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Lebanon to start lockdown amid post-holiday infections surge

by Sarah EL Deeb
| January 4, 2021 11:07 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will begin a 25-day nationwide lockdown Thursday to battle a surge in coronavirus infections during the holiday season that has challenged the country’s already battered health care sector.

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