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Covid-19: Melbourne public housing towers under lockdown

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Some 3000 of Melbourne’s “most vulnerable” residents will be locked in nine public housing estates for at least five days due to a Covid-19 outbreak.

Food insecurity hits middle class amid Lebanon’s economic crisis

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Lebanon’s economic downturn has caused food insecurity for poor and middle class families, who are finding it difficult to afford staples such as bread, butter and cooking oil. Local collectives are distributing free meals in Beirut, but the devaluation of Lebanon’s currency makes it hard to obtain vital ingredients like rice and lentils. FRANCE 24’s Leila-Molana Allen reports.