The Middle East is just one of the world's many regions struggling to cope with the Covid-19 outbreak. After first peaking in China, where it began, then Europe, now it's the Americas that is seen as the main epicenter Bashar Ali Naim used to work in a perfume and accessories store in Baghdad, earning $480 per week on average.
About three months ago, the coronavirus outbreak swept into Iraq, and the 28-year-old father of two has been out of work ever since. “I am suffering a lot without work.
I feel like a human with a body but no soul, especially when I look at the kids and wonder: How will I provide for them?" he said.