Philippine Ambassador To Lebanon Dies Of COVID-19

Philippine Ambassador to Lebanon Bernardita Catalla died from COVID-19 complications early on Thursday at a Lebanese hospital, the National News Agency reported

BEIRUT, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Apr, 2020 ) :Philippine Ambassador to Lebanon Bernardita Catalla died from COVID-19 complications early on Thursday at a Lebanese hospital, the National news Agency reported.

The Philippine foreign ministry has announced the death of the 62-year-old ambassador from the coronavirus.

Since December 2019, she had spearheaded the voluntary mass repatriation program of the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon.

Lebanon has been fighting COVID-19 since Feb. 21 and the number of infections in the country has reached 479, with a death toll of 14.