Twenty-three people tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus on Tuesday in Lebanon, raising the tally to 954 since the first case was detected on February 21.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Tuesday voiced calls on all Lebanese to abide by the safety precautions against coronavirus, noting that the government could impose a strict lockdown in case of negligence.

The second round of remote negotiations between the International Monetary Fund and Lebanon was held, and talks focused on “issues related to the central bank, mainly on the bank’s accounts,” LBCI reported on Tuesday.

A Lebanese man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Minnesota to conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Hizbullah in Lebanon.

U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald said Monday that Usama Hamade, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export goods and technology.

Lebanon on Monday confirmed twenty more COVID-19 coronavirus cases, among them 18 Bangladeshis, the Health Ministry said.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday stressed that Lebanon is still committed to the reforms pledged at the 2018 CEDRE conference in Paris.

Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim on Monday charged a top central bank official with manipulating the exchange rate, a judicial source said, as the country struggles with a major currency crisis.

The director of monetary operations at the central bank, Mazen Hamdan, was arrested on Thursday, as part of a currency crisis probe that has seen dozens of money changers detained in recent weeks.

Seventeen foreign laborers living in the same building have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, media reports said.

MP Ghazi Aridi, dispatched by Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat, held talks Monday with President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday hurled a jab at the Free Patriotic Movement and its chief Jebran Bassil in connection with the latter's remarks on the controversial issues of power plants.