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Lebanon records new coronavirus infection high

Published 07/11/2020, 02:41 PM
Updated 07/11/2020, 02:45 PM
© Reuters. Health workers and members of internal security forces wearing face masks stand inside Beirut international airport

© Reuters. Health workers and members of internal security forces wearing face masks stand inside Beirut international airport

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's number of new coronavirus infections increased for a third consecutive day to a record 86, the government said on Saturday.

Lebanon has recorded 2,168 infections and 36 deaths since February.

Health Minister Hamad Hassan told Reuters on Friday the spike was partly due to expatriates who came after the airport was reopened on July 1. One infected 12 people at a wedding and another infected 12 at a funeral, he said.

© Reuters. Health workers and members of internal security forces wearing face masks stand inside Beirut international airport

A second cluster of infections had appeared among nurses and doctors and a third among refuse collectors, he said.

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OH NO THE VIRUS IS MUCH LESS DEADLY THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGH NOW THAT WE ARE NOT SHOVING ELDERLY PEOPLE INTO NURSING HOMES LIKE CUOMO DID WHICH RESULTED IN NEARLY 1/3 OF THE DEATHS IN THE US
OH NOT ANOTHER COUNTRY WITH A LOT OF ASYMPTOMATIC CASES AND FALLING DEATH RATE!!!! LETS ALL PANIC OVER HERD IMMUNITY!!!!
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