Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the coronavirus, is sliding toward a critical stage. It comes with a new surge of infections after lockdown restrictions were lifted and the airport reopened. The minister tells The Associated Press recent recorded double and triple digits of new infections were coupled with an increase in untraceable cases. He raised the alarm that a dangerous spread in th