A Reeling Lebanon Is Back in Lockdown as Coronavirus Surges
- Two-week partial lockdown last ditch effort by government
- Hospitals knocked out by blast set back Covid-19 response
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Lebanon was barely coming to grips with the explosion that ripped through its capital, killing at least 180 people and wounding thousands, when another grim statistic emerged -- the number of coronavirus cases hit 10,000 this week threatening to overwhelm a country already at breaking point.