Director of the Rafik Hariri International Hospital, Firass Abiad on Wednesday said the Covid-19 indicators in Lebanon are improving with a decline in the number of cases and deaths.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara el-Rahi on Wednesday reiterated calls for the formation of a government in Lebanon to introduce reforms and prevent politicians from controlling the judiciary.

None of the external proposals to help put together a Lebanese government has yielded concrete and practical results. Not even the reports on possible European sanctions against parties obstructing the government formation, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The Arab Parliament called on Arab states, the international community and international donors to “stand and show solidarity with Lebanon at this critical time the country is passing through, to help it get out of its economic crisis,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

The Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc on Tuesday charged that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri “has no intention to form a government,” as it said that any moves against Mt. Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun would be a “crime against the Lebanese.”

“The Lebanese are still waiting for the PM-designate to present a methodical cabinet format that clearly shows the distribution of portfolios to sects and to the nomination parties while respecting the standards of competence, specialty and nonpartisanship,” the bloc said in a statement issued after its weekly e-meeting.

The Justice and Administration Parliamentary Committee “holds the resigned government fully responsible to convene immediately and take a decision amending Decree 6433 under penalty of constitutional accountability for dereliction of national duty,” the head of the committee, MP Georges Adwan, said on Tuesday.

“We urgently call on it to do so before it’s too late and within the required deadlines, and to take all measures to inform the U.N. of Lebanon’s stance and its modifications,” Adwan added, following a meeting for the committee.

The Higher Judicial Council on Tuesday asked the Judicial Inspection Board to look into Mt. Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun’s latest actions while asking her to abide by the state prosecutor’s decisions.

“What is happening is not between those who want to combat corruption and penalize corrupts and those who do not want that or are preventing it,” the Council said in a statement after hearing Aoun’s testimony during a session at the Justice Palace.

President Michel Aoun on Tuesday commented in a brief manner on the latest judicial developments in the country and the protests that accompanied them.

Emphasizing on demonstrators’ “right to peaceful assembly as a free expression,” the president called on them to shun “the sectarian and confessional approach.”

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab called for Qatar's help during a visit to the Gulf country on Monday as Lebanon sinks deeper into economic ruin.

Diab met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in the evening. He also attended an iftar banquet thrown by Qatari PM Sheikh Khaled bin Abdul Aziz Al-Thani. Diab earlier with several prominent Qatari ministers and officials during the trip which Lebanese media has suggested has been mired in "secrecy."

Israeli fighter jets staged intensive overflights Monday evening over several Lebanese regions.

The National News Agency said the warplanes were continuously flying at a low altitude over the Aley and Upper Metn regions.