pandemic
Africa’s weak health systems face escalating virus peril
World
March 24, 2020
Africa’s weak health systems face escalating virus peril
Equipment shortages, scarce beds and poorly-paid doctors and nurses: Africa is finding that it has few means to protect itself…
Egypt imposes nationwide curfew to fight spread of coronavirus
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Egypt imposes nationwide curfew to fight spread of coronavirus
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly imposed a two-week nationwide curfew from 7 pm until 6 am beginning on Wednesday and…
Egypt’s Prime Minister grants LE1 billion to Health Ministry for supplies
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Egypt’s Prime Minister grants LE1 billion to Health Ministry for supplies
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafsa Madbouly on Tuesday allocated one billion pounds to the Ministry of Health to acquire preventive supplies…
Turkey sets shop, bus restrictions as coronavirus death toll rises to 37
Middle East
March 24, 2020
Turkey sets shop, bus restrictions as coronavirus death toll rises to 37
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey imposed restrictions on Tuesday on grocery store opening hours and numbers of shop customers and bus…
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
World
March 24, 2020
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at…
Battered Italy sees rays of hope in grim death data
World
March 24, 2020
Battered Italy sees rays of hope in grim death data
Italy’s top coronavirus response official Tuesday attributed two successive declines in the daily death rate to a painful national lockdown…
Health Minister warns Egypt must not reach 1,000 virus cases too early
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Health Minister warns Egypt must not reach 1,000 virus cases too early
Minister of Health Hala Zayed on Monday warned that the country must not reach 1,000 coronavirus cases too quickly so…
Video: Dozens in Alexandria gather for march despite coronavirus fears
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Video: Dozens in Alexandria gather for march despite coronavirus fears
Dozens of people in Alexandria Governorate’s Sidi Bishr neighborhood gathered for a march in which they prayed to God to…
Authorities shut down popular Cairo markets to prevent overcrowding
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Authorities shut down popular Cairo markets to prevent overcrowding
Cairo police and local authorities launched a crackdown on street vendors at the Ataba and al-Mosky markets, following orders from…
Jordan extends coronavirus curfew, to deliver food to homes nationwide
Middle East
March 24, 2020
Jordan extends coronavirus curfew, to deliver food to homes nationwide
AMMAN (Reuters) — Jordan said on Monday it would extend a curfew indefinitely and promised it would begin to deliver…