Gulf nations begin to ease Covid-19 curbs – MEED

  • Date: 17-Feb-2022
  • Source: MEED
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Gulf
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Gulf nations begin to ease Covid-19 curbs – MEED

Governments in the Gulf and wider Mena region are easing restrictions and expanding the roll-out of booster shots

The number of Covid-19 cases in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region crossed 18,395,601 on 15 February 2022, according to Worldometers data collated by MEED.

Countries in the GCC account for 18.6 per cent (3,391,615) of all regional cases, while Iran’s 6,835,221 infections make up 37.5 per cent of the tally.