#Hezbollah leader Hassan #Nasrallah, in speech being broadcast now, characterizes #Coronavirus as an "enemy" and that the fight against it - to prevent its spread & find a treatment for it - is a "battle."
#Nasrallah: anyone showing signs of Coronavirus has to show transparency about it, and go to hospital and the competent authorities & see if they have the virus or not.
He says this is a religious duty and to protect yourselves and others.
He says this is a religious duty and to protect yourselves and others.
#Nasrallah addresses #Lebanon's Health Ministry and says you must keep going, and even if the number of deaths grows very high you must be transparent and announce them. "It's the people's right to know," he says.
#Hezbollah leader says people MUST abide by instructions of government ministries: eg, if Ministry of Education says schools close, it means schools must close. The most important thing is to stop gatherings. You can pray at home, you don't need to go to the mosque, or church.
Nasrallah stresses importance of not gathering together, even in cases of deaths for funerals. We've got to stop the thing of the whole village coming out to offer consolations to family, even though it's a lovely custom, he says.
People are going to their villages, but that doesn't mean people can do so and just gather there instead. Don't go to the village and mix together there.
Nasrallah says Khamenei in Iran has announced that any doctor, nurse or paramedic who dies because he or she contracts #CoronaVirus, they will be considered a martyr.
#Hezbollah leader #Nasrallah: This battle [against #Coronavirus] needs patience and stamina...The most dangerous thing in any battle is panic and fear.
#Hezbollah leader #Nasrallah: We have to be strong in the face of this threat, even if the truth is hard. The strong are those who will remain and who will be victorious. #Coronavirus
Nasrallah spoke for nearly an hour about Coronavirus; is now speaking about Lebanese government and financial rescue plan.
Nasrallah : any international financial help that is presented to Lebanon without conditions, we [Hezbollah] don't have a problem with it.
