Новости за 27.05.2020

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem will reopen on Sunday after a two-month closure due to the novel coronavirus, a senior official said on Wednesday.

CAPE TOWN — The Libyan National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 78.1 per cent of the country's Covid-19 infections were from the capital, Tripoli. 

LONDON — Premier League clubs voted unanimously on Wednesday to resume contact training as the English top-flight took a significant step towards restarting in June.

PARIS — "Nothing will ever be the same again" has been the constant refrain of the coronavirus era.

AMMAN — The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a financing package of up to $30 million for the completion and expansion of Abdali Hospital, a 200-bed modern multi-specialty hospital, with the aim of improving the quality and availability of healthcare for people in Jordan and patients from conflict-affected parts of the region.

GENEVA — The UN patent agency has hailed the push to create a coronavirus vaccine and make it globally available, but warned against allowing copyright rows to overshadow and delay the process.

PARIS — The French government said on Wednesday that doctors should no longer prescribe hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients, an unproven and potentially harmful treatment for the disease nonetheless promoted by US President Donald Trump.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google's popular map service on Wednesday added more ways for people to engage with local businesses struggling to survive the economic hit of the coronavirus pandemic.

FRANKFURT AM MAIN — European Central Bank (ECB) chief Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday she was "not overly concerned" that the coronavirus pandemic could renew fears of the eurozone breaking up, after a report from the Frankfurt institution highlighted the danger on Tuesday.

AMMAN — The Japanese government has granted the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) $978,709 to support  the resilience of vulnerable Jordanian communities and refugees in Amman against flash floods.

AMMAN — The high hopes that clothing and footwear merchants placed on Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr to boost the commercial movement of the sector and compensate for the recession that the markets witnessed due to COVID-19 prevention measures have now “faded”, according to a sector representative.

BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories — Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born, reopened on Tuesday more than two months after closing in the face of the coronavirus.

CAPE TOWN — Libya’s coast guard intercepted 400 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast over the past two days, after which the migrants were brought to detention centres near the capital, Tripoli, reported broadcaster Al Jazeera.

TEHRAN — Iran further eased restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday by allowing restaurants to accept customers, as it announced another 57 deaths from the virus.

MADRID — After months in a Madrid hospital fighting off the virus that nearly killed her, Rosa Maria Fernandez is now learning the basics again: walking, speaking and using cutlery.

AMMAN — As the public sector resumed work on Tuesday, adhering to public safety measures, spokesperson of the National Epidemiological Committee, Nazir Obaidat, said that the epidemiological situation is currently “good, with few infections”.