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Information Minister Abdel Samad: Cabinet restricts flights to countries with Coronavirus

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25-02-2020 | 10:48

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Information Minister Abdel Samad: Cabinet restricts flights to countries with Coronavirus

Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad said on Tuesday that the Cabinet decided to halt flights to and from countries with large numbers of Coronavirus cases.

Abdel Samad’s comments were made after a Cabinet session whereby she noted that Prime Minister Hassan Diab praised the efforts deployed by the Ministry of Health to address the coronavirus infections.

On another note, she noted that Lebanon has given approval for asset management company Lazard to be its financial adviser on debt restructuring and for law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP to act as the government's legal adviser.

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