After port disaster, Lebanese brace for virus lockdown

Volunteers consolidate a damaged building in the Karantina neighbourhood of Beirut, on August 20, 2020, more than two weeks after a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital’s port devastated entire neighbourhoods and left scores of people dead or injured. — AFPStill reeling from a deadly port blast that ravaged their Beirut homes and businesses, Lebanese wearily braced themselves for a new coronavirus lockdown Friday.

Moukarzel said she supported the decision, especially after the massive blast at Beirut’s port on August 4 that killed 181 people, wounded thousands and laid waste to windows and doors across swathes of the city. Authorities fear Lebanon’s fragile health sector would struggle to cope with a further spike in Covid-19 cases, especially after some hospitals near the port were damaged in the explosion.

It came on the heels of a dire economic crisis since last year that has trapped people’s savings in banks, sent food prices soaring and caused tens of thousands to lose their jobs or a large part of their income.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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