PHILO PHOTO: Health workers take swab samples from passengers arriving at Beirut International Airport on their renewed day following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon July 1, 2020. REUTERS / Aziz Taher BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon must shut down two weeks after a rise in coronavirus infections, the …
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