Lebanon heading for total lockdown as health sector buckles

Lebanon heading for total lockdown as health sector buckles

Mon, 2020-11-09 23:36

BEIRUT: Lebanon is expected to head into a total lockdown again as the health sector buckles under the pressure of soaring coronavirus cases, with the head of a doctors' syndicate warning that the spread of the disease among medical professionals meant there would be nobody left to treat infected patients.

The Supreme Defense Council meets on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of President Michel Aoun, to take decisive action about a lockdown in light of increasing complaints from doctors and hospital owners that their resources have been depleted.

On Monday, the total number of people infected with the virus was more than 95,000, with daily rates sometimes exceeding 2,000, while the number of deaths has reached 725.

The number of COVID-19 cases during the first week of November alone hit 13,000, while