Hundreds in Lebanon Protest Measures Targeting Unvaccinated
Hundreds of people have rallied in Beirut to protest measures imposed against the unvaccinated, saying individuals should have the right to decide whether to be inoculated or not.
Vaccination is not compulsory in Lebanon, but in recent days authorities have cracked down on people who are not inoculated or don't carry a negative PCR test.
The Martyrs Square protest by nearly 300 people came a day after the daily number of new cornoavirus cases hit a record 7,974.
The protest came days after authorities imposed fresh restrictions -- including the requirement of a vaccination certificate or negative PCR test for entry into restaurants, hotels and similar venues.
As of Monday, civil servants must either be vaccinated or take regular PCR tests to be able to go to work. Many civil servants cannot afford to pay for regular PCR tests, given Lebanon's severe economic crisis currency crash.
"No to the dictatorship of vaccination," read one banner carried by protesters.
Lebanon, with has a population of six million including a million Syrian refugees, has registered more than 760,000 cases and 9,250 deaths since discovering its first COVID-19 case in February 2020.
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let's get real people, we all need to get vaccinated before Covid-19 kills us all, here are the reasons why you need to get vaccinated:
1- Covid-19 is a global pandemic, meaning it is in every country around the world.
2- Covid-19 vaccine's help build up you're immune system teaching it how to fight back against the virus so you can have a better chance of surviving it.
3- There are no more rooms at the hospital not for you or anybody.
4- you could have covid-19 and not show signs of infection and infecting other without knowing that.
