Health Minister Hamad Hasan assured on Monday that the deadly coronavirus does not get transmitted through mail packages arriving from the disease-inflicted country of China.

Democratic Gathering bloc MP Bilal Abdullah said on Monday that his bloc shall participate in a parliament session on the new government but will not give it its vote of confidence.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker is expected to visit crisis-hit Lebanon “when the new government receives the Parliament’s vote of confidence,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

Several protesters were injured Sunday as security forces used pepper spray against stone-throwing demonstrators rallying against U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan near the U.S. embassy in Awkar.

The protesters were treated for fainting and suffocation injuries.

Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni announced that the government’s policy statement will be ready on Monday, adding that a BDL circular regulating bank-customer relations has been issued, LBCI TV station said Saturday.

In remarks to the station, Wazni said the government shall finish discussing the ministerial statement “it will be ready on Monday.”

Central bank governor Riad Salameh intends to take some “important” measures in agreement with local banks, and under a political cover, within the exceptional powers granted to him by the Monetary and Credit Law / Article 174, al-Liwaa daily reported on Saturday.

Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat on Saturday voiced hopes that people’s livelihood get addressed in the government's awaited policy statement mainly the problematic electricity sector.

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi said he adopted a new strategy to deal with “non-peaceful” demonstrators, affirming that he fully supports the “rightful" demands of peaceful movements, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti shall take part in the emergency Arab League meeting, held at the level of foreign ministers, to discuss the controversial Mideast plan revealed by US President Donald Trump this week where he will state Lebanon’s position, Nida al-Watan reported on Saturday.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday warned against deducting from citizens’ bank deposits, as he said that the government should take a host of measures before thinking of paying Lebanon’s foreign debt.

“Touching people’s bank deposits is unacceptable and the Strong Republic bloc is totally against it,” Geagea said after a meeting for the bloc.