![epa09033428 A health worker prepares to inject a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a nationwide vaccination campaign, at the Saint George Hospital University Medical Center (Al-Roum hospital) at Ashrafieh area in Beirut, Lebanon, 24 February 2021. The World Bank warned that it may halt funding for Lebanon’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign after 16 lawmakers and five of their staff members were vaccinated inside the Lebanese parliament building on 23 February, violating regulations which aim to keep the process fair and transparent. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/E5TDD6IYTL7GPHL5S3D2KAYCUM.jpg?smart=true&auth=dfa5642529604d8270aeae4c26dd069c0fe1813d604d704275f393967607686c&width=400&height=225)
Lebanon plans to inoculate up to 80 per cent of the population by the end of 2021. EPA
Lebanon plans to inoculate up to 80 per cent of the population by the end of 2021. EPA
Lebanese MPs defiant in face of vaccine criticism
The World Bank said Lebanon’s vaccine funding is at risk after MPs appeared to have jumped the queue