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Date: 07/05/2020

Author: Minister's Office

Source: MoPH

The Latest Lab Results for the Lebanese Expats

The Ministry of Public Health announces the following results of the tests performed for the passengers on board the flights to Lebanon as part of the second phase of Lebanese repatriation:

One confirmed COVID-19 case among the Lebanese on board the plane from Paris.
One confirmed COVID-19 case among the Lebanese returning from Liberia, and 2 more infections on a private flight from Liberia.
One positive case detected among the returnees from Abu Dhabi.
One infection on board a private flight from Riyadh.
6 passengers who have just returned from Qatar were retested. Five tests of which returned positive.
One person who flew in to the country from Kuwait will be retested.The passengers whose test results returned positive will be transferred to the hospital.

Those who tested negative are urged to strictly comply with home-quarantine, and they will be daily followed up by the ministry. Any person who shows symptoms will be sent to the hospital and retested.