Global Pandemic: Tragedy Strikes Lebanon Amid COVID-19 Fight

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🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The civilians of Beirut continue to search for survivors in the rubble of explosion that devastated Lebanon's capital Tuesday. More than 150 people are dead from a blast fueled by a stockpile of ammonium nitrate said to have been bought for mining. FOX's Trey Yingst traveled to Lebanon going through multiple COVID-19 tests and spoke with citizens desperately trying to help others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Friday, August 7, 2020, I'm Trey Yinks. The Lebanese people are demanding answers to why thousands of tons worth of explosive material
0:32.0	were being stored in the port of Beirut.
0:34.8	This is the Fox News rundown.
0:36.8	Global Pandemic.
0:38.8	Today's edition of the Fox News rundown global pandemic is going to be a little bit different.
0:47.0	Right now I'm on assignment in Beirut, Lebanon, where we are covering the aftermath of a massive explosion that took place on Tuesday,
0:56.4	killing more than 140 people injuring thousands more,
1:00.6	and there are still dozens of people missing.
1:04.0	Search and rescue teams are going through the rubble looking for survivors
1:09.0	and unfortunately they have pulled out of the rubble more bodies just in the past 24 hours.
1:15.1	This is all important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic because Lebanon is dealing with its own pandemic like every country around the world
1:26.0	and it is trying to take as many precautions as possible despite the fact there is a new humanitarian disaster that the country faces.
1:35.7	I think it's easiest and crucial to start with how you simply get into the country.
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