Lebanese are protesting amid measures taken to combat the coronavirus in the country, taking aim at the government and the tanking economy during the country’s lockdown.
Demonstrations took place Monday in several cities in protest of the local currency’s crash and a massive increase in food prices. Protesters blocked some roads, thus hindering the efforts of medical teams to conduct coronavirus tests in the country. Lebanese security forces forcibly removed some protesters as a result. Over the weekend, some banks were attacked in protest against limits imposed on people’s accounts during the crisis, according to The Associated Press.
