Lebanese Security Forces are implementing a plan to prevent people from leaving their homes to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said during a press briefing Saturday.
These plans include security patrols, setting up checkpoints on small, main and international roads to impose the procedures,” Diab said, adding that “violators will be prosecuted by the judicial authorities.”
Diab asked the Lebanese people to cooperate with the government.
“I call upon you to implement a self-curfew, because the state alone cannot face this crawling epidemic, the responsibility here is, an individual, social and official responsibility, we are in grave danger, and our victory can only be achieved through the integration of the state, the society and the citizen.”
Earlier Saturday, the Lebanese Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan tweeted that the country has “slipped into the (virus) outbreak” phase, as the number of cases increased by 81 cases in the last 48 hours.
On Sunday, Lebanese Minister of Information Manal Abdul Samad said in a press conference that “public and private gatherings are banned” and that people are “obligated to stay in their homes unless there is an extreme necessity” to leave them.
