Global Pandemic: Lebanon Sees Spike in COVID-19 After Beirut Blast

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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There has been a distinct spike in coronavirus cases in Lebanaon following the massive explosion that damaged most of Beirut earlier this month. Meanwhile, French President Macron made his second trip to the country since the explosion offering aid and urging the expedited formation of a new cabinet. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to Dr. Ibrahim Hazboun, Fox News Field Producer, about how the explosion in Beirut set back Lebanon's fight against COVID-19 and the political future of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.6	I'm Brian Kilmeade, and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:20.4	Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020, I'm Trey Inks.
0:27.0	Lebanon is suffering in the aftermath of a deadly explosion last month and the outbreak of COVID-19.
0:33.4	Lebanon was preparing in many hospitals for having people with COVID-19, but the explosion
0:41.0	has caused a lot of damages in several hospitals which weakened the
0:45.9	ability of these hospitals to treat patients. This is the Fox News
0:50.2	rundown global pandemic. French President Emmanuel Macron visited Beirut this week to help the city map out a
1:01.0	recovery plan after an explosion in the port in early August.
1:05.4	With much fanfare, his visit was not well received by all of the Lebanese people.
1:10.0	Over the next few minutes, you'll get the latest headlines on the global COVID-19 outbreak and hear
1:14.4	from Dr. Ibrahim Hasbone, a senior Fox Newsfield producer about the latest news out of Lebanon.
1:20.3	Starting first in Egypt that is approaching 100,000 total cases.
1:24.1	Egyptian authorities appear to have gotten the outbreak under control
1:27.5	with less than 200 new cases over the past 24 hours.
1:31.0	Though with crackdowns against media and doctors, the true toll of COVID-19 in Egypt may never be known.
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