More than 360,000 coronavirus cases in Middle East
The low reporting in some countries and civil conflicts across the region mean that the number of cases is continually undercounted.
A man wears a face mask and a protective face shield as he checks a woman's temperature, to let her go inside the mall, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after shopping malls and bazaars reopened in Tehran, Iran, April 20, 2020(photo credit: WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/ALI KHARA VIA REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN