Lebanon returns to lockdown as virus cases surge

COVID-19 infections have risen steadily in Lebanon since the August explosion in Beirut.
An Italian medic walks around in the coronavirus ward at the Italian field hospital in the Lebanese University campus in the town of Hadath, north of the capital Beirut on September 8, 2020. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
An Italian medic walks in the coronavirus ward at the Italian field hospital in the Lebanese University campus in the town of Hadath, north of the capital Beirut, on Sept. 8, 2020. - ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images
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Al-Monitor Staff

Lebanon will return to lockdown this weekend as COVID-19 cases in the country continue to surge.

The general lockdown will begin on Saturday and last until Nov. 30, the Lebanese news outlet Naharnet reported.

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