{"id":2902,"date":"2020-03-21T18:01:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T21:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2020-03-21T18:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T21:14:03","slug":"will-lebanons-self-imposed-covid-19-curfew-succeed-or-will-the-authorities-be-forced-to-impose-tougher-measures-like-in-jordan-and-irak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/03\/21\/will-lebanons-self-imposed-covid-19-curfew-succeed-or-will-the-authorities-be-forced-to-impose-tougher-measures-like-in-jordan-and-irak\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Lebanon\u2019s self-imposed COVID-19 curfew succeed? Or will the authorities be forced to impose tougher measures like in Jordan and Irak?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/STOPVirus-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2903\" width=\"296\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/STOPVirus-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/STOPVirus-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/STOPVirus-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/STOPVirus.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 85vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This question is based on this MTV report (Arabic content):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/en\/programs\/prime_time_news\/2020\/videos\/21_mar_2020\/\">https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/en\/programs\/prime_time_news\/2020\/videos\/21_mar_2020\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon called the army for help with staging patrols and\nerecting checkpoints on the roads in order to enforce people\u2019s adherence to the\ntaken measures. Violators will be prosecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of note, in Jordan, the government is imposing a severe fine, including a one-year-jail term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To come back to Lebanon, a young child was infected with the coronavirus\nfor the first time today, along with several healthcare providers related to\nthis case, which did not present the usual symptoms of COVID-19. These healthcare\nproviders are now quarantined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do careless citizens insist on moving on with their lives, as if it were business as usual? For instance, according to MTV, in one neighborhood of Beirut, a couple got married today whilst other citizens were observed socializing or selling fruits\/vegetables, without any protective measures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this happened whilst the (four) deceased patients were buried without funerals, as per this article by <em>l\u2019Orient Le Jour<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1211421\/-chacun-a-pleure-seul-dans-son-coin-les-funerailles-au-temps-du-coronavirus.html\">https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1211421\/-chacun-a-pleure-seul-dans-son-coin-les-funerailles-au-temps-du-coronavirus.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, this is hard for the families&#8217; grieving process (Bambi\u2019s family went through a similar event during war when Beirut was besieged by the Syrian army). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Funeral.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2904\" width=\"513\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Funeral.jpg 641w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19_Funeral-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 85vw, 513px\" \/><figcaption>Taken from L&#8217;<em>Orient Le Jour<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This question is based on this MTV report (Arabic content): https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/en\/programs\/prime_time_news\/2020\/videos\/21_mar_2020\/ Lebanon called the army for help with staging patrols and erecting checkpoints on the roads in order to enforce people\u2019s adherence to the taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2907,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions\/2907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}