She has covered wars in her own country and elsewhere. But covering the fight against coronavirus is completely uncharted territory for zkaram. The latest AP Virus Diary.
In this March 28, 2020, photo, people stand in a line outside a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, amid a financial crisis and a lockdown imposed by the government to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in Lebanon.
On the streets, at the supermarket, and even as people stand in line outside banks and grocery stores, no one speaks. It seems like every single person is wearing a mask and gloves, even those inside their cars, driving alone. Then came more uncertainty. The financial crisis. The mass layoffs and the realization that people’s savings will probably evaporate.
Downtown Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square, only weeks earlier filled with flag-waving young Lebanese protesters, was deserted. Nearby, a long line of people silently waiting to cash their salaries formed outside one of the banks, located at a former front line. At my local bakery, an employee pointed to a sign that said: ‘please wear a mask.’
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