President Michel Aoun on Tuesday stressed the need for “quick” and urgent measures to stop the big hike in prices of food commodities.

Aoun said the prices of all kinds of goods have gone beyond acceptable, stressing that “urgent and quick measures must be taken to restore order and activate supervision.”

The Higher Defense Council convened at Baabda Palace on Tuesday to tackle the general situation in the country, including an extension of the so-called general mobilization period aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Amid concerns of a second wave of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Lebanon, Health Minister Hamad Hassan on Tuesday urged vigilance telling people to maintain precautionary measures as key to prevent spread of the virus.

The U.N. Security Council on Monday backed Lebanon's efforts to end the country's economic crisis and tackle other challenges including the impact of COVID-19 and called on the international community to help.

The U.N.'s most powerful body took note in a statement after a closed meeting of the "urgent need for the Lebanese authorities to respond to the aspirations of the Lebanese people by implementing meaningful economic reforms" and addressing security, humanitarian and COVID-19 challenges.

Incumbent and former Greek Orthodox ministers and MPs as well as economic figures met Monday at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut under Metropolitan Elias Aude and decried perceived “injustice” against their community in public administrations.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday condemned Germany's ban on his group as bowing to U.S. and Israeli pressure and insisted his party is not active in the country.

Germany designated Hizbullah a "Shiite terrorist organization" on Thursday as its security forces raided mosques and associations allegedly linked to the group.

Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday said his party is not seeking to “destroy” Lebanon's banking sector while denying accusations that Hizbullah is playing a role in the dollar shortage crisis.

A meeting got underway Monday afternoon in Baabda between President Michel Aoun and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat, following months of tensions between the two leaders and their political parties.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab held talks Monday in Ain el-Tineh with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

The Health Minister said three people evacuated recently to Lebanon have tested positive for the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday.