Covid-19

Copies of a new report on government decision-making during the Covid pandemic are pictured next by the National Covid Memorial Wall in central London on November 20, 2025. (Photo by CHRIS J RATCLIFFE/AFP via Getty Images)
Covid-19
World
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Covid inquiry finds UK inaction cost thousands of lives

About 23,000 deaths could have been prevented in England if the first Covid-19 lockdown had been introduced sooner, a UK public inquiry has found

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 November, 2025
MENA malnourished: Food insecurity leaves 60 million Arabs hungry
food insecurity
Environment and Climate
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MENA malnourished: Food insecurity leaves Arab region hungry

Mohammed El Said

Mohammed El-Said

12 December, 2023
Qatar Airways
World
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Qatar Airways chief slams Australia for blocking flights

The New Arab Staff
19 September, 2023
MENA
Health
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Has new Covid-19 variant 'Pirola' reached MENA?

The New Arab Staff
04 September, 2023
UAE
MENA
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Dubai airport traffic jumps 50%, tops pre-pandemic levels

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 August, 2023
China
Health
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China stats 'under-represent' true impact of Covid outbreak: WHO

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 January, 2023
China
World
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EU 'encouraged' to demand Covid tests from China passengers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 January, 2023
A person being vaccinated for coronavirus in China
China
Health
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China slams 'unacceptable' Covid curbs on travellers from its territory

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 January, 2023
Morocco
MENA
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Morocco to ban travellers from China over Covid spread

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 January, 2023
China
World
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China: Qingdao city seeing half a million daily Covid cases

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 December, 2022
Uyghur fire
Uyghurs
MENA
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China: Apartment fire condemned as Uyghur attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 December, 2022
India
World
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India 'worst in world' for religious hostility in pandemic

The New Arab Staff
03 December, 2022
China
Health
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China reports 36,061 new Covid-19 cases

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2022
China
Health
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China's daily Covid cases hit record high: health bureau

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 November, 2022
Iraq
Iraq
Perspectives

Iraq’s new government must deliver results quickly, or fall

Shivan Fazil

Shivan Fazil

16 November, 2022
UAE
MENA
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UAE ends almost all Covid-19 restrictions, mask mandate

The New Arab Staff
07 November, 2022
The logo of the World Health Organization near the agency's Geneva headquarters
Syria
MENA
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WHO head in Mideast 'disturbed' by alleged abuse in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 October, 2022
Qatar 2022 World Cup
MENA
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Qatar eases entry ahead of World Cup, scraps Covid-19 tests

The New Arab Staff
26 October, 2022
Covid-19
MENA
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Russian invasion 'ended Covid': Egyptian Christian cleric

The New Arab Staff
24 October, 2022
World Health Organization
MENA
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WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 October, 2022
Xi Jinping
China
World
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China: What happened at Xi's Communist Party Congress?

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 October, 2022