In a statement, the ministry said that the new patients were on board of airplanes that came from Iran and they had been in quarantine at home and when the symptoms started appearing, they were transferred to Rafic Hariri University Hospital.
The statement indicated that the three patients were isolated when the PCR test result was positive.
“The number of coronavirus infected people in Lebanon has risen to 10,” the statement added.
The ministry urged all people arriving from countries with Coronavirus outbreak to fully abide by the in-home quarantine and to call the following number: 76/592699 if any symptoms show.