NNA – Minister of Public Healthm Firass Abiad, visited this afternoon along with his accompanying medical team the Corona Vaccine Center at President Elias Hrawi’s Governmental Hospital in Zahle, which is witnessing a large number of citizens wishing to get vaccinated within the framework of the Pfizer Marathon launched by the Ministry of Public Health Saturday morning.

Following his inspection of the Vaccination Center, Abiad said: “The turnout is very high and has exceeded expectations and preparations, so we can work to secure a good number of volunteers to help in the organization process.”

He added: “The vaccination campaign is excellent, as it has reached 20,000 vaccines so far, through the latest update we received from a team of followers of the marathon in the Ministry of Health, and we hope that this campaign will be fruitful.”

"We have announced two cases of the ‘omicron’ mutant, and there are 6 suspicious cases, whereby we have conducted genetic infiltration analyzes within the joint program between the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and LIU University and we are carrying out the necessary tests in this regard…,” the Minister explained.

Abiad reiterated the essential need to receive the vaccine, adding, “We are supporting all vaccine centers, including Zahle, with volunteers so that we can vaccinate the largest possible number of citizens, while maintaining public safety and the existing efficiency."

==========R.Sh.