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    Lebanese Senior Officials Reportedly Received The COVID-19 Vaccine

    By Souad LazkaniJanuary 8, 2021Updated:January 22, 2021
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    A handful of Lebanese senior officials have reportedly been able to secure a China-made COVID-19 vaccine, including two of three of Lebanon’s heads of state: Aoun, Berri, or Hariri.

    According to Lebanon Debate, one of these officials received the vaccine during travels in the United Arab Emirates, which recently approved a vaccine developed by China’s SinoPharm.

    That turns attention directly to the PM-designate Saad Hariri who was reportedly visiting the UAE recently for a family holiday.

    Tingshu Wang/Reuters

    Lebanon’s president, Michel Aoun, earlier said that he won’t take the anti-coronavirus vaccine, which was later countered by the presidency’s press office announcing that the president will be receiving the COVID-19 vaccine after all.

    اوضح مكتب الاعلام في رئاسة الجمهورية ان رئيس الجمهورية العماد ميشال عون سوف يتلقى اللقاح ضد الكورونا ، وذلك خلافا لما نشر اليوم في وسائل الاعلام والتواصل الاجتماعي

    — Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) December 28, 2020

    It is to note that Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was vocal about not wanting to receive the “American vaccine”. Perhaps the non-FDA-approved Chinese vaccine could be his alternative.

    Lebanon itself, which just entered yet another lockdown and broke its COVID-19 record again, is expected to receive its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech in mid-February.

    Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Lebanon Michel Aoun Saad Hariri
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