VOA’s Islamabad correspondent Ayesha Tanzeem grapples with the work from home restrictions and the competing guilt of either not reporting on the human suffering around her, or putting the health of her crew at risk
Camps in Maiduguri, Jere, Bama, Banki, Pulka, Gwoza, and Gubio have posters and flyers reminding people of the importance of good hygiene and social distancing
Calls are mounting in Turkey for a lockdown as the coronavirus infection spreads, especially in the country’s largest city, Istanbul. But the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused, insisting that the wheels of the economy must keep turning
In Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, police arrested dozens of doctors and paramedics who refused to work in hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic…Authorities in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, have blocked public access to all city parks and squares in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Police put yellow tape around Pristina’s main square on April 6 to prevent people from gathering in larger number
Thousands of college graduates will enter a job market at a time global business is frozen. Jason Gustave, a senior at William Paterson University in New Jersey who will be the first in his family to graduate from college, had a job in physical therapy lined up. Now his licensure exam is postponed and the earliest he could start work is September
According to UN data, about 6 million people, 60% of the population, urgently need humanitarian assistance, 20% more than last year. “The country would be in a critical situation if it were to face an epidemic of this type”, notes Father Christian. In February and in the first weeks of March there were numerous movements with the neighboring states: “It is feared, therefore, that the virus may spread also in South Sudan – explains the Comboni priest – while the hope is that the hot climate limits the spread of contagion; but we will only know in a couple of weeks”
Pakistan Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) on Sunday warned the Prosperous World and the United Nations against developing human crisis in Afghan refugee camps due to prolonged lockdown situation amidst coronavirus outbreak
Hair and nail salons across New York City have been ordered shut down, effectively putting thousands of stylists and technicians, many of them immigrants, out of work. While some are taking a wait-and-see approach, others are risking their health to meet with clients privately
The Tablighi Jamaat (“Society for Spreading Faith”) is a global missionary movement whose primary purpose is to encourage Muslims everywhere to be more religiously observant, according to Pew Research Center, a think-tank based in Washington, D.C.