{"id":64907,"date":"2022-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=129d7dc69fa3a732dc9e1c34d40f51ad"},"modified":"2022-01-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T00:00:00","slug":"if-cases-continue-to-surge-lebanon-may-go-into-lockdown-says-abiad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/if-cases-continue-to-surge-lebanon-may-go-into-lockdown-says-abiad\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;IF CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE, LEBANON MAY GO INTO LOCKDOWN,&#8221; SAYS ABIAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Public Health, Firass Abiad, indicated Sunday morning that &#8220;the issue of closing the country is under study and it will be according to the number of infections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The minister explained that the goal is not to reach this stage, but if things accelerate, they are ready to take any decision, including closing schools, which would be a disastrous decision.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In this context, Abiad stressed that all efforts are focused on work so as not to impose a forced closure.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: National News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Public Health, Firass Abiad, indicated Sunday morning that &#8220;the issue of closing the country is under study and it will be according to the number of infections.&#8221;The minister explained that the goal is not to reach this stage, but if things&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;IF CASES CONTINUE TO SURGE, LEBANON MAY GO INTO LOCKDOWN,&quot; 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