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Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
Health & Fitness
April 2, 2020
Egypt’s health sector races to scale up coronavirus readiness
CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) – Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective…
As coronavirus spreads, UN seeks Yemen urgent peace talks resumption
Middle East
April 2, 2020
As coronavirus spreads, UN seeks Yemen urgent peace talks resumption
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Nations and Western allies are pointing to the threat of coronavirus to push Yemen’s combatants…
Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads
Middle East
April 2, 2020
Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads
BETHLEHEM, West Bank/AMMAN (Reuters) – Malka Abu Aker has seen her crowded refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank swell…
Video: Protests in Gharbiya as villagers rally against quarantine
Egypt
April 2, 2020
Video: Protests in Gharbiya as villagers rally against quarantine
Villagers at al-Hayatem in Gharbiya governorate held a demonstration on Wednesday against their village being placed under quarantine banning entry and…
Coronavirus pause could force global football to change
World
April 2, 2020
Coronavirus pause could force global football to change
Football has ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the immediate concern is the simple survival of…
Bolsonaro takes down virus shortage video after uproar
World
April 2, 2020
Bolsonaro takes down virus shortage video after uproar
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posted a video online Wednesday of a market supposedly hit by shortages caused by coronavirus —…
Egypt to enter coronavirus transmission stage 3 soon, cases will skyrocket: official
Egypt
April 2, 2020
Egypt to enter coronavirus transmission stage 3 soon, cases will skyrocket: official
The head of the Egyptian Cabinet’s Crisis Management Chamber Mohamed Abdel Maksoud anticipates that Egypt will enter the third stage of…
Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?
World
April 2, 2020
Masks are everywhere in Asia, but have they helped?
The use of face masks in Asia during the coronavirus outbreak has been far more widespread than in the West,…
Global virus cases near million as US baby dies
World
April 2, 2020
Global virus cases near million as US baby dies
Confirmed coronavirus infections around the world approached one million Thursday as the pandemic spread at a “near-exponential” rate, with a…
Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims
Middle East
April 2, 2020
Death in the Holy Land: Coronavirus changes burial for Jews, Muslims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A rising death toll in the coronavirus crisis is forcing a change in Jewish and Muslim burial…