The deterioration in Lebanon continues on a daily basis, and the country's pharmacies are closed today in protest of the severe shortage of medicines resulting from the current economic crisis.

Lebanon imports about 80% of its pharmaceuticals, most of which are sold at a subsidized price, but due to the lack of finances, this has stopped almost completely. According to Lebanon’s central bank, during the first five months of the year, it paid $ 485 million to pharmaceutical importers in the country.

In Lebanon, this activity has been blamed on Hezbollah who is allegedly involved in smuggling pharmaceuticals from Lebanon to Syria and Iran.