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The reputed birthplace of Jesus has been shut over coronavirus fears while Hinduism’s Holi festival is being scaled back and Iran is urging people to avoid using cash in a fresh round of public health measures today. The Nativity Church in Bethlehem, where Christians believe Jesus was born, will close indefinitely from 4pm today after … Read more
Footage claiming to show rows of body bags filled with people killed by the coronavirus in Iran has been shared online, amid fears the country is hiding the true extent of the disease outbreak. The country’s first vice president has reportedly been struck by the disease, which is also affecting eight per cent of Iran’s MPs … Read more
Figures released by China on Wednesday suggest the tide of the coronavirus epidemic in the nation may be turning. For the first time since the outbreak began, the number of coronavirus deaths outside of China exceeded those reported inside the country. Only 38 deaths from the virus were reported on Wednesday, according to the Chinese … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,200 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 94,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Three things happened yesterday that made me think the sh*t with coronavirus just got very real. First, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned after massive spikes in coronavirus infection in worst hit countries like South Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan: ‘We are in unchartered territory.’ And he revealed the death … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and almost 90,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Iran has released 54,000 prisoners to avoid spreading coronavirus after its cases soared to more than 2,300 today, including 77 deaths. Tehran’s judiciary said the inmates were allowed out only after testing negative for COVID-19 and posting bail, while ‘security prisoners’ jailed for more than five years would not be released. It comes amid fears … Read more
Iran’s uranium stocks are FIVE TIMES the limit agreed under 2015 deal, UN’s nuclear watchdog warns The IAEA said Iran’s stockpile had more than doubled to 2,250lbs since February 2015 deal with world powers allows only a much smaller stockpile of 461lbs The UN nuclear watchdog also demanded ‘clarifications’ over an undeclared site By Tim … Read more
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei has said that coronavirus is ‘not that big a deal’ even though the country’s death toll has hit 77 and one of his senior advisers has died of the disease. Khamenei called on Iranians to pray against the virus ‘as prayer can solve many problems.’ As of today, 77 in the country … Read more
A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran could be released on furlough this week after serving four years in prison. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, could leave Evin jail either today or tomorrow according to Labour MP Tulip Siddiq. It comes just days after Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard Ratcliffe said he feared his wife had developed a ‘cold’ due … Read more