The participants in Wednesday's meeting in Baabda between President Michel Aoun and parliamentary leaders said the sacrifices required to implement the government's long-awaited financial and economic reform plan remain less costly than "complete economic and financial collapse."

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday attended President Michel Aoun's Baabda talks with parliamentary leaders but stressed that the LF “remains at the heart of the opposition.”

The Health Ministry announced nine new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, seven of them in Lebanese repatriated from Sierra Leone, as the country prepares to receive five more flights repatriating expats from Oman, Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt, Paris, Monrovia.

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Wednesday allowed mosques and churches to open at 30% capacity during Friday prayers and Sunday mass, he said in a statement.

President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the rescue plan was not the responsibility of a single group or party in Lebanon, as he urged unity to face the threats against Lebanon's existence.

Economy Minister Raoul Nehme said that volunteers “regardless of their affiliation” are welcome to help the Ministry in monitoring the prices of commodities, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

Six of the Lebanese evacuated Monday from Sierra Leone have tested positive for coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced Tuesday that his relation with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri “has been and will remain excellent,” a day after he met with him in Ain el-Tineh following tensions.

The government on Tuesday extended the so-called state of general mobilization over coronavirus to May 24, Information Minister Manal Abdul Samad said.

Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against ten oil companies on charges of embezzling public funds and illicit enrichment, the state-run National News Agency said.