The country’s state of emergency comes after a week of record-breaking daily infection rates, the result of holiday season transmissions, which have pushed coronavirus intensive care units to the brink of capacity. An empty street in a residential Beirut neighborhood on the first night of Lebanon’s nationwide lockdown intended to stem the spread of COVID-19. agency’s move as “irresponsible” and “unjustified,” and called on the agency to reopen its clinics immediately, according to the state-run National News Agency. Palestinian groups in the southern city of Saida condemned the U.N. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees closed its health centers until 18 January, and refugees are unable to leave their crowded camps due to the lockdown. Previous lockdowns have disproportionately impacted the most vulnerable residents in the country, which is currently grappling with the worst economic crisis in decades. Some minimarkets, with blinds closed, discreetly sold food to customers. Many people were seen leisurely walking through various Beirut neighborhoods. However, the strict new measures did not deter some from breaking lockdown rules this time around either. Grocery stores and food and beverage businesses were permitted to remain open only for delivery, in response to the three days of panic buying that followed the abrupt lockdown announcement on 11 January.
The normally congested streets and highways were quiet as nonessential businesses, restaurants, cafes and bars across the country shut their doors to customers.
A large boulevard in Beirut, without cars or pedestrians, during Lebanon’s first day of a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, 14 January. This news was met with widespread confusion Thursday morning, as the form was not immediately made available to residents. People were notified only on the evening before total lockdown began that they would be required to apply for an hourlong permit to leave their homes for emergencies, limited to trips to pharmacies, medical clinics or bakeries. Yesterday, Lebanon began an 11-day, 24-hour nationwide lockdown - implementing its most stringent restrictions yet - to curb an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country’s already fragile health sector.įor the first time since the virus was detected nearly one year ago, residents are required to stay at home for the entirety of the lockdown period, set to end on 25 January.
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