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Lebanon Begins Slow Return to 'Normal' Life


Sun 31 May 2020 | 10:00 PM
Mohamed Helba

The Interior Ministry in Lebanon on Sunday said that the normal life would return to the country as the government decided to ease the lockdown, which was imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"Normal life will return once again in Lebanon with a strict following of coronavirus precautionary measures, and the night-time curfew will be imposed from 12:00 Am to 5:00 Am," the ministry said in a statement.

On its part, the health ministry in the Arab country recorded 29 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number to 1220.

In a statement, the ministry said that a new coronavirus death case has been reported, taking the death toll to 27.

Up to 60 patients are still receiving the proper treatment in hospitals, including three cases are in intensive care.

How To protect yourself from Coronavirus: 

-Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty as washing hands with soap and water eliminates the virus if it is on the hands.

-When coughing and sneezing, cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – discard tissue immediately into a closed bin and clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water to prevent the spread of germs and viruses. If you sneeze or cough into your hands, you can pass the virus to other people that you have contact with.

-Eating fruits and vegetables that contain Vitamin C so that your immune system could be enhanced for better and be able to confront viruses.

-Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth as hands touch many surfaces, which can be contaminated with the virus. If you touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your contaminated hands, the virus from the surface may infect you.

Accordingly, you need to keep surrounding surfaces clean and free of viruses.

Make sure to keep all surrounding surfaces clean, even those that don’t usually cross minds like: keyboards, phone receivers, doorknobs, light switches, and remote controls.