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Lockdown shows cracks as some residents defy stay-at-home orders

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s stir-crazy residents began to push the limits of coronavirus lockdown measures over the second weekend of a nationwide 24-hour lockdown, despite a continued surge in coronavirus...

Ghada Alsharif, 24 January 2021

Lebanon has registered 3,010 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Fifty more people have died from the virus, raising the death toll to 2,340

24 January 2021

Mandatory hotel quarantine for incoming travelers to Beirut airport will be replaced with home quarantine as of Jan. 27, according to a circular from the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation. Municipalities will be tasked with ensuring residents adhere to quarantine regulations

24 January 2021

UN fund Education Cannot Wait announced it will give $1.5 million to UNRWA for its education programs for Palestinian refugee children in Lebanon. Specifically, the funding will go to the learning support program, as well as for personal protective equipment and school supplies

24 January 2021