General view of Kaaba at the Grand Mosque which is almost empty of worshippers, after Saudi authority suspended umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) amid the fear of coronavirus outbreak, at Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ganoo Essa Several Gulf Arab states recorded new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday including

The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. The nation’s jails and prisons are on high alert about the prospect of the new coronavirus spreading through their vast inmate populations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) The nation’s jails and prisons are on high alert, stepping up inmate screenings,

Crowds wearing protective masks, following the outbreak of the coronavirus, are seen at the Shinjuku station in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a press conference to brief the media on the government’s coronavirus action plan, at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Johnson is announcing plans for combating the spread of the new COVID-19 coronavirus in UK.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool) Retired doctors could be called back to work, police

Tourists wear protective face masks, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, as they walk at the Grand Souq in old Dubai, United Arab Emirates March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike Major concerts and events in the United Arab Emirates, an air transit center as well as a tourism and business hub, have been canceled or

Upper respiratory tract infections, skin disease and malaria are leading illnesses taking Kenyans to hospital. A report by the government statistics agency also lists diarrhoea, arthritis, fever, urinary tract infection and hypertension as the other ailments that burden majority of Kenyans.The report by the Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the burden of upper respiratory

UAE Tour cycling race abandoned midway after Italian participants test positive for coronavirus The 2020 UAE Tour cycling race was abandoned midway on Friday after two Italian participants tested positive for the coronavirus. The Abu Dhabi Sports Council issued a statement announcing that the remaining rounds of the race were cancelled. “The decision has been

Photo/ Somali Times According to Voice of America Somali students in Wuhan says they are trapped in their university rooms feeling frightened and lonely because the Coronavirus and are appealing for the Somali government to help them leave the besieged, sickening Wuhan. Somali Times also contact the Via WhatsApp. Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad

Travellers wear masks as they arrive at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike The United Arab Emirates said on Friday it had registered two new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number

Photo Credit The Guardian A natural gas well at one of the Hilal gas fields in Ethiopia’s Somali region. As villagers in Somali region fall ill in unexplained circumstances, some locals fear gas exploration has tainted the local water supply At first, 23-year-old Khadar Abdi Abdullahi’s eyes began turning yellow. Then the palms of his