The Coronavirus Follow-up Committee issued new preventive measures and procedures after a meeting held on Saturday. The recommendations are the following:
- Adopting the positive results of the tests conducted in most Lebanese towns and villages to determine the level of risk in them.
- Request the Ministry of Public Health to increase the number of tests conducted in villages that are classified as dangerous and in which the number of cases is increasing.
- Leaving the decision of closing or opening educational institutions and administrative units in towns and villages that are not under lockdown to be issued by the Minister of Education.
- Order the lockdown of the listed towns.
- Emphasizing the wearing of the masks and strictly fining violators.
- Banning all kinds of social events, closing governmental and private institutions and schools in the villages under lockdown, and coordinating with religious authorities in terms of holding prayers.
- Following these recommendations for one week.
The Minister of Interior issued a list with the names of the towns and villages that have been classified as ‘high risk’. The number of towns under lockdown is 79.
New places were added to the decision, while others were removed and some were kept closed. The lockdown will start from 6:00 am on Monday, October 19th, and until 6:00 am on Monday, October 26th.
These towns and villages are:
Kesserwan:
- Achkout
- Ain El-Rihana
- Ajaltoun
- Adma / Ain El-Defna
- Shannir
- Faytroun
- Ghazir
- Ghosta
- Jounieh Ghadir
- Jounieh / Haret Sakher
- Jounieh / Sarba
- Raifoun
- Zouk Mosbeh
Akkar:
- Aboudieh
- Al-Majdel Akkar
- Mazraat Al-Nahrieh
- El-Kubayat
Aley:
- Aramoun
- Bchamoun
- Bleibel
- Bsous
- Btater
- Saoufar
Tripoli:
- Al-Zaytoun
- El-Souks
- Baal El-wati
- El-Shalfeh
- El-Kebbeh
- El-Seki El-Shemali
- El-Mina
- El-Zahirieh
Sidon:
- Bkosta
- Kfarmelki
- El-Salihiyyeh
- Toura
Zgharta:
- Erdeh
- Kferhata
Zahle:
- Ain Kfarzabad
- Ablah
- Bouarej
- Jdita
- Taalabeya
Bint Jbeil:
- Harissa
Baalbek:
- Bedneyil
Baabda / El-Louaizeh:
- Baabda El-Louaizeh
El-Nabatieh:
- Erbsalim
- Choukin
- Hbouch
- El-Nemirieh
- Kaakayet El-Jeser
El-menieh / El-Dunniyeh:
- Al-Sefirah
- Bkaoun
- Kfarhebo
El-Metn:
- Ain Alak
- Ain Saadeh
- Beit Meri
- Brummenah
- El-Choueir
- El-Dekweneh / Mar Roukouz
- Jal El-Dib / Bekneyah
- Sin El-Fil
El-Chouf:
- Ain Zhalta
- Baakline
- El-Barouk
- Batloun
- Damour
- Jdeidet El-Chouf
- El-Jieh
- Kfarnabrakh
- El-Khreibeh / El-Chouf
- Mazboud
- El-Werhaniyeh
West Bekaa:
- El-Manarah
- El-Raoudah
- El-Saouiri
El-Batroun:
- Kfar Abidah
Byblos:
- Gharfin
- Halat
Sour:
- El-Maachouk / El-Burj El-Shemali
Curfew is still enforced between 1:00 am and 6:00 am of each day and all entertainment venues are to remain closed in all areas.
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