Caretaker Hamad Hassan told Independent Arabia on Monday that Lebanon has booked around 2m Pfizer vaccines that will be given to around 30 percent of the Lebanese population.

“Lebanon booked with American Pfizer company around 2 million vaccines to be distributed free of charge to segments of the society as targeted in a plan placed by the company and the Lebanese ministerial committee,” tasked with monitoring the virus, said Hassan.

President Michel Aoun received at Baabda Palace on Monday a delegation of European diplomats, and talks highlighted the situation in crisis-hit Lebanon and the ways to improve cooperation between Lebanon and the EU, the state-run National News Agency reported.

A delegation of French representatives in the European Parliament arrived in Beirut in the past hours to explore the developments on the French initiative towards Lebanon before an expected visit by the French President to the capital, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly expected to visit Lebanon before Christmas.

A picture of a toddler girl in an ambulance has gone viral on social media in Lebanon after the parents were killed in a car crash.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday saluted the 40 nations and organizations that took part in the latest international conference for supporting the Lebanese people but he lamented that the closing statement did not mention the “Lebanese state.”

The British embassy in Lebanon clarified in a statement on Saturday that its ambassador to Lebanon, Chris Rampling, will leave Lebanon back to the UK in December and that his departure is due to family reasons.

The embassy assured in a statement that “the British government will continue to enhance stability and security in Lebanon and the region, and a successor to the ambassador will be announced at a later time.”

Dozens of Lebanese protesters held a sit-in on Saturday in Beirut’s main Martyr’s Square complaining about the local banks’ policies, amid a deepening economic and financial crisis gripping the country.

The protesters later moved their sit-in near to the Association of Banks in Lebanon.

Director general of the state-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital (RHUH), Firas Abiad said in a tweet on Saturday that the first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Lebanon in February, noting that the quantity will cover healthcare workers and high risk patients.

“The first Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Lebanon in mid February as per the Ministry of Health in Lebanon,” said Abiad.

The General Security Directorate launched an investigation about two weeks ago into embezzlement accusations in the agency, and arrested two officers suspected of being involved in misappropriation of public funds including passport fees and residency visas, media reports said Saturday.

The total sum of public funds embezzled has not been determined yet, according to reports, but estimates say it could total to billions of Lebanese pounds. Investigation is focusing on the gaps that allowed this to happen, added the reports.

Anti-government protesters on Friday encircled the entrances of the ESA Business School in Beirut’s Clemenceau area during the presence of Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh in it.