Lebanon went into lockdown Monday after the government announced a two-week state of “general mobilization” and ordered the closure of public and private institutions as well as the country’s airport and land and sea ports of entry.

Traffic was thin across the country and in some cases streets were completely empty on Monday, the start of the working week. Restaurants, cafes and bars have been closed since last week and most private businesses were also shuttered Monday.

Lebanon on Monday said the novel coronavirus has recorded a new tally reaching 109 individuals infected, the National News Agency reported.

The General Secretariat of the Parliament announced Monday the postponement of next Wednesday meeting in Ain-el-Tineh and the sessions of the parliamentary committees.

Health Minister Hamad Hassan on Monday said the coming two weeks are the most critical in Lebanon’s attempt to fight coronavirus which claimed the lives of three individuals and infected 99 so far.

The Minster said: "The next two week are very important and the weather conditions may play an important role in mitigating the latest measures imposed to combat the spread of the virus.”

Defense Minister Zeina Akar on Monday said the Cabinet took the “maximum” measures at the present moment in relation to the challenges of coronavirus, noting that a state of emergency can “only be declared in specific cases that do not apply at this phase,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

The government declared general mobilization on Sunday over the coronavirus crisis and announced a two-week lockdown of the country.

Several politicians in Lebanon said they will donate their March salaries as a contribution to the anti-coronavirus campaign.

In a tweet Information Minister Manal Abdul Samad said: “Health Minister Hamad Hassan has taken the initiative and I will donate my March salary for the national fund to fight coronavirus as part of supporting government hospitals to confront the disease,” she said.

The government on Sunday declared “general mobilization” over the coronavirus crisis and announced a two-week lockdown of the country.

Municipal police on Sunday cleared the landmark seaside corniche in Beirut’s Ain el-Mreisseh and Manara areas after scores of people flocked to it for strolling, jogging, swimming, fishing and other activities despite the coronavirus crisis.

A statement said Beirut Governor Ziad Chebib asked municipal police to clear the area at the instructions of Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi.

Independent MP Chamel Roukoz and Development and Liberation bloc MP Fadi Alameh on Sunday announced that they will donate their salaries and compensations to hospitals as a contribution to the anti-coronavirus fight.

In a tweet, Roukoz said he took his decision “based on the principle of national and humanitarian solidarity,” saying the donation will go to the Bouar state-run hospital.

President Michel Aoun on Sunday defended the measures that have been taken by Lebanese authorities to confront the COVID-19 coronavirus.

“Over the past weeks, we have not been lax at all in confronting (the coronavirus crisis) with determination, will and awareness and in an instant and preventative manner,” Aoun said in an address to the nation at the beginning of an emergency Cabinet session in Baabda.