Closing Spain’s borders is among the options under consideration to help stem the coronavirus outbreak, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Monday. He will discuss the potential border closure alongside other measures with fellow EU ministers, Marlaska told radio station Cadena Ser. Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos said on Monday it was “obvious” that measures imposed to restrict the spread of coronavirus in Spain will have […]
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With Italy racked by a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak, residents are piling up in elongated queues outside of storefronts, hoping to stock up on diminishing supplies while nationwide travel restrictions remain in place. The illness claimed another 168 lives on Tuesday, Italy’s deadliest day yet, raising the death toll to 631, as the government takes dramatic steps to contain the outbreak that has sickened more than […]
Palestinian Education Ministry in Gaza and UNRWA yesterday decided to extend the closure of schools until the end of this week over fears of spreading the coronavirus. Statements sent separately by the Ministry of Education Ministry and the UNREWA to MEMO, both said that the closure was aimed to tone down fears related to the spread of coronavirus. Both said that they would re-evaluate the situation […]
Hamas has announced that its leader’s foreign tour will continue throughout 2020 in order to complete a very busy political and speaking schedule. The fact that Ismail Haniyeh will thus be out of the Gaza Strip for an entire year raises several important questions. Why will he be abroad for such a long time even though his regional visits only needed a few weeks? Has Egypt […]