Coronavirus compounds Lebanon's woes, many struggle for food

Hassan Zeitar, 39, eats with his family inside his home during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Choueifat, Lebanon March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Battered by Lebanon's economic crisis, Hassan Zeitar was already struggling to keep his family fed when the coronavirus lockdown stripped him of the little money he made as a minibus driver.

Now housebound in Beirut, Zeitar is racking up debt at a local grocery to provide rice and lentils for his four children.