Lebanon received PCR kits and thermometers as a gift from the Chinese government on Thursday to help it confront the outbreak of coronavirus.

MP Marwan Hamadeh of the Democratic Gathering on Wednesday warned that “Rustom Ghazaleh's clique” is seeking to “destroy Lebanon's economic system,” in reference to some members and backers of Hassan Diab's government.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday reassured Lebanon's Economic Committees that there will not be a deposits “haircut” but rather a bond exchange in order to manage Lebanon's debt.

Lebanon on Wednesday confirmed 17 more novel coronavirus cases, which raises the country's total to 658, the Health Ministry said.

Minister of Finance Ghazi Wazni assured on Wednesday that the Ministry is willing to pay "part" of the sums due to hospitals in a bid to mitigate the financial difficulties they are enduring mainly in light of the coronavirus outbreak, the National News Agency reported.

Wazni’s comments came during a meeting he held with the Head of the Syndicate of Hospitals in Lebanon, Sleiman Haroun and in the presence of Head of the Finance and Budget Parliamentary Committee MP Ibrahim Kanaan, added NNA.

President Michel Aoun met on Wednesday at Baabda Presidential Palace with UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, Philippe Lazzarini, who came on a farewell visit upon his appointment as UNRWA's new Commissioner-General, the Presidency press office said.

Nine consecutive earthquakes hit Lebanon on Wednesday and some were felt in several Lebanese regions, media reports said.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab is set to address the Lebanese on Thursday on the coronavirus crisis in the country and the government’s reform financial plan, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday noted that proposals for a deposits haircut and capital control have been born dead.

Lebanon on Tuesday confirmed nine more coronavirus cases as another death was recorded, the Health Ministry said.