies and capacities“¦ will be difficult.". The health sector in Lebanon suffers from a crippling shortage of medical supplies, which has been exacerbated by the national currency crisis.. The government in Beirut has floundered in its response to an explosion of cases in the region, taking five days after the first confirmed case in Lebanon was reported on 21 February to convene an emergency meeting on the subject, and then implementing only rudimentary travel bans.. The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Monitor.. Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License..