As a cool cloudy Wednesday hangs around, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, a truck driver tries to run over students in Marrakech, Morocco.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey confirms its first case of the coronavirus.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish special forces reportedly fire over a Greek military vehicle on the border between the two countries. (The article cites the Greek site Ekathimerini, but does not link to it.)
From Rûdaw, ten rockets hit the Taji military base north of Baghdad, but no casualties are reported.
From In-Cyprus, the Cypriot health minister issues a decree setting a limit of 75 people for spaces of public use.
From The Syrian Observer, Syrian government forces allegedly violate the ceasefire in the region of Idleb.
From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sets a limit of 100 people for public gatherings.
From The Times Of Israel, Israeli authorities recommend eating locally produced foods, to avoid shortages.
From The Jerusalem Post, Israel delivers 20 tons of disinfectant to the West Bank.
From YNetNews, according to Israeli doctors, more testing is needed to combat the coronavirus.
From the Egypt Independent, an Egyptian company distributes face masks to Metro commuters and station workers.
From Egypt Today, the Egyptian governate of Cairo introduces two hotlines to report about the coronavirus.
From StepFeed, a look at banknotes in Arab countries.
From The New Arab, Egyptian police look for two men who allegedly harassed a Chinese tourist over the coronavirus.
From Radio Farda, the numbers on the coronavirus in Iran are unclear, but the official death toll is now 354.
From IranWire, how did Iran fight a deadly outbreak almost 100 years ago?
From Dawn, Pakistan's National Assembly passes a bill to punish child abusers.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan confirms its 20th case of the coronavirus.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani legislature introduces a bill to create a new province.
From Khaama Press, Afghan President (or maybe co-President) Ghani dissolves the office of the Chief Executive.
From The Hans India, young Congress Party members protest outside a resort in which 19 Madhya Pradesh state legislators who had resigned are staying.
From the Hindustan Times, India suspends most visas for foreigners to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
From ANI, a child marriage is foiled in the Indian state of Telangana.
From India Today, a team of Indian doctors will travel to Italy to take swabs from students stranded there.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Dhaka's two city corporations are told do what they can to contain dengue.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka will not postpone its general election because of the coronavirus.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka suspends its on-arrival visa program to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
From Maldives Insider, the Capella Hotel Group introduces a new brand, the first hotel of which will open in the Maldives.
From The Jakarta Post, after a woman on Bali becomes the first person to die from the coronavirus in Indonesia, local authorities admit being in the dark about her.
From The Straits Times, Singapore confirms 12 more cases of the coronavirus, including three air force servicemen who were on duty in France.
From the Borneo Post, according to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, his new cabinet serves all Malaysians.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Consumers' Association of Penang urges the Malaysian government to take over the supply of face masks.
From The Mainichi, events marking the ninth anniversary of Japan's "triple disaster" are subdued because of the coronavirus.
And last but certainly not least, from ABC News, the World Health Organization declares the coronavirus a pandemic.
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