Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil has finished his treatment from coronavirus, his press office said on Monday.

Lebanon announced on Monday the names of its delegation that will hold indirect talks later this week with Israel over the disputed maritime border between the two countries.

The announcement by President Michel Aoun's office comes two weeks after Lebanon and Israel reached an agreement on a framework for the U.S.-mediated talks. The talks are scheduled to begin Wednesday at the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura.

Ex-PM Saad Hariri held crucial government formation talks on Monday with President Michel Aoun announcing that a delegation will be dispatched to hold contacts with Lebanon’s various political blocs to confirm their commitment to the “reform-oriented” French initiative towards Lebanon.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said Monday that two months have passed since the colossal port explosion and the Lebanese people still have “no clear definition of the responsibilities.”

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker and a US delegation are set to arrive in Lebanon in the “coming hours” before a historic U.S.-mediated sea border talks between Lebanon and Israel, al-Joumhouria daily reported Monday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for the formation of a “non-political and technocrat” salvation government.

Former premier Saad Hariri on Sunday held phone talks with President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and agreed with them on holding separate meetings on Monday.

Almost 170 Lebanese villages and towns will go into lockdown for the next week, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday, as Lebanon grapples with record numbers of novel coronavirus cases.

The Ministry also ordered bars, pubs and nightclubs nationwide closed "until further notice."

The Lebanese Forces-led Strong Republic parliamentary bloc will convene Wednesday to take the “appropriate stance” as to the binding parliamentary consultations that will be held Thursday to name a new PM, media reports said.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri visited Sunday morning the site of the fuel tank explosion that occurred Friday in Tariq al-Jedideh, which resulted in three deaths and many injuries among residents.