So far, only 1.44 percent of the population has been able to obtain the vaccine, nearly two months after the start of the campaign.
In accordance with government guidelines, several documented migrant workers have registered to obtain the vaccine, but have grown speculative due to the slow roll out and the Lebanese government’s track-record with securing their rights.
Today, migrant workers are both excluded from the Lebanese Labor Law and overlooked as essential workers. Those employed at supermarkets, cleaning companies, as caretakers, nannies or domestic workers, are at an added risk of contracting COVID-19 due to the nature of their job, but are unlikely to be inoculated against the deadly virus any time soon.