IMPACT, the inter-ministerial and municipal platform for assessment, coordination and tracking, announced today that Lebanon's Health Ministry vaccine certificate is now recognized by the European Union Digital COVID certificate System, which means that the COVID-19 certificates issued in Lebanon are now equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate. This is excellent news for all Lebanese and especially frequent travelers.

Lebanon's vaccination campaign against COVID-19 was launched on January 27 2021, and the former Public Health Minister had promised 80% of the population would be fully vaccinated by the end of the year. Instead, Lebanon is among the worst ranked country in terms of vaccination rates with barely 29% of the population having received two doses. In addition to that, we still have over 600 cases on a daily basis and tens of positive cases…