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		</div><p>Violent confrontations between protesters and security forces in northern Lebanon left a 30-year-old man dead and more than 220 people injured, the state news agency said.</p>
<p>The clashes took place after frustrations boiled over amid deteriorating living conditions and strict coronavirus lockdown measures.</p>
<p>The violence in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city, marked a serious escalation in protests that began on Monday and continued for three straight days into Wednesday night.</p>
<p>Dozens of people have been taking part in the nightly protests, throwing rocks at security forces and in some cases torching vehicles.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, protesters repeatedly tried to break into the municipal building. Some threw hand grenades at security forces, who responded with water cannons, volleys of tear gas and live ammunition.</p>
<p>The National News Agency said 226 people were injured in the confrontations, including 26 police.</p>
<p>One 30-year-old man died of his wounds, it said. The Red Cross said it transported 35 injured people to hospitals in the city.</p>
<p>The government has imposed a nearly month-long nationwide lockdown and round-the-clock curfew that lasts until February 8, amid a dramatic surge in coronavirus infections.</p>
<p>The measures have exacerbated a crippling economic and financial crisis that preceded the pandemic.</p>
<p>The Lebanese currency has crashed, losing more than 80% of its value.</p>
<p>Banks have imposed controls on withdrawals and transfers to protect dwindling foreign reserves. Unemployment and inflation have skyrocketed and tens of thousands have been thrown into poverty.</p>
<p>A power struggle between the president and prime minister-designate and fighting over Cabinet seats has blocked the formation of a new government, crucial to enacting reforms that would unlock foreign financial assistance.</p>
<p>The government resigned in August, following the massive explosion at a Beirut port that killed more than 200 people and wounded thousands.</p>
<p>The troubles have piled up since, including the recent surge in coronavirus cases largely blamed on a decision to relax lockdown measures over Christmas and New Year.</p>
<p>Some 80,000 expatriates travelled to the country to celebrate Christmas and New Year with family and friends.</p>
<p>Hospitals are now overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients, reporting near full occupancy in intensive care-unit beds.</p>
<p>Oxygen and ventilators are in short supply.</p>
<p>Nearly 290,000 infections have been recorded since last February and 2,553 deaths amid record-breaking Covid-19 daily fatalities.</p>
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