On Holy Thursday, a.k.a. Maundy Thursday, here are some more things going on:
From Morocco World News, the Moroccan government urges businesses to equip their employees with face masks.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish government plans to ban layoffs for three months due to the coronavirus.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors charge the former mayor of Diyarbakır for allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda.
From Rûdaw, according to the wives of ISIS terrorists in northeastern Syria, the coronavirus is reserved for "infidels" and "non-Muslims".
From In-Cyprus, the closure of schools and universities in Cyprus is extended to April 30th.
From The Syrian Observer, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons accuses the Syrian military of using chemical weapons in the province of Hama.
From Arutz Sheva, the chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel condemns the holding of public prayers against the country's health orders.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel's health and finance ministries disagree on whether to extend the country's current lockdown.
From The Jerusalem Post, Hamas arrests Palestinians for video chatting with Israelis.
From YNetNews, the West Bank is in lockdown, but people go to markets and beaches in the Gaza Strip.
From the Egypt Independent, Sudan declines to be a mediator for the dam dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia.
From Egypt Today, the Ahl Masr Foundation converts three of its buildings into quarantine hospitals.
From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian legislators will vote on an emergency decree tomorrow.
From StepFeed, a breakdown of mobility in Arab countries in the times of the coronavirus.
From The New Arab, oil prices rise as oil-producing countries get close to a deal to reduce output.
From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi government temporarily waives the fees for residence permits for industrial and commercial workers.
From Radio Farda, according to Amnesty International, dozens of prisoners were killed in coronavirus-related protests in Iran. (You can read Amnesty International's statement here.)
From IranWire, the dilemma of burying coronavirus victims in Iran.
From Dawn, Pakistan asks Afghanistan to hand over the leader of ISIS-K.
From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani province of Sindh is likely to extend its coronavirus lockdown.
From Pakistan Today, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the coronavirus situation will determine when Pakistan's lockdown is lifted.
From Khaama Press, "severe" restrictions are imposed on Kabul, Afghanistan due to a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases.
From The Hans India, some sanitary workers in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have not been paid for their work during March.
From the Hindustan Times, Mumbai, India identifies about 200 coronavirus hotspots and imposes "curfew-like" restrictions.
From ANI, people are seen violating social distancing rules in Shankarpally, India.
From India Today, 22 coronavirus hotspots are sealed off in the district of Gautam Buddh Nagar in the India state of Uttar Pradesh.
From the Dhaka Tribune, 69 private hospitals in Bangladesh will remain open to serve patients during the coronavirus outbreak.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeks the opinion of medical experts on how to stop the coronavirus from spreading.
From the Colombo Page, anyone crossing district boundaries in Sri Lanka will be quarantined for 14 days.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands cautiously starts easing its partial coronavirus lockdown.
From the Vanguard, an imam in Kaduna, Nigeria is fired for obeying a government order on social distancing.
From Gatestone Institute, how could Russia benefit from its growing relations with China?
From The Jakarta Post, as residents of Jakarta, Indonesia stay home, the city's trash output decreases.
From The Straits Times, construction of BTO projects will be sped up after Singapore's "circuit breaker" coronavirus measures are lifted.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's king and queen complete their quarantine and are confirmed to be free of the coronavirus.
From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian company Proton intends to produce 60,000 face shield for frontline health workers in 20 days.
From The Mainichi, according to a survey, 86 percent of Japanese people are practicing greater social distancing since a state of emergency was introduced.
And from the Daily Mail, up to 100 members of the Saudi royal family have reportedly contracted the coronavirus.
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