Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan said on Wednesday that Lebanon was currently suspending the usage of the AstraZeneca vaccine pending the decision of the international health authorities.

Lebanese stood in queues in their vehicles on Wednesday as the country witnessed a gradual increase in gasoline prices, one of Lebanon’s multiple plights bringing the country to its knees amid total political failure to address an almost two-year crisis.

Two Israeli bulldozers began constructing a road off the southern border village of Adaisseh, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Authorities in Gulf and Arab countries are reportedly to make an “unparalleled move” by imposing “sanctions” on several Lebanese officials blaming them for aggravating Lebanon’s crisis, MTV television station reported on Wednesday.

Lebanon's worst economic downturn in decades has pushed a battered population to the brink with no solution in sight as the country's barons wrangle over forming a new government.

Lebanon is battling its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. The national currency is in freefall, while poverty and unemployment are on the rise.

Protesters took to the streets in most Lebanese regions on Tuesday as the national currency hit a new low against the dollar on the black market.

The slide has picked up speed over the past two weeks, with the exchange rate soaring from 10,000 Lebanese pounds to the dollar on March 2 to around 15,000 on Tuesday.

The joint parliamentary committees on Tuesday approved an LBP 300 billion treasury loan for Électricité du Liban, Lebanon's state-run electricity producer, amid the objection of the MPs of the Lebanese Forces and the Progressive Socialist Party.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has inspected the site where the field hospital donated by the United Arab Emirates is being established at Beirut waterfront, his press office said.

"This hospital is dedicated for the treatment of coronavirus patients," the press office said in a statement.

General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Commander of the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), visited Lebanon on March 15, 2021, the U.S. Embassy said.