Before this decision the only vaccine that had been approved for use in very young children was the Sinopharm vaccine which was approved for ages , with Pfizer shots being available to children above It also said people with chronic diseases who previously received Pfizer-BioNtech or the Russia-developed Sputnik vaccinations can now get a third booster shot.
Previously the government had been giving booster shots to people fully vaccinated with Sinopharm vaccines. BEIRUT: Pressure is mounting on Lebanese leaders to remove a Cabinet minister whose comments on the war in Yemen have triggered a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia, even as the minister at the center of the crisis said that resigning from the government was not an option.
The UAE has banned its citizens from traveling to Lebanon. The decisions follow remarks that Information Minister George Kordahi gave in an interview that was recorded before his appointment, saying the Iran-backed Houthis were defending themselves and that the war in Yemen should stop, with a video of the interview emerging last week.
In a televised speech on Sunday, amid the deepening crisis, Kordahi addressed those who had been urging him to quit. The most important achievement that political forces can make is not to be dragged into the game of states, especially during this critical phase in the region. Gebran Khalil Gebran uttered those words, and they were heard by the whole world. He is the master of words. Former MP Mustafa Alloush, who is vice president of the Future Movement, said the situation would have been different had Kordahi resigned two days after what had happened.
Hezbollah is continuing its project by increasing hostility with Arab states," he told Arab News. The Lebanese government has become a hostage and the proof is that the positions of Mikati and the Lebanese Foreign Ministry were not decisive nor firm. Mikati had to be firm and order the removal of Kordahi and threaten to dissolve the government. It recommended waiting on the results of the international calls being made. In recent weeks, fighting has intensified around the city of Marib in the province of the same name.
