BEIRUT (XINHUA) - Philippine Ambassador to Lebanon Bernardita Catalla died from Covid-19 complications early on Thursday (April 2) at a Lebanese hospital, the National News Agency reported.

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

Since December 2019, she had spearheaded the voluntary mass repatriation programme 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 at 14.