Middle East’s Coronavirus Surge Shows Pandemic’s Shift to Developing World

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The emergence in the Middle East of a quick second wave of coronavirus cases highlights the risk of re-openings in big population centers with often ill-equipped health-care infrastructure

A surge in coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries has forced authorities in some places to enforce new lockdown measures just weeks after easing restrictions, in a sign of how the pandemic is picking up steam in the developing world.

Nations globally are following the U.S. and Europe in lifting restrictions introduced to stem the spread of the disease. But the emergence in the Middle East of a quick second wave highlights the risk of hasty re-openings in big population centers with often ill-equipped...

 

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You are jockeying to the take the crown from CNN as FakeNews extraordinaire. 'The riots are dying down, unleash corona round 2!' So obvious.

'Developing countries'? That's a strange way to spell 'Ass-backwards, barbaric third world shithole'

wsj is fake news now. 👍

Oh, did they have BLM riots also?

Riots must be dying down.

Or protests. Riots and looting too.

Like ours?

فرقوكم شفت صلات باطلة ليست جماعة هية رجليك لن يمر فيهم الشيطان شفت بوزو كل شيء في الوجود اسمعو لو ما علمتو اطافلكم سيسرقون العقيدة اه

Inaccurate and amateurish headline trying to stir the pot ... there is no second wave, we are still in the first wave and generally the health care here is better than most first world countries.

The virus took a vacation, but it's back now

That will be an all-too-dangerous trend or signal not just for the developing countries alone but the United States&European countries to some extent. I blame authorities in the Middle East for not doing enough to meticulously follow their partial easing of lockdown guidelines.

How about the US ?the UK ? Brazil compare to the ME ...

They should understand that religion is an individual issue practiced individually while freedom of assembly is limited by the spreading virus the covid19

inshallah

maggieNYT Why is EVERYONE calling this a 'second wave' in most places this is jus a continuation of the first wave that had experienced a plateau.

is that 'the photo' that represents Middle East region?.. any way, better then a camel in the desert. agenda brainwash

Lol..,no. Rioters can loot and burn Philly, I can go to the gym

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