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The Ministry of Health’s press office said in a statement, “The Ministry of Public Health strongly condemns the beating of an admissions office employee in the Emergency Room of Minieh Government Hospital on Sunday, January 8, by the family of a patient, resulting in fractures and bruises to the employee.”

The ministry called on the security forces to “move quickly and take stringent legal measures against attackers of health institutions and their workers”.

The Ministry of Health stressed that “the repetition of such attacks would increase the severity of the crises suffered by the health sector in Lebanon. As insults and assaults on health sector workers will have a negative impact on the health services provided and the continuity of work of medical personnel and nursing and personnel, which can lead to death.” Closing some sections of these hospitals, and there’s no doubt the patient will be the hardest hit in this case.”

And the Ministry of Health said that “everyone should understand the difficult circumstances in which health institutions operate at this stage, and reiterated the call on law enforcement agencies to carry out their duties to protect their workers, and also calls citizens to deal with the workers of these institutions in the appropriate way they deserve”.

The Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Corporation said that “the continuation of the complete power outage since midnight last Wednesday at its major stations needing power to pump water, which are Dbayeh stations, Jeita, Damour well complex, Naameh e Mishref, which is automatically reflected in the cut off of the water supply to the high and coastal areas and the Burj.” Hammoud, Ashrafieh, Burj Abi Haidar and Tallet Al-Khayyat.

The Foundation has confirmed that it is “working on the use of generators, but this matter does not only partially cover the required needs, as the cost of operating generators for long hours, and as is well known, is very high, and Beirut and The Mount Lebanon Foundation is unable to bear its burdens which exceed its budget.”

And she apologized to “subscribers for repeating the suffering beyond her control, especially as the economic conditions on the one hand, and the health conditions related to the Corona and cholera epidemics on the other, weigh on their shoulders , and are forced to spend part of their meager income to purchase often non-sterile water”.

The Foundation has called on affected officials to put the public’s best interest above all considerations and to work towards establishing permanent solutions for the pumping stations, to ensure that their work does not stop and that guarantees the right natural and fundamental of the citizen to clean water.

The Meteorology Department of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation predicts that tomorrow the weather will be partly cloudy, with fog at high altitudes, and a slight further drop in temperatures in the mountainous and inland regions, while it will settle on the coast, with light rain falling sporadically .

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– Expected weather in Lebanon:

The day is cloudy to cloudy at times, with fog at times thick on the hills and temperatures decreasing, especially on the coast, while it rises slightly inland and on the hills. Scattered and intermittent falls, sometimes intensifying from the evening and accompanied by by lightning, thunder and active winds, with speeds of up to 50 km/hQ, while snow falls at an altitude of 1,800 meters and below in the north of the country during the night.

Saturday: Partly cloudy with mists on the heights and a slight further drop in temperatures on the mountainous and inland areas as it settles on the coast. There will be some occasional rain, especially in the northern and southern regions during the day, with some sleet at times at 1,700 meters and above The weather stabilizes in the evening and becomes Partly cloudy with a warning of snow formation on the mountain roads above 2,200 metres.

Sunday: cloudy to partly cloudy with slightly rising temperatures and local mists at the highest altitudes, sporadic drizzles in the northern and inland regions in the morning and evening, while the winds are sometimes activated in the north of the country.

Monday: Partly cloudy with slightly decreasing temperatures and formation of fog on the hills, gradually cloudy in the afternoon and sporadic rain, especially in the inland and southern regions.