The latest money is intended for trauma care and other urgent hospital needs, the repair of damaged homes for the most vulnerable people, and for logistical support. funding for relief efforts to $15 million. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Mark Lowcock said the agency is releasing $6 million to respond to the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port, bringing the total U.N.
In this photo taken from a footage provided by Russian Emergency Situations Ministry press service, Russian and Lebanese medical specialists visit a Russian field hospital set up in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, Aug. Hospitals were already facing capacity issues due to the coronavirus, which has killed 70 people in the country and infected 5,672 others. Hospitals in the vicinity of Tuesday's blast were flattened, forcing nearby hospitals still standing to quickly become overburdened by the influx of injured people. Inflation created an even bigger hurdle as the price of food skyrocketed, becoming an additional hindrance to the nearly 45 percent of the population that already lives below the poverty line, according to AFP. About 33 percent of people are unemployed.Ībout 49 percent of Lebanese are reportedly worried about their ability to access enough food, and 31 percent of them say they were unable to eat healthy and nutritious food over the course of a year, according to information collected by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia.
Relatives of Lebanese army lieutenant Ayman Noureddine, who was killed by Tuesday's explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, mourn over his coffin during his funeral procession, in Numeiriyeh village, south Lebanon, Friday, Aug.
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