People Beg For Hospital Beds as Covid Crisis Overwhelms Lebanon
Published January 10th, 2021 - 09:18 GMT
Health professionals have warned that the latest surge in cases risked causing catastrophe across Lebanon, which is already suffering from the aftermath of a devastating August explosion in Beirut and a dire economic crisis. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Highlights
Lebanon still has not received any vaccine as parliament delays action on needed law.
A senior Lebanese health official broke down in tears while describing how stricken coronavirus patients had begged him for a vacant hospital bed so that they would not die at home in front of their families.