Corona closes university and 111 cities in Lebanon

The significant increase in new coronavirus (Covid-19) infections in Lebanon has led to the closure and isolation of 111 towns and villages in various regions, while the official Lebanese University announced that it would completely close its doors for a week, and The exams that were scheduled during this period were postponed.

On Friday, the Lebanese Interior Ministry announced the imposition of the closure of 111 towns and cities across the country for a week, after record daily rates of infection with the coronavirus rose.

The decision follows a widespread refusal to impose a national shutdown in August, as the country faces its worst economic crisis in decades.

The ministry said in a statement that from Sunday morning and for a period of 8 days, the inhabitants of the areas covered by the decision will “stick to their houses” and “will adopt the muzzle to cover their mouths and the nose when they have to move. ”

He explained that work will stop in all public and private institutions, and all social and religious events will be canceled, while health institutions, pharmacies and bakeries will be excluded.

He mentioned the application of the “only” home delivery service of the stores.

The Director General of Beirut Government Hospital, Firas Al-Abyad, welcomed the new approach to applying closure by region.

“This will help clarify the hot spots and local and specific use of blocking measures,” he wrote on Twitter. “This could be a good alternative to the unpopular blanket blockade.”

For its part, the official Lebanese University announced the closure for a week.

He explained that the closure decision includes the units, branches and centers of the Lebanese University, from the morning of Monday, October 5 until 6 a.m. on Monday, October 12, and pointed out that all the exams, including the scheduled entrance exams during the closing period, they have been postponed to later dates determined from Before the Deans of the Units.

The number of Corona cases increased in Lebanon after a massive explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, which killed more than 190 people and confused health services in the capital, injuring thousands.

The country has recorded 40,868 COVID-19 cases since February, including 374 deaths.

Authorities fear that a large increase could confuse the country’s fragile health sector and exacerbate its successive crises.