FILE PHOTO: A view shows closed shops as part of the preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus disease , in the old city of Damascus, Syria March 24, 2020. Picture taken March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File PhotoShare this contentAMMAN: Syria's health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the country's first officially reported death from the disease.
The United Nations says the country is at high risk of a major outbreak because of a fragile health system devastated by a nine-year war and lack of sufficient equipment to detect the virus, alongside large numbers of vulnerable people. Opposition figures and independent politicians point to Damascus' strong ties with Iran, the worst affected country in the region, as a source of possible contagion.
Senior Syrian army officers have in recent days taken leave of absence and been ordered not to mingle with the Iranian-backed militias, military defectors say.
Come on ..their sufferings are beyond this disease. It relieves them of bombs and bullets injuries.
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