Minister of Trade and Economy, Raoul Nehme, submitted a letter to the Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, on Saturday enclosing a table showing the names of insurance companies and the details of the coverage they provide to their insured clients.

Nehme asked Hassan to circulate the decision to all hospitals, and to commit them to the following: "Provide insured patients with COVID-19 coverage without delay in the interest of their rights and public safety, refer the files of those infected with COVID-19 whose insurance companies refuse to cover to the Supervisory Bodies .Control Committee for follow-up, via contact number: 01999069, WhatsApp 81999069, or email: icc-care@insurancecommission.gov.lb"

He also pointed out that the insurance contracts for all foreign workers include COVID-19 coverage upto a ceiling of thirty-five million Lebanese pounds.