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More Than 1 Bn People Worldwide Told to Stay Home Over Virus TTUESDAYUESDAY MILLIONS IN INDIA CREMATION MADE IN A PANDEMIC, MMARCHARCH 224,4, 22020020 UNDER CORONAVIRUS MANDATORY FOR RELIGION CAN BE A LOCKDOWN COVID-19 FATALITIES VVOL:OL: 4 - IISSUESSUE 333131 BALM AND A RISK 3030. PAGE 02 HOT TOPICS PAGE 03 GLOCAL PAGE 04 PERSPECTIVE Registered in the Department of Posts of Sri Lanka under No: QD/146/News/2020 Amid fears of catastrophic spread Syria confirms first COVID-19 case DAMACUS - After weeks of denials from officials in Damascus, Syria yesterday (23) confirmed its first case of COVID-19, as fears mount of an outbreak that will have catastrophic consequences on the war-torn country. The patient is a 20-year-old woman who recently returned to Syria from an unspecified country and appropriate measures have been taken, the health minister Nizar Yaziji said. The announcement came after weeks of regime denials of allegations by the Syrian opposition that Iran-backed fighters and Shia pilgrims have already brought the coronavirus to Syria, and reports from healthcare workers in the capital that patients have presented symptoms consistent with COVID-19. Nine years of war have devastated Syria’s infrastructure, economy and healthcare system. The World Health Organization (WHO) assesses that Syria’s “fragile health systems may not have the capacity to detect and respond” to the pandemic. The risk is particularly acute in the opposition-held north- west and the Kurdish-controlled north-east, the two areas still outside of Bashar al-Assad’s control, where there are no testing kits available that could contain the spread of the virus. In north-western Idlib province, about 900,000 people are living in makeshift accommodation and overcrowded tents, where adequate hygiene and social distancing measures are impossible. While the area was granted some respite from a brutal regime offensive when a ceasefire was brokered on March 5, bombing campaigns by Assad and his Russian backers have put 61 medical facilities out of action over the past year, and medicine, equipment and beds are already -J Sujeevakumar/ENCL dangerously scarce. A total of 60 beds are now available before a COVID-19 Colombo Fort, one of the busiest areas in Sri Lanka lifted at 6.00 a.m. today (24) and re-imposed at observation yesterday with five new cases added outbreak, which aid agencies have warned leaves the takes on a ghostly mien yesterday (23) as a nationwide 12.00 noon the same day, instead of 2:00 p.m. as was during the day. Sri Lanka has not reported any deaths three-million-strong population desperately ill-prepared. police curfew imposed as a preventive measure announced earlier in the day, and that it would be in so far, but Judicial Medical Officers across the country -The Guardian against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on place until 6:00 a.m. on Friday (27). Police curfew re- have been sent Standard Operating Procedures to Friday (20), and scheduled to be lifted yesterday, was imposed in the other districts at 12:00 noon yesterday be followed if a patient in a hospital succumbs to the extended by a further 24 hours in several districts will be in place until 6:00 a.m. Thursday (26) and will be coronavirus. The procedures specify that the remains on Sunday (22). The President’s Media Division re-imposed again at 12:00 noon the same day. Sri Lanka of all those who pass away from the disease should be Norway proposes UN announced yesterday, the curfew will be temporarily had 92 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 222 under cremated within 24 hours regardless of their faith. corona fund to help poor countries More than 1 bn people worldwide OSLO - Norway said yesterday (23) it wanted to start a United Nations donors' fund to help poor countries fight the new coronavirus pandemic. "We are concerned about the way the virus will affect developing countries which have fragile healthcare told to stay home over virus systems," Norway's Development Aid Minister Dag-Inge Ulstein said in a statement. PARIS - More than one billion peo- This includes France, Italy, Argen- many and Britain, have urged their These measures are in place in "International solidarity across borders is more important ple have been asked to stay home tina, the US state of California, Iraq populations to stay indoors and limit Burkina Faso, Chile, the Philippines' than ever. That's why it is important for us to contribute in more than 50 countries and ter- and Rwanda. contact with other people as much as capital Manila, Serbia and Maurita- financially to such a fund in the UN," he added. ritories around the world as govern- Greece is the most recent country possible. nia, while in Saudi Arabia a curfew The fund is expected to be set up quickly, "possibly even ments battle the coronavirus pan- to impose mandatory confinement But the impact of these non-man- was set to be imposed from yester- this week," Norway said, without specifying the amount demic sweeping the globe, according measures, which came into effect datory recommendations has been day evening. of its own contribution. to an AFP tally yesterday (23). yesterday morning. limited. Elsewhere, some countries have The initiative has been welcomed favourably by UN Some countries imposed manda- Colombia will enforce an obliga- In Britain, the government warned imposed isolation measures in main deputy secretary general Amina Mohammed, Oslo said. tory lockdown measures, while oth- tory lockdown today (24) and New of tougher measures after crowds cities, with measures barring people On Thursday (19), UN Secretary General Antonio ers have issued stay-at-home recom- Zealand will follow suit tomorrow gathered in parks and beaches over from entering or exiting. Guterres warned "millions" of lives were at stake if mendations to stem the spread of (25). the weekend, while millions of peo- These measures have been seen in the international community did not show solidarity, the virus. In most cases it is still possible to ple in Iran travelled for the Persian Almaty, Bulgaria, Nur-Sultan in Ka- especially with the world's poorest countries, amid the At least 34 countries or territories leave the house to go to work, buy es- New Year last week. zakhstan and Azerbaijan's Baku. coronavirus outbreak. has established mandatory lock- sentials or seek medical care. At least 10 countries and territo- Combined, these cities have an es- According to AFP's own tally, by Sunday more than down measures ordering people to At least four countries with a col- ries with a total population of 117 timated 10 million inhabitants. 324,000 cases have been detected in 171 countries and stay in their homes, accounting for lective population of more than 228 million people have issued curfews -AFP at least 14,396 deaths. -AFP some 659 million people. million people, including Iran, Ger- and barred overnight travel. As restrictions eased Trump to reassess period Spain death toll tops 2,000 of ‘social distancing’ after 462 deaths in 24 hours Back to work in MADRID- The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged WASHINGTON - President Don- one another — is vital to slowing the to 2,182 after 462 people died within 24 hours, the ald Trump on Sunday (22) night spread of the virus, for which more health ministry said yesterday (23). said the government would reassess than 30,000 people in the United The death rate showed a 27% increase on the figures China virus epicentre the recommended period for “social States have tested positive. released a day earlier, with the number of confirmed distancing” after this week, amid Dr. Anthony Fauci, an infectious cases of COVID-19 rising to 33,089 in Spain, one of BEIJING - People in central China and leave the city for other parts of millions of job losses caused by the diseases expert and a member of the worst-hit countries in the world after China and where the coronavirus was first de- the surrounding Hubei province after efforts to contain the spread of the the White House coronavirus task Italy. tected are allowed to go back to work being tested for the virus and receiv- novel coronavirus. force, has said in interviews that he Despite an unprecedented national lockdown which and public transport is restarting, as ing a health certificate. “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE believed it would take several more was put in place on March 14, the number of deaths some normality slowly returns after a The virus, which emerged in a mar- WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM IT- weeks until people can start going and infections have spiralled in Spain, with the fig- two-month lockdown. ket that sold wild animals in Decem- SELF,” Trump tweeted in all capital about their lives in a more normal ures growing as the country steps up its capacity for The easing of restrictions in Wuhan ber, sparked a dramatic lockdown of letters shortly before midnight. “AT fashion. Other infectious disease ex- testing. city comes as Chinese health officials the city on January 23 that was then THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, perts suggest even harsher measures And the lockdown, which was initially put in place reported no new local cases of the widened to the rest of the province of WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS than social distancing are required to for two weeks, will be extended until April 11 to try to deadly virus yesterday (23), but con- nearly 60 million people. TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO truly beat back the outbreaks in the curb the spread, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said firmed another 39 infections brought Since then infections have slowed GO!” United States.
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