Employees of a private company spray sanitising liquid around a bank in a bid to limit the spread of the cornonavirus Civid-19, in the Lebanese capital Beirut on March 15, 2020. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Sunday his country was in a state of "medical emergency" because of the threat of coronavirus.
The statement issued by the defence council of Lebanon, which is already facing an economic crisis, called for a "general mobilisation" but did not provide details.
(Reporting by Eric Knecht and Tom Perry; Editing by Edmund Blair)
