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Lebanon latest country to restrict travel over coronavirus fears

Lebanon has banned flights to and from countries hardest hit by the coronavirus.
Employees from a disinfection company sanitize handrails, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, at Beirut's seaside Corniche, Lebanon March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RC2SDF9YPMAO

Lebanon is halting all flights to and from the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, and giving its citizens in other coronavirus-struck countries four days to return home. 

Flights to and from Italy, South Korea, China and Iran will be suspended, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said March 11. Lebanon will also ban arrivals from France, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. 

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