BEIRUT — Lebanon has relaxed coronavirus restrictions as reported infections and deaths continue to decline.
The government is allowing cinemas and theaters to reopen at reduced capacity for the first time in more than a year.
A government pandemic committee recommended the relaxed measures on Friday, a day after Lebanon recorded its lowest one-day death rate in months. Only seven COVID-19 related deaths and 394 cases were reported on Thursday.
The committee also allowed organizing weddings, conferences and trade shows at reduced capacities, but urged professional syndicates to delay holding elections for another month until the downward trend is confirmed.
So far about 10 % of the nearly 6 million people living in Lebanon have received at least one vaccine since February.
The World Health Organization says the Eastern Mediterranean, which includes Lebanon, has reported a decrease in cases in the last two weeks in 17 out of 22 countries in the region.
Lebanon has registered nearly 538,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 7,660 confirmed deaths.
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