{"id":63664,"date":"2022-06-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63664\/minister-of-health-test-positive-for-covid-19"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:35:40","slug":"minister-of-health-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63664\/minister-of-health-test-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Health Test Positive For COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"The Minister of Health in Lebanon&#8217;s caretaker government Dr. Firas Abiad has tested positive for COVID-19. <br \/>  <br \/>  In a tweet, Dr. Abiad thanked everyone for their well-wishes and revealed that his symptoms are mild. He will be appearing on MTV&#8217;s Sar el Waet via Skype. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\u2014 Firass Abiad (@firassabiad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firassabiad\/status\/1532402653564739584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Despite being hailed a hero during his time as chief of Beirut&#8217;s governmental hospital (particularly throughout the pandemic), Abiad has been subject to criticism as of late due to his seeming inaction regarding pressing issues such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/63258\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">absence of cancer treatment meds<\/a>. 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