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Due to the sharp rise in the number of corona infections, Lebanon has declared a health emergency and tightened the lockdown again.
According to media reports, the previous regulations had been criticized for numerous exceptions - among other things, a football game with spectators had taken place.
According to its own statements, the government decided on Monday an eleven-day full curfew, which should begin on Thursday.
The supermarkets, which are only allowed to offer delivery services during the day, also have to close.
In many shops there was already a great rush and sometimes chaos on Monday because people wanted to stock up on groceries.
A far-reaching lockdown with a curfew after dark came into force in the Mediterranean country only last Thursday.
However, the number of new infections every day rose shortly afterwards for the first time to more than 5,000, with around six million inhabitants.
According to the Ministry of Health, the number of deaths climbed to more than 1,600.
Hospitals complain of a lack of free beds in intensive care units.
According to doctors, the full extent of the number of new infections would only become apparent in a few days.
Patients sometimes have to wait a long time for treatment in front of the clinics.
Because of the carelessness of many people, the Lebanese must now be protected from themselves, said the incumbent Prime Minister Hassan Diab according to media reports.
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