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As the scandal over MP vaccination grows, Lebanon's health caretaker minister claimed that the inoculations were not a violation of the vaccination plan for COVID-19.
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As the scandal over MP vaccination grows, Lebanon's health caretaker minister claimed that the inoculations were not a violation of the vaccination plan for COVID-19.
Yesterday, Hamad Hassan said that his ministry was not under "international guardianship," an implicit response to Saroj Kumar Jha, a World Bank official.
The World Bank's Middle East point-person said the vaccination of 12 MPs was a breach that jeopardized the funding of his institution for the inoculation campaign.
For his part, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament incorrectly claimed that the shots given on Tuesday to politicians and their staff were in line with the national plan. Elie Ferzli mocked Jha as well and called him a "liar" and threatened to be deported.
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A member of the national vaccination committee of Lebanon, meanwhile, announced her resignation. 62 more COVID-19 deaths were registered yesterday in the midst of the ballooning controversy.
The international agency monitoring the vaccination program in Lebanon said that the inoculations given to the president and close associates had not been notified in advance.
A spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said yesterday that it was unable to send monitors to the presidential palace since it had been left in the dark.
The press office of Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that the president, his wife Nadia and 10 members of his staff were inoculated, but did not explain whether the staff fell under the priority vaccination guidelines.
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