Lebanon on Friday began a two-week partial lockdown and nighttime curfew after coronavirus cases increased sharply following an explosion in Beirut that killed and injured thousands of people.Confirmed cases of the virus have increased from 5,417 a day after the massive blast on Aug.
4 to nearly 11,000 on Friday, leading officials to announce the lockdown.On Thursday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry tallied a record 605 confirmed new cases in the previous 24 hours, raising the total registered cases since late February to 10,952.