Middle East countries report more cases of coronavirus

Middle East countries report more cases of coronavirus

Middle East countries report more cases of coronavirus /node/1638731/middle-east. Qatari authorities announced three more cases to bring the total to 15.. Gulf states have canceled or postponed conferences, sporting events and concerts due to the coronavirus outbreak.. Bahrain, which is hosting the second round of the Formula One season at the Sakhir circuit outside Manama, has reported 83 cases of the virus, mostly linked to people who had traveled to Iran.. Aid agencies are moving to prevent the coronavirus outbreak in conflict-plagued northwestern Syria, where damaged health infrastructure and massive displacement make containment a nearly impossible task.. The risk of an outbreak is especially high and most alarming in Syria's northwest, where some 3 million people are trapped in a shrinking rebel bastion battered by months of bombardment.. Sudan women decry slow progress on rights since Bashir's fall /node/1638706/middle-east. Under the previous regime, a notorious "public order" law was used to have women publicly flogged or imprisoned for "indecent" dress or for drinking alcohol, seen as "indecent and immoral acts". "If women had better representation, they would have more voices to defend their cause," said Badreddine.. “¢ New Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok allocated four of 17 ministerial positions