Global Pandemic: Lebanon's Economy Being Destroyed by COVID-19

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Lebanon's economy is being devastated by the COVID-19 outbreak and other humanitarian disasters. Tens of thousands of Lebanese have lost comfortable jobs and estimates show that sixty percent of the population could be living in poverty by the end of the year. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to with Bujar Hoxha, the Lebanon Country Director for CARE, about the dire situation there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	Tuesday July 28th, 2020. I'm Trey Yinks.
0:42.0	Lebanon's economy is crumbling amid the coronavirus outbreak,
0:45.7	leading to new questions about the future of the country.
0:48.5	We think that Lebanon is undergoing a humanitarian crisis. The situation is really dramatic and it really
0:57.9	requires attention and imminent intervention basically in all words in all sense.
1:06.1	This is the Fox News rundown, global pandemic.
1:10.3	Lebanon's economy is suffering, leading more than half of the country to struggle, even
1:17.8	finding food.
1:19.2	Women and children are undergoing excessive stress as movement restrictions continue
1:23.3	amid the spread of disease. Over the next few minutes you'll get the
1:26.9	latest headlines on the global COVID-19 outbreak and hear from Boucharhoja
1:31.1	the Lebanon Country Director for Care.
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