A view of deserted streets after curfew was imposed amid the outbreak of coronavirus, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EPA
Employees of a Lebanese public health company pose with their protective gear on in Beirut as Lebanon calls in the army and security forces to ensure people stay at home to slow the spread of coronavirus. AFP
Artist Aziz al-Asmar paints a mural wishing for the well-being of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in quarantine after being treated by a doctor who tested positive for coronavirus, inside a damaged building in the town of Binnish in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
People wearing face masks walk in Damascus, Syria. EPA
A policeman mans a checkpoint near the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
Palestinian children look on as their neighborhood is sprayed with disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, in the streets of the Al Nusairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. EPA
The closed entrance to a disco is seen in Kadikoy in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
Lebanese intelligence officers deploy on a street to urge people to stay home unless they have an emergency, in central Beirut's commercial Hamra Street, Lebanon. AP Photo
An employee checks the body temperature of customers at the entrance of a fish shop in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
Palestinian teacher Jihad Abu Sharar presents an online class from her home in the village of Dura near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, after schools were closed as a preventive measure. AFP
A Palestinian sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, in the streets of the Al Nusairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. EPA
A general view of the almost deserted closed main public bus station in Damascus, Syria. EPA
A dog wears a face mask while being walked by its owner near the landmark martyrs monument in Algiers, Algeria. AP Photo
A view of deserted streets after curfew was imposed amid the outbreak of coronavirus, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EPA
Employees of a Lebanese public health company pose with their protective gear on in Beirut as Lebanon calls in the army and security forces to ensure people stay at home to slow the spread of coronavirus. AFP
Artist Aziz al-Asmar paints a mural wishing for the well-being of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in quarantine after being treated by a doctor who tested positive for coronavirus, inside a damaged building in the town of Binnish in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
People wearing face masks walk in Damascus, Syria. EPA
A policeman mans a checkpoint near the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. AP Photo
Palestinian children look on as their neighborhood is sprayed with disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, in the streets of the Al Nusairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. EPA
The closed entrance to a disco is seen in Kadikoy in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
Lebanese intelligence officers deploy on a street to urge people to stay home unless they have an emergency, in central Beirut's commercial Hamra Street, Lebanon. AP Photo
An employee checks the body temperature of customers at the entrance of a fish shop in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
Palestinian teacher Jihad Abu Sharar presents an online class from her home in the village of Dura near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, after schools were closed as a preventive measure. AFP
A Palestinian sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, in the streets of the Al Nusairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. EPA
A general view of the almost deserted closed main public bus station in Damascus, Syria. EPA
A dog wears a face mask while being walked by its owner near the landmark martyrs monument in Algiers, Algeria. AP Photo
A view of deserted streets after curfew was imposed amid the outbreak of coronavirus, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. EPA
Syria ceasefire urgently needed to battle pandemic, say UN and ICRC
The UN secretary general has called for a global ceasefire to focus all attention on fighting the pandemic
