Syria announces second coronavirus death, as disease spreads
In a statement to a state news agency, the Syrian regime's health ministry reported a second coronavirus death and a rise in the country's number of cases.
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In Syria, doctors say regime is hiding scores of coronavirus deaths
According to doctors at one Damascus hospital, at least 50 patients have died, contradicting the Syrian government's official toll.
In Iraq, burying coronavirus dead is nightmare
Religious authorities, tribes, townspeople prevent relatives of coronavirus dead from burying them although there is no scientific evidence yet that it could spread via corpses.
Libya frees 466 prisoners over coronavirus fears
Prisoners, who were in pretrial detention or had qualified for conditional release, have been freed from correctional facilities in Tripoli in bid to protect them against spread of coronavirus.
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