(MENAFN) Lebanon's COVID-19 ministerial committee approved on Monday a 25-day lockdown set to start from Jan. 7 until Feb. 1 in an attempt to curb the COVID-19 infections, which has increased to an unprecedented level over the past few days,
MTV Lebanon, a local TV channel, reported that Lebanon's ministerial committee of COVID-19 imposed on Monday a lockdown for 25 days set to take effect as of Jan. 7 until Feb. 1 as part of measures to halt the COVID-19 spread, which has improved to an extraordinary level through the past few days.
Reporters quoted Lebanese Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan as saying in a press briefing following the ministerial committee's meeting that "The situation in the country has reached a very dangerous level amid the inability of hospitals to secure more beds for COVID-19 patients which necessitates the implementation of a new lockdown."
All shops and restaurants will close their doors down except for supermarkets and pharmacies, which will open until 5 p.m. local time in the afternoon.
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