The Lebanese Judges Association, a lobby for members of the country’s judiciary, has called on the Court of Cassation’s Public Prosecution to task judges to conduct forensic audits of the central bank and other state institutions

Hassan told the consultative meeting on COVID-19 today that tomorrow, the ministerial committee on the pandemic will discuss the end of the lockdown, set for Nov. 30, the NNA reports. He added that a delicate balance must be struck between public health and economic needs

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan said at the end of a meeting at his ministry discussing vaccines for COVID-19 that Pfizer will provide a vaccine by the end of March 2021 at the latest — and possibly by mid-February — as per an agreement with the pharmaceutical firm

Court of Cassation Advocate-General Ghassan Khoury has initiated public prosecution against Customs Higher Council member Hani Shehadeh and former Customs official Moussa Hazima over the Aug. 4 Beirut port blast, the NNA reports

The Association of Parents of Students Abroad will hold a rally tomorrow morning outside the parliament speaker’s Ain al-Tineh residence in Beirut. The group said it wants to meet with Nabih Berri to discuss the lack of implementation of the “student dollars law”

Order of Physicians head Charaf Abou Charaf has said Lebanon’s pharmaceutical market includes 5,000 different products, but 80 percent of this number is name brand while 20 percent is generic. He said the country need stock a much smaller range of pharmaceutical products

Following the meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee, its head MP Assem Araji (Future/Zahle) said revenues from tickets issued for COVID-19 restriction violations should be allocated to medical staff treating the virus