Lebanon extends virus curbs by two weeks as toll climbs to 19 – Arabnews

Lebanon extends virus curbs by two weeks as toll climbs to 19 – Arabnews

Lebanon extends virus curbs by two weeks as toll climbs to 19. As of Thursday, the country had 582 cases of the illness, with 19 deaths, according to the government's website on the virus.. Health Minister Hamad Hassan told the Supreme Council of Defense that home quarantine should be continued "because Lebanon is still in the eye of the storm.". Fear is growing in the country's northern Bsharri district - known as the birthplace of writer Gibran Khalil Gibran - after the number of confirmed cases increased to 45, according to the Health Ministry.. “¢ Matn district still has the country's highest number of coronavirus cases with 118, while the number in Beirut rose to 104.. Claudio Cordone, acting UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, said: "The country is going through an unprecedented emergency, requiring all of us to ramp up our actions to stop the transmission of the virus.". Cordone said that that Rafik Hariri University Hospital has been carrying out at least 200 tests every day, and the number will be increased to about 450 per day.. The UN said that based on available evidence, there are no confirmed coronavirus cases among refugees in Lebanon, except for