Now we have corona’: Cash-strapped Lebanon navigates new crisis

Now we have corona’: Cash-strapped Lebanon navigates new crisis

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's crippling financial crisis could pose a grave threat to managing a coronavirus outbreak that has so far been kept in check but is expected to spread, according to senior health officials and medical importers.. Lebanon faces a severe dollar shortage that has hit imports since October, when anti-government protests erupted and banks imposed stiff capital controls, leaving hospitals exposed to shortages in everything from dialysis equipment to syringes.. Lebanon World Health Organization (WHO) representative Iman Shankiti said.. We are completely out of stocks and this issue is because for five months we haven't been able to import," said Salma Assi, a spokeswoman for Lebanon's medical equipment importers.. Egypt announces 2nd Coronavirus case, in quarantine. Preventing coronavirus from entering Egypt impossible: Health Minister.