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Lebanon extends 24-hour coronavirus lockdown

Lebanon has extended its nationwide lockdown by two weeks in a desperate effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Residents are not even allowed outside to shop for groceries. The country is one of the worst-affected in the Middle East.

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