RIAC and ISPI Joint Report
RIAC and ISPI Joint Report
This Report brings together experts and scholars in an effort to ponder on possible post-pandemic trends in the Southern Mediterranean. The aim is to help readers navigate the future of the Southern Mediterranean region, by offering new insights and guidance to regional and non-regional governments, civil society, and the public at large.
After the Storm: Post-Pandemic Trends in the Southern Mediterranean
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... (fewer than 6,000), the proportion of infected individuals in the population (0.03%) or the country’s 129th place in the world ranking (see the table compiled by the author based on data for 18 and 23 October 2020, taken from
coronavirus-control.ru
):
COVID-19 in Syria and Neighbouring Countries
The good indicators are partly explained by the fact that wartime Syria under sanctions has been a closed country compared to the more open Israel, Lebanon and Turkey, this reducing the objective risk of infection. Even after Damascus International Airport (which had not functioned since March) was opened on October 1, 2020, the number of scheduled flights remained small compared to Beirut Airport,...