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The committee in charge of the fight against the coronavirus which met today called for the resumption of the activity of the education sector in all its branches and stages: public education, vocational and technical education and higher education, gradually to within an integrated program that takes into account all preventive measures against the disease.
This has been greatly disrupted since the beginning of the year due to the upsurge in the number of cases which followed the end of the year holidays. Until now, the courses have continued virtually and not face-to-face.
The outgoing Minister of Education Tarek Majzoub had, however, conditioned the reopening of classes on the provision for teachers and students of vaccines last March. He also indicated that efforts would be underway in cooperation with the World Bank, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Lebanese Red Cross to secure a possible return to class for students and teachers. However, this would be conditional on the availability of vaccines.
One of the reasons mentioned for this delay was at the time linked to the debate around the dangerousness or not of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
In total, 502,299 have been infected since February 21, 2020, the date of the discovery of a first case in Lebanon.
The total number of people affected by the virus reaches 497,280 local cases and 5,019 cases from abroad.
40 deaths have therefore been announced in the past 24 hours. The total number of people who have died is 6,778 since the onset of the disease in Lebanon on February 21, 2020.
The ratio of positive tests remains high but decreases with the figure of 14.8%.
1,850 people were hospitalized and 821 people were in critical condition and 226 people placed on ventilators.
A total of 218,744 people received a first dose and 114,920 people received both doses.
