A policeman checks a driver's document during a total lockdown in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 15, 2021. Lebanon registered on Friday 6,154 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase in the country, raising the tally to 243,286, the Health Ministry reported. The death toll from the virus went up by 44 to 1,825, it added. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
