A number of Arab countries registered a rise in the death toll of the Corona virus emerging (Covid-19), while the Libyan government of reconciliation announced a 10-day curfew, and the group's prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque will continue to be suspended during the holy month of Ramadan.
The latest figures indicate that four new deaths were recorded in Saudi Arabia, taking the total to 83 deaths. A further 518 new injuries were announced, taking the total to 6,380.
In the UAE, 460 new cases were detected, for a total of 5,825 cases.
Qatar also announced the registration of 392 new injuries, for a total of 4,103 injuries.
In the Sultanate of Oman, 109 people were declared injured, bringing the total number to 1019.
In Kuwait, 119 new infections were recorded, bringing the total to more than 1,500.
In Egypt, 13 deaths and 168 new injuries were announced, while Algeria recorded 108 people, bringing the total to 2268 cases.
In Morocco, three new deaths from the Coruna virus were announced, bringing the total number in the country to 130. In Palestine, the number of infections was reported to rise to 376.
| Egypt announces higher injuries and deaths (Reuters) |
Curfew
comes as the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord decided to implement a total curfew in Libya starting from tomorrow, Friday, for a period of 10 days, to meet the risks of an outbreak of the Corona virus emerging in the country.
According to the Al-Wefaq government statement, a complete ban will be imposed from Friday, and the work of shipping foodstuffs, small food stores and bakeries, in part, will be excluded from the ban, working from seven in the morning until twelve noon local time.
Citizens are only permitted to move on legs during the same period for five hours.
Libya has recorded 48 cases of the emerging coronavirus, including 11 recoveries and one death, according to the National Center for Disease Control (government).
| The suspension of congregational prayer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque continues during Ramadan (Reuters-Archive) |
The group’s comment
In a context related to efforts to curb the spread of the new Corona virus, the Islamic Endowments, Affairs and Holy Sites Council said today, Thursday, that it was decided to continue to suspend the group’s prayer in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan.
The council added in a statement that it "decided - while suffering from heartburn and pain - to extend its decision to suspend the attendance of worshipers from all doors of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, in line with legal fatwas and medical advice that warn of large gatherings in light of the spread of the epidemic."
He added that he knows "that taking this decision will be painful for all of us, as we used to hundreds of years ago to reconstruct the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month and to perform Tarawih, Friday and Jama’at, but to achieve a great purpose of the purposes of Islamic law, we preferred to pray in our homes to preserve the human soul." .