Ilhan Omar’s father dies from coronavirus complications
Father of Somalia-born US Representative Ilhan Omar has died of complications from the novel coronavirus, local media reported.
“It is with tremendous sadness and pain to say goodbye to my father,” the Minnesota congresswoman tweeted late on Monday. “No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew and loved him.”
Omar and her father Nur Mohamed came to the United States as refugees in 1995 from Somalia during the country’s civil war and eventually settled in Minneapolis, according to Politico.
Under 20s half as likely to contract Covid-19: Study
People under the age 20 are almost half as susceptible to Covid-19 as people aged 20 or above, according to new research, and clinical symptoms of the pandemic disease appear in only about a fifth of infections in children and teens.
The modelling study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, based on data from six countries – China, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Canada and South Korea – found that by contrast, Covid-19 symptoms appear in 69 percent of infections in people aged 70 or older.
Indonesia to reopen schools in low-risk areas
Indonesia will reopen schools located in low-risk areas starting in July after months of closure due to coronavirus, the education ministry said.
Sri Wahyuningsih, a ministry official, said in a webinar that the reopening of schools will be carried out in phases depending on the level of education and the provisions of the health protocols.
“Middle and high schools will start to reopen in July, elementary schools in September, while kindergartens will be the last to reopen in November at the earliest,” said Wahyuningsih, adding only 6 percent of all schools in the country are located in low-risk areas.
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Turkey makes masks compulsory in 42 provinces
Turkey has made the wearing of face masks mandatory in five more provinces, following an uptick in Covid-19 cases.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that the wearing of masks is now compulsory in 42 of Turkey’s 81 provinces.
In the remaining provinces, residents are required to wear masks on public transportation and in shops and malls, and are being advised to wear masks and keep to social distancing practices elsewhere.
Koca said: “We cannot struggle against the virus without masks.”
SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies
