First case of new COVID-19 strain found in Lebanon

BEIRUT: Minister of Health in the caretaker government Hamad Hassan announced the registration of the first case of the new COVID-19 strain in Lebanon.
Hassan said that the infected person returned to Beirut from London on Dec. 21.
He called on the same flight’s passengers and their families to be cautious and quarantine at home for 10 days, and stressed that the ministry is “following up on the case and the people who came in contact with it.”