Wed 11 March 2020: Senior Hezbollah officials have been placed under quarantine after being infected with the coronavirus, Channel 13 reported. They may have been in contact with Iranian officials who also tested positive for the coronavirus. Channel 13 added that Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is under quarantine to prevent him from contracting the coronavirus. […]
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Wed 11 March 2020: Roughly 73 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Iraq so far Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani on Tuesday urged people to abide by the ban on mass prayers to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the country. Al-Sistani made this statement on his official website responding to a question on […]
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FILE PHOTO Wed 11 March 2020: The number of coronavirus cases in Africa has reached 102 confirmed with one death, said the African Union’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). This came in an update Africa CDC head Dr. John Nkengasong gave to reporters at the African Union headquarters on Tuesday. COVID-19 hit […]
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Wed 11 March 2020: Saudi Arabia banned cafes and restaurants in the Kingdom from serving shisha and tobacco as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, the Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs said. “Shisha and tobacco were banned in cafes and restaurants in all the municipalities as a precautionary measure to preserve the […]
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Wed 11 March 2020: As coronavirus widens its grip throughout the world, there are some reasons to be optimistic about the progress in the fight to contain the virus. More than 62,000 people have recovered from coronavirus since the outbreak began in December 2019, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. There are over 113,000 confirmed […]
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Wed 11 March 2020: Iran has had 291 deaths from coronavirus and 8,042 infections, according to the country’s official figures as of Tuesday. The virus has also infected and killed several government officials and military and religious figures in the country. Infected officials; confirmed and unconfirmed cases: Esmail Najar, the head of Iran’s emergency response organization, […]
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Wed 11 March 2020: Turkey confirmed on Tuesday its first coronavirus case and said the affected person was a Turkish man who had been put into isolation in hospital. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a press conference late on Tuesday ministry that the person contracted the virus while traveling to Europe. He also urged […]
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Tue 10 March 2020: The Saudi government slammed Iran on Tuesday for facilitating the entry of Saudi nationals to its territories amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Riyadh. The cabinet condemned Iranian authorities for deliberately refraining […]
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Tue 10 March 2020: The Palestinian authorities confirmed on Tuesday a new coronavirus case in the occupied West Bank. “The Health Ministry has reported a new coronavirus case in Bethlehem, which increased the number of people infected with coronavirus to 26,” government spokesman Ibrahim Melhem said in a statement. Last week, the Palestinian Health Ministry […]
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Tue 10 March 2020: The outbreak of coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of more than 3,800 people and spread to at least 100 countries, has also affected sporting events across the world. COVID-19, as the disease is officially known, has infected more than 110,000 people globally. Governments are scrambling to stop the spread of the […]
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