Lebanon

Coronavirus delivers tough blow to Lebanon’s dying economy

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020 photo, a worker walks outside the Lebanese Central Bank that has been shut down as part of the preventive measures against the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. The COVID-19 pandemic has managed to do what various wars could not: Close bars, restaurants and entertainment spots across the tiny Mediterranean country. It's another economic gut punch, delivered at a time when Lebanon is mired in the worst financial crisis in its history -- one that could hasten the country's long-feared economic collapse. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

While residents of many other countries are counting on government bailouts, that’s not an option in country teetering on the edge of bankruptcy