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Lebanon begins new lockdown amid surge in coronavirus cases

by Bassem Mroue
| January 7, 2021 2:06 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon began a 25-day nationwide lockdown Thursday to limit the spread of the coronavirus as infections hit a record high in the tiny Mediterranean nation and patients overwhelmed the health care sector.

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