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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-With much of the world on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are relying on our phones, laptops and other devices to stay connected. While cyber-surveillance is a longstanding threat to human rights defenders and others, this new normal means options for using physical security alternatives (like simply communicating sensitive information in person rather than online) are seriously diminished. This raises the human rights stakes. It can... | ||||
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Europe: Mass protests provide hope as rights and judicial independence erodedMoyen-Orient aujourd'hui / Suède / Stockholm: -People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region. The organization praised those brave people who took to the... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen bucked a global trend with spikes in executionsGlobal executions fell by 5%, hitting a 10-year low Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019, despite an overall decline in executions worldwide, Amnesty International said in its 2019 global review of the death penalty published today. The Saudi authorities put 184 people to death last year, the highest number Amnesty has ever recorded in a... | ||||
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Urgent Action Update: Detained Researcher in Critical Condition (Egypt: UA 104.19)Detained human rights researcher Ibrahim Ezz El-Din’s health has deteriorated in Tora prison putting him at particular risk if exposed to COVID-19. Ibrahim remains in pre-trial detention following his arrest on 11 June 2019 and enforced disappearance for 167 days. Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- Detained human rights researcher Ibrahim Ezz El-Din’s health has deteriorated in... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Amnesty International is releasing shocking footage providing first-hand evidence of the inhumane conditions and extreme overcrowding inside one of Cambodia's prisons.The organization recently called the country's detention facilities a "ticking time bomb" for a potentially disastrous coronavirus outbreak. "These deplorable conditions make a mockery of 'physical distancing' and show the Cambodian authorities' utter neglect for these... | ||||
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| Philippines: President Duterte gives "shoot to kill" order amid pandemic response | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to orders from President Duterte to police, military officials and barangay officials to shoot ‘troublemakers’ protesting during community quarantine, Amnesty Philippine Section Director, Butch Olano, said:“It is deeply alarming that President Duterte has extended a ‘shoot to kill’ policy to law enforcement agencies. Deadly, unchecked force should never be used in an emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic. “The... | ||||
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| Medics at Egypt's main cancer center test positive for virus | ||||
Egyptian officials say at least 17 medics in the country’s main cancer hospital have been quarantined after testing positive for the coronavirus, raising fears the pandemic could prey on health facilities in the Arab world’s most populous countryMiddle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-CAIRO -- At least 17 medics in Egypt’s main cancer hospital have been quarantined after testing positive for the coronavirus, officials said Saturday, raising fears the pandemic could prey on health... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- An appeal court in Algiers has today handed key opposition political leader, Karim Tabbou, a one-year prison sentence and a fine of 50 000 Algerian dinars (around 405 USD) for trumped up charges related to “incitement to violence” and “harming national security” in relation to his speech in videos published on his political party’s Facebook page where he peacefully criticized the role of the army in politics.Karim should never have... | ||||
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Following today’s ministerial statement to overturn with immediate effect the ban on pregnant girls attending schools, Marta Colomer, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for West and Central Africa said:Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- “Today we have cause to celebrate as thousands of pregnant girls across Sierra Leone will be allowed back into classes nationwide when schools reopen after COVID-19. This inherently discriminatory ban... | ||||
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David Griffiths is Director of the Office of the Secretary General at Amnesty International Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The pain of the COVID-19 pandemic, a defining event of our times, will continue long after the virus subsides. When the immediate crisis is over many will have experienced unimaginable loss. Many will have lost loved ones, huge numbers will have lost jobs and perhaps homes, and hundreds of millions will have experienced the anxiety and loneliness... | ||||
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| Coronaviruset kan slå hårt mot flyktingar, asylsökande och migranter på de grekiska öarna | ||||
It is more important than ever that refugees, migrants and asylum seekers located on the Greek islands be protected and evacuated.Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: -With the spread of covid-19 it is important to remember that there are groups that are particularly vulnerable. Those groups that do not have access to water, preventive measures and live in confined spaces without the possibility of social distance are at greater risk of suffering serious consequences of covid-19.... | ||||
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| Uber COVID-19 Advice from Doctor Negrin Outside US From Findings During Autopsies Performed In China | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- just want pass on this information it was send to me by a colleague Who has friend work has a (( DR Negrin )) witches in main hospital on our island. It obviously in Spanish I'm just going to read it and translate it for you this is what it is the Chinese Now understand the behavior of the covid 19 virus thanks to autopsies that they have carried out this virus is characterized by obstructing respiratory passageways with thick mucus that... | ||||
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| Egypt Announces 2-Week Nightly Curfew to Slow Virus | ||||
Egypt has announced a two-week, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will impose a two-week nightly curfew in the Arab world's most populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday, as the International Monetary Fund warned that a shortage of medical supplies could affect the Mideast's poorest nations. There are over 31,000 confirmed cases of the virus across the Mideast,... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The Mokattam Misdemeanour Court in Egypt today sentenced Zyad el-Elaimy, a human rights lawyer, former MP and one of the leaders of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, to one year in prison and a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (around US$1,270) for “spreading false news with an intent to spread panic among the people and disturbing public peace” during a TV interview with the BBC in 2017. Responding to the news, Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s... | ||||
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| Egypt shuts mosques and churches over coronavirus fears | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday ordered mosques and churches to shut their doors to worshippers in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, after calls for the government to follow steps taken by neighboring countries. CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Saturday ordered mosques and churches to shut their doors to worshippers in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, after calls for the government to follow steps taken by neighboring... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-LONDON (Reuters) - Traders and analysts are struggling to revise down their forecasts for oil demand fast enough, as government lockdowns to contain the coronavirus outbreak have rapidly cut fuel consumption. LONDON (Reuters) - Traders and analysts are struggling to revise down their forecasts for oil demand fast enough, as government lockdowns to contain the coronavirus outbreak have rapidly cut fuel consumption. FILE PHOTO: The sun is... | ||||
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| Coronavirus deaths in Italy overtake China as economic damage mounts | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe, with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China, where the virus originated. | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-HONG KONG (Reuters) - World finance leaders tried to lift confidence with emergency measures to pour cash into panic-stricken markets on Thursday, as investors everywhere dumped assets, switching to dollars amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic. Policymakers in the United States, Europe and Asia have slashed interest rates and opened liquidity taps to stabilize economies left almost comatose, with quarantined consumers, broken supply chains,... | ||||
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| 21-year-old football coach dead - infected by corona | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: - Spanish football coach Francisco Garcia, 21, was affected by the corona virus.Shortly thereafter he died. At the hospital, doctors discovered that he also suffered from leukemia. - We are in shock, says Pepe Bueno, chairman of the club Atlético Portado Alta. Local newspaper Malaga Hoy today reports on one of the youngest ever to have died from the coronavirus. Francisco Garcia, 21, was the... | ||||
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| Fed cuts rates and NYC, LA close restaurants to fight coronavirus | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With panic buying on Main Street and fear-driven sell-offs on Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero on Sunday in another emergency move to help shore up the U.S. economy amid the rapidly escalating coronavirus pandemic. The mayors of New York City and Los Angeles ordered restaurants, bars and cafes closed, with takeout and delivery the only options for food sales. Movie theaters, small theater... | ||||
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| Egypt shuts schools, universities for two weeks as virus cases increase | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will close schools and universities for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the number of cases rises each day, reaching 109 with two deaths, the prime minister said on Saturday.The suspension of classes from Sunday follows previously announced measures including the cancellation of large public gatherings, restrictions on the time allocated for mass prayers and the halting of local football league matches... | ||||
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| Saudi Arabia: Women's rights campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul due in court | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- Loujain al-Hathloul, the prominent Saudi Arabian women’s rights defender who has been detained for almost two years, is due to appear in court in Riyadh this week (Wednesday 11 March).Al-Hathloul is being tried on a variety of charges linked to her peaceful human rights activities, including campaigning for women’s right to drive and ending the male guardianship system. She is at risk of being sentenced to a lengthy prison term. | ||||
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| "Infected" in Egypt were virus-free | ||||
Middle East Today / Sweden / Stockholm: - Data on virus infection on a Nile ferry in Egypt this weekend has proven to be incorrect. Of 25 people who have traveled on the current ferry, from the city of Aswan to Luxor, and who tested positive for the corona virus, all are virus-free, says Health Minister Hala Zayid.She gives no clarity on whether or not the initial sampling produced the wrong result. It is unclear how many in the country have really been infected during... | ||||
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| MENA: Renewed wave of mass uprisings met with brutality and repression during ‘year of defiance’ | ||||
-Report reviews human rights in 19 MENA states during 2019-Wave of protests across Algeria, Iraq, Iran and Lebanon demonstrates reinvigorated faith in people power -500+ killed in Iraq and over 300 in Iran in brutal crackdowns on protests -Relentless clampdown on peaceful critics and human rights defenders Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-At least 136 prisoners of conscience detained in 12 countries for online speech Governments across the Middle East and North... | ||||
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| Filmmaker Who Mocked Egypt’s President Dies in Prison | ||||
Shady Habash had been held without trial at a maximum-security prison for two years. His lawyer said the cause of death was unknown.Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-CAIRO — An Egyptian filmmaker imprisoned over a music video that mocked President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi died at a maximum-security facility on Friday after two years in detention without trial, his lawyer said. The cause of death of the filmmaker, Shady Habash, 24, was not immediately clear. But it brought... | ||||
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| Why abortion and contraception are essential healthcare | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- The COVID-19 pandemic is stretching healthcare systems around the world to breaking point. As a result, many people are finding it harder than ever to access abortion and contraception.A health crisis on this scale means governments are having to make difficult decisions about where to target limited health resources. Already, in some countries, including Nepal and South Africa, providers of abortion and contraception have been forced to reduce... | ||||
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| Thailand: Authorities using repressive laws to intensify crackdown on online critics | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- The Thai authorities are prosecuting social media users who criticize the government and monarchy in a systematic campaign to crush dissent which is being exacerbated by new COVID-19 restrictions, Amnesty International said in a new briefing released today.‘They are always watching’ shows how General Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s administration has increased the use of vague or overly broad laws to bring criminal charges against dozens of peaceful... | ||||
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| Egypt: Rights Activist Detained, Allegedly Tortured | ||||
Escalating Campaign Against Human Rights AdvocatesMiddle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities on February 7, 2020 detained Patrick George Zaki, a researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), in a serious escalation of their campaign against human rights activists and groups, Human Rights Watch said today. A source at the rights organization told Human Rights Watch that the National Security Agency held George incommunicado... | ||||
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| Egypt: Private-sector garment workers forced to choose between health and livelihoods | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-On 16 March, the government decided to reduce the number of workers in governmental and public institutions in provinces with COVID-19 cases, and granted paid leave to workers in at least some state-run factories. However, the government did not make any similar provision for private-sector workers, who are left to face their employers’ discretionary measures. On 29 March Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly confirmed that there were no restrictions on the movement... | ||||
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| South Asia: As COVID-19 spreads, fears rise for people at higher risk | ||||
-Protect daily wage earners, people displaced by conflict, health workers and prisonersMiddle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-As cases of COVID-19 escalate in South Asia, one of the world’s poorest and most populous regions, Amnesty International calls on the authorities there to put human rights at the heart of their responses and intensify efforts to protect marginalized and vulnerable groups at higher risk, including daily wage earners, people displaced by conflict, health workers... | ||||
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| Bangladesh: COVID-19 response flaws put older Rohingya refugees in imminent danger | ||||
Older refugees are both the most at risk from the pandemic and the least included in the humanitarian responseDangerous lack of access to even basic information Mistakes made during general humanitarian response efforts for Rohingya refugees are being repeated | ||||
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| Medics at Egypt's main cancer center test positive for virus | ||||
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| Digital surveillance to fight COVID-19 can only be justified if it respects human rights | ||||
-More than 100 civil society groups sign joint statement setting out conditions that must be met before the use of surveillance technology to fight pandemicMiddle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-With governments across the world rapidly expanding the use of digital surveillance in an attempt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Amnesty International and other leading NGOs have set out strict conditions that must be met to safeguard human rights and prevent surveillance overreach. | ||||
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| USA: Immediately revoke COVID-19 suspension of environmental protections | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement it would indefinitely suspend enforcement of environmental laws due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Richard Pearshouse, Amnesty International’s Head of Crisis and the Environment, said:“The Trump administration is cynically abusing this crisis to achieve its pre-COVID-19 goal of gutting US environmental regulations. The Trump administration is cynically... | ||||
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| 6 things to do while at home during COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
In times of coronavirus and social distancing, many of us are staying at home. Here are some free things you can do from home to empower yourself to develop skills that promote equality and respect in your community and worldwide. Why not use your time wisely?1. Share something hopeful and positive It can be difficult to deal with all the news right now. Why not share something positive, like a video of people showing solidarity during this pandemic or a good news story that you... | ||||
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| Qatar: Migrant workers in labour camps at grave risk amid COVID-19 crisis | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to reports that parts of Qatar’s Industrial Area in Doha - home to a large number of migrant workers’ accommodation - has been put into lockdown after hundreds of construction workers became infected with COVID-19, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director of Global Issues, said:“As the world struggles to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, migrant workers trapped in camps such as those in Qatar are at... | ||||
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| Oral statement on situations requiring the attention of the UN Human Rights Council (Item 4 General Debate HRC43): China, India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jammu and Kashmir | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-In this oral statement delivered by Amnesty International at the UN Human Rights Council on 10 March 2020, during the Item 4 General Debate on “situations requiring the attention of the Council,” Amnesty International raised concerns over grave ongoing human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) China, India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Amnesty also reiterated its call, along with other NGOs, for the Council to establish an independent... | ||||
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| Egypt: Release prisoners of conscience and other prisoners at risk amid coronavirus outbreak | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Amid rising fears over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Egypt’s overcrowded prisons, the Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all activists and human rights defenders detained solely for peacefully expressing their views, Amnesty International said today.The authorities should also consider releasing pre-trial detainees and detainees who are especially vulnerable to the disease including those with underlying... | ||||
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| Coronavirus stay-at-home directives multiply in major U.S. states | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-(Reuters) - New Jersey’s governor was expected on Saturday to follow four other states - California, New York, Illinois and Connecticut - demanding that millions of Americans close up shop and stay home to slow the spread of coronavirus infections. The sweeping state-by-state public health restrictions, unprecedented in breadth and scope, added to the distance being experienced among ordinary Americans even as the pandemic seemed to close in on the... | ||||
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| Now is a Great Time to Invest in Latin American Mining | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-For or centuries Latin American mining has captivated international investors. Tales of Birú, a magical gold-laden land that we now know as Peru, were enough to convince Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro to lead a risky expedition against the Incas. In the short-term the mission was an outstanding success with Pizarro ransoming captured Inca emperor Atahualpa for 13,000 pounds (lbs) of gold and twice as much silver. In today’s prices that is almost... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: - Every one of us doubts from time to time about our relationship: Does that feel great happiness? Here are five signs that tell you true love:The big love: As simple as in the film If life were as black and white as a Hollywood movie from the 1950s, we would have it much easier - especially with love. We could do the same as Grace Kelly and Doris Day, who see at first glance in the film that they genuinely love men like Clark Gable... | ||||
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Microsoft's founder has been slowly inching away from his company. Now Gates has stepped down from the board seat he held for 34 years.Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:- On March 13, 1986, Microsoft became a public company. Its founder and CEO, a 36-year-old Bill Gates, took a seat on its board of directors. Thirty-four years later—exactly to the day—Gates is stepping down. Gates explained the move on Friday in a brief LinkedIn post, in which he also said he was... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine. German government sources told Reuters on Sunday that the U.S. administration was looking into how it could gain access to a potential vaccine being developed by a German firm, CureVac. | ||||
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| Lebanon: New kafala consultation an opportunity to protect migrant workers' rights | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The Lebanese government must ensure migrant workers’ rights are protected as a new consultation on the country’s abusive kafala sponsorship system is launched today (Wednesday 11 March), Amnesty International has said.The national consultation on reform of the kafala system, which ties the legal residency of the worker to their contract with their employer, is organized by the International Labour Organization in collaboration with Lebanon’s... | ||||
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| World closes borders, restricts travel to contain coronavirus spread | ||||
(Reuters) - Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-ROME (Reuters) - Italy woke up on to deserted streets in an unprecedented lockdown on Tuesday after the government extended quarantine measures across the entire country in a bid to slow Europe’s worst outbreak of the coronavirus. | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: -A German man infected by the corona virus has died at a hospital in the tourist resort of Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt. The African continent has thus had its first recorded death with a link to the virus outbreak. The 60-year-old, who traveled from Germany to Egypt a week ago, had visited the city of Luxor on the Nile before falling ill.On Saturday, authorities announced that 45 people who had taken a ferry from Aswan to Luxor tested positive... | ||||
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A general view shows Tahrir Square, which was the focal point of the Jan. 25, 2011 Egyptian uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, closed off by police during curfew hours as a prevention measures due to the coronavirus outbreak, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty))
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