-- It seems that the new cases in Lebanon that were recorded locally are related to an irresponsible returnee that was evacuated to Lebanon.

He didn't quarantine for 14 days and have created at least 2 new clusters.

Lebanon today announced 36 new COVID-19 cases, 23 locally and 13 from the returnees from Russia, Belarus, and Cameron. This is the highest number since March.

The 23 local cases are connected to the returnees who did not abide by the 14 day quarantine.

🇱🇧 Beirut marathon cancels the 2020 Beirut Marathon, due to be held in November, & all other activities for the foreseeable, due to what it calls, "the crisis caused by the combined effects of the economic crisis followed by the Covid19 pandemic." SOURCE

Lebanon to Enter Full Four-Day Lockdown as SARS-CoV-2 Cases Surge​​​​​​​

Lebanon will go under a four-day countrywide lockdown, the government announced on Tuesday, following a surge in coronavirus cases over the past week.

The decision was made during a four-hour cabinet meeting with the country's president, Michel Aoun. The lockdown will go into force from 7pm on Wednesday evening until 5am on Monday morning.

Lebanon’s interior ministry is set to release a statement on travelling curbs and other restrictions that the lockdown will entail. However, information minister Manal Abdel-Samad said that all businesses, with the exception of those in the medical, industrial, and agricultural sectors, will be closed.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-lebanon-enter-four-day-lockdown-cases-surge

🦠@COVID19report

-- 5 returnees were will ordered to stand in court after they falsified contact information to avoid being monitored during the 14 day self quarantine.

These 5 are part of 40 other returnees that falsified their contact information and contributed to the spread of COVID-19.

-- North Lebanon: A protest took place today in Tripoli souks after shop owners protested closing their shops, as ordered by the emergency ruling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

-- The Lebanese army raided the house of an exchange officer in Hadath and confiscated the dollar bills stash that he was hoarding to resell at higher prices later.

This comes in the effort to stop all those manipulating the Lebanese pound.

-- The COVID-19 situation is worsening as new clusters are popping due to neglect by the returnees and some families.

The recent cases in Tyre is a mother that infected her two children (4 and 7 years old), and a soldier that was infected in the last cluster but kept it secret.

-- Tripoli, Northern Lebanon. So much for quarantining during COVID-19 pandemic.

Lebanese Conflict Observer:
— "Israeli forces are firing flares over the Lebanese-Palestinian borders near Metula and Khiam."

-- MOH confirms 11 new cases of COVID-19 after it tested 771 returnees who came back from Africa and Europe.

🇱🇧 Lebanon to continue its gradual reopening process after the latest cluster was placed under control.

PM Diab: Diab: I know that everyone wants to return to normal life and that it is not easy to admit that a virus is controlling the world, but this fact has imposed a different reality on people's lives. @COVID19Up

-- NNA: A huge fire broke out inside an apartment in Zouk Mikael after a gas cylinder exploded in the kitchen; firefighters found the charred body of Gerges Abdo (born in 1960 from Akkar) and a woman suffering from shortness of breath due to smoke inhalation.

They are the parents of the Lebanese actress Jessy Abdo

-- Professor Steve Hanke: It looks like Lebanon has swallowed the IMF’s snake oil. After Lebanon gets its hands on IMF bailout bucks, it plans to float the Pound. Well, it won’t float on a sea of tranquility. No. The pound will sink like a stone.

The article he is talking about: SOURCE

-- US Department of Homeland Security seizes web domain for Lebanon-based EKT Katrangi electronics stores, which offered online shopping; the US sanctioned the firm in 2018 for allegedly supplying Syria's SSRC advanced weapons program.