Elderly musician fights to get vaccine before queue-jumping Lebanese politicians
Joseph al-Hajj filed suit against Lebanon’s health ministry with help from his son, a lawyer
09 March 2021 - 14:10
Mtein — As a career musician who has played brass and wind instruments for most of his life, Joseph al-Hajj, 80, was particularly anxious to protect his most precious asset — his lungs — when the coronavirus swept into Lebanon last year.
Hunkered down in his modest home in the mountains for months on end, Hajj said he pinned his hopes on the global race to develop a vaccine against the respiratory disease...
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