Lebanon extended its coronavirus lockdown by two weeks with Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, warning that failure to comply with a gradual easing of curbs risked a second wave of infections, Reuters reports.

Lebanon has recorded 741 cases of the novel coronavirus and 25 deaths.

The government started to ease some restrictions this week, allowing restaurants to open but at only 30 per cent of capacity.

An elderly man wearing a protective face mask watches fishermen dangle their lines to catch fish as Lebanon begins to ease nationwide lockdown due to spread of Covid-19 at Beirut's seaside Corniche, Lebanon, May 4. — Reuters
An elderly man wearing a protective face mask watches fishermen dangle their lines to catch fish as Lebanon begins to ease nationwide lockdown due to spread of Covid-19 at Beirut's seaside Corniche, Lebanon, May 4. — Reuters

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