The Chairman of the Health Committee, MP Assem Araji, stated that the collapse rate in the healthcare sector has reached 90%, noting that a ten-day lockdown is insufficient to limit the virus spread.
Araji explained during a television interview that a ten-day lockdown is not adequate to curb the virus, advocating for a shutdown lasting three weeks as recommended by the World Health Organization. He mentioned that the collapse rate in the healthcare sector is at 90%, pointing out that there are sectors that could be managed as other countries do, such as reopening stores, but not at the moment since the mortality rate will rise due to an increase in moderate cases being treated at home and the influx of patients to hospitals.
Araji called for rationalizing support and directing it to provide material assistance to help people survive.
After the parliamentary session related to the approval of the law regulating the use of medical products to combat COVID-19, MP Araji clarified that the parliament made a significant achievement by approving the vaccine law, emphasizing that without its approval, Lebanon would have been unable to secure vaccines from any global company, noting that the law was established for all companies, not just Pfizer.
Araji explained that the law protects the rights of the vaccine-exporting companies, stating that if any complications arise from the vaccine and someone wishes to file a complaint, the company would be protected as it obtained an emergency authorization to produce the vaccine and could receive a permanent authorization within two years.
