{"id":57349,"date":"2021-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=62c4d41cb2da23a0781a28bba03b01e0"},"modified":"2021-09-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T00:00:00","slug":"minister-of-health-issues-decision-setting-usd-rate-for-unsubsidized-medicines-at-80-of-market-exchange-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/minister-of-health-issues-decision-setting-usd-rate-for-unsubsidized-medicines-at-80-of-market-exchange-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"MINISTER OF HEALTH ISSUES DECISION SETTING USD RATE FOR UNSUBSIDIZED MEDICINES AT 80% OF MARKET EXCHANGE RATE"},"content":{"rendered":"
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Thursday held a meeting during which he announced the final formula that has been decided upon with regard to unsubsidized medicines.<\/P>
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Accordingly, Hassan issued a decision setting the USD exchange rate for unsubsidized medicines at 80% of the market exchange rate in Lebanon for a period not exceeding the end of this year (31 -12-2021).<\/P>
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Minister Hassan stressed the need to adhere to the agreed-upon formula, which he described as fair.<\/P>
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He hoped that importers would swiftly work to secure unsubsidized medicines, many of which are missing in the Lebanese market, thus contributing to alleviating the medicine shortage crisis.<\/P>
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Source: National News Agency<\/P>
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Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Thursday held a meeting during which he announced the final formula that has been decided upon with regard to unsubsidized medicines.Accordingly, Hassan issued a decision setting the USD exchang…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1798],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n