Corona .. Curfew in Saudi Arabia on Eid and a quarantine for those coming to Spain

The Saudi Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday that it will impose a 24-hour curfew throughout the country during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, to combat the spread of the Corona virus, while the Spanish authorities decided on Tuesday to impose a quarantine on all those coming to it from abroad.

A statement by the Ministry of the Interior said that until then, economic activities will remain open, and freedom of movement is permitted for people from nine in the morning local time (06:00 GMT) until five in the evening, with the exception of Mecca, which is still subject to a full ban.

Saudi Arabia is the largest epicenter of the Corona virus pandemic in the Arab Gulf states in particular and in the Arab countries in general, as it recorded until 42 thousand and 925 infections, 264 of them died, while recovering from the disease 15 thousand and 257.

Lebanon and Iraq
The Lebanese government also decided on Tuesday to completely close the country again for a period of four days, starting from Wednesday evening, in light of the authorities' efforts to prevent a second wave of the spread of Corona virus infection after loosening some restrictions. An exception to the decision is to completely close shops and pharmacies.

The country has been subject to general isolation since mid-March, with the aim of curbing the Coruna outbreak that affected 870 people and caused 26 deaths. Lebanon began last week to lift some restrictions within the framework of a long-term plan, as it allowed the resumption of activities in restaurants, hairdressing salons, construction sites and other work, But less capacity.

In Iraq, four governorates decided on Tuesday to reopen their mosques to worshipers after about two months of closure, fearing an outbreak of the pandemic, and it is related to the provinces of Salah al-Din (North), and the three provinces of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, namely, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Duhok.

On April 21, the authorities decided to ease the curfew procedures throughout Ramadan.

In the eastern neighbor of Iraq, Iranian Health Minister Saeed Nemki announced on Tuesday that his country will reopen mosques for two hours for three nights during the last ten nights of the holy month of Ramadan.

Mosques were closed last March to limit the spread of the Corona virus in the country most affected by the virus in the Islamic world, where the disease infected 110,767 people, and killed 6,733 others.

Algeria and Morocco
Some Maghreb countries today decided to extend the closing procedures taken weeks ago to prevent the further spread of the pandemic, as Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Jarrad said that his country will extend the measures aimed at restricting movement for another 15 days until May 29 to confront the increase in cases of HIV infection Sk.

In Morocco, the Ministry of National Education decided to extend the closure of schools until next September, which coincides with the start of the next academic year, with only baccalaureate exams being held, in the context of measures to counter the spread of the Corona pandemic.

National Education Minister Said Amazazi said that schools will open an exception in next July to receive candidates for the second year of the baccalaureate exam, with exams for the first year to take place next September.

At the international level, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decided on Tuesday to extend measures to counter the spread of the Corona virus inside the headquarters of the International Organization in New York until the end of next June, and the procedures include working from home for all Secretariat staff to reduce the human density in the building, except from Their work requires being inside the headquarters.

The procedures include reducing staff work days to two, canceling all side events and events inside the building, and holding major meetings via video calling.

Spain, France, and
in Spain, the authorities decided today to put all arrivals from abroad under quarantine for two weeks, starting next Friday, in an attempt to prevent visitors from causing a second wave of infection with the Corona virus.

In northern Spain's neighbor, thousands of French schools for boys between three and ten years later reopened, while adhering to strict precautionary measures, and Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquet said this was a first step that would pave the way for the reopening of some schools for students between the ages of 11 and 14 a week. Next.

In Russia, which has fed the second largest hotbed of infection in the world, factory and construction workers have returned to work, as part of measures to ease closures, despite the world's largest countries registering a new increase in the number of HIV infections.

Several Russian regions less affected by the disease have begun opening some stores, such as beauty salons, but most public places remain closed, including restaurants, while gatherings are prohibited until further notice.