LEBANON, May 10 (NNN-NNA) – Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, disclosed that, if the COVID-19 results remain high, he intends to ask for a decision to close the country for 48 hours.
“The number of infected persons jumped today to 11, and if the number and results remain high, I will ask the Prime Minister and the government to take a decision, to close the country for 48 hours, to complete or carry on examinations in various regions,” he said.
“With the easing of public mobilisation procedures, the situation requires imposing the mask which is mandatory and a major deterrent against the widespread of the pandemic, and thus ensuring safety among citizens. This is required based on the recommendations that the Ministry of Public Health had called for,” the Minister underlined.
Hassan’s words came, as he visited the Masnaa border area, after the Chinese Embassy provided a thermal device to facilitate the work of medical teams, in terms of measuring temperature of passengers.
Hassan thanked China for this gift, referring to the advantages of this device, in terms of health and security, as it is “equipped with a bell that rings when recording a rise in temperature or in the presence of metal, so it helps to control the movement of travellers.
The Health Minister hoped that Chinese Ambassador, Wang Kejian, will provide the Ministry with another device to be used at Al-Abboudieh border-crossing, to facilitate work there, and also with equipment for the marine centres and others.– NNN-NNA
