Coronavirus outbreak

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a cabinet meeting in Tehran
In shift, Iran says US sanctions 'failed to hamper' virus fight
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Officials put a coffin inside a funeral vehicle in an Istanbul morgue
Turkey struggles to contain rising coronavirus death toll
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A passenger wearing a protective mask pushes a trolley at Beirut's international airport
20,000 expats are expected in Lebanon despite lockdown
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Grounded Emirates Airline planes pictured at Dubai International Airport
Dubai pledges financial support to Emirates Airline
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Doctors
Morocco enters stage 2 of coronavirus pandemic
Saad Guerraoui
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Police in Mea Sharim arrested ultra-Orthodox men who protested the closure of a synagogue there
Orthodox neighbourhoods are Israel’s virus hotspots
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A worker sews pieces of cloth to make face masks at a factory, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ajman, United Arab Emirates
With trade disrupted, Gulf manufacturing turns local
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Maktoum says that the centre would help create a rapid intervention plan in coordination with both the public and private sectors
Dubai creates epidemic disease centre to tackle coronavirus
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A worker sprays disinfectant on the hands of a Palestinian man at a Post Office in Gaza
Densely-populated Gaza prepares to face COVID-19
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Tehran's struggle to bring the virus' spread under control has been made more difficult by US sanctions
Europe evades sanctions, sends Iran medical gear
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Wheat field in Saqiyat al-Manqadi village in the northern Nile Delta province of Menoufia in Egypt
Sisi calls for boost of strategic reserves of staple goods
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The United Nations flag
Coronavirus forces UN Security Council to approve resolutions remotely
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Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said at a daily news briefing that 117 more people had died from the virus over the past 24 hours
Iran virus infection numbers pass 40,000
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Egyptian health ministry emergency responders stand next to ambulances
Egypt shuts hospitals, isolates villages to halt virus infection rate
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Prison in Ain Zara, south of Tripoli
Libya frees 466 prisoners over coronavirus fears
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the Wadi al-Salam cemetery, one of the world's biggest cemeteries, in Najaf
In Iraq, burying coronavirus dead is nightmare
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