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epa08294823 Citizens shopping at Spinneys supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon, 14 March 2020. Lebanese authorities ordered the closure of restaurants, nightclubs, coffee shops and bars as part of the preventive measures against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and it is expected to close Beirut airport and all border crossings with Syria at the beginning of next week. According to reports, Lebanon registered its third death from the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on 12 March, while the number of confirmed cases had jumped to 93 today. EPA/NABIL MOUNZER