coronavirus passed 50,000 in the Middle East on Thursday, according to a count from The Associated Press based on official numbers provided by health authorities.Those numbers still may be an undercount, though, as testing in war-torn nations like Libya and Yemen remains extremely limited.
Death rates for people of colour in U.S. skyrocketed amid coronavirus, study finds The top U.N. official for Libya on Wednesday warned the coronavirus pandemic in the war-ravaged country appears to be “spiraling out of control.” Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who control the capital, Sanaa, and much of the north, have refused to release virus statistics.The hardest-hit nation remains Iran, which saw the region’s first major outbreak.