After weeks of stalling, the Health Ministry has finally taken the first step towards speeding up the vaccination campaign in Lebanon, by allowing a Pharmaline, a private Lebanese company, to acquire one million doses of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V. This was made possible by Pharmaline owner Jacques Sarraf who heads the Lebanese Russian Business Council and the Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Lebanon. According to Naharnet, the vaccine will be offered…

Last year, the head of the doctors' syndicate stated that over 400 doctors had left the country, creating a major problem for university hospitals and for the overall medical sector. This year, Abou Sharaf declared that over 1000 doctors are considered leaving or have already left, knowing that the majority of those leaving are aged between 35 and 55. Abou Sharaf even warned that one of Beirut's key hospitals might run out of doctors soon.…