The media office of the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement that, “starting next Monday, the tenth of January, the cost of the mandatory PCR test for all arrivals will be reduced upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport, with the exception of children under 12 years old, to become thirty dollars. instead of fifty.
The statement pointed out that “the expatriates must register on the electronic platform of the Ministry of Public Health for expatriates https://PASS.MOPH.GOV.LB, and pay the cost of the PCR test on the mentioned platform according to a new mechanism that adopts one of two options: a credit card or an electronic document. EMD is obtained by passengers by paying at one of the approved travel and tourism offices or in the sales offices of the airline, provided that the passengers deliver the EMD receipt to representatives of the Ministry of Public Health upon their arrival at the airport.
The Ministry was keen to confirm that “its platform guarantees the requirements of protection and security for data confidentiality in accordance with international standards according to which continuous penetration tests and checks are conducted, and that personal data is encrypted and stored in a secure manner and cannot be viewed by the public, and is used only in the event that the person concerned is infected. With the virus, or contact with a positive case, to contact it and give it the necessary directions with the aim of limiting the spread of the epidemic.
For more regarding the privacy policy, visit the website of the Ministry of Public Health: https://www.moph.gov.lb.
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