Coronavirus: Syria facing potential ‘catastrophe’ Assad admits

President Assad has admitted for the first time that the spread of the virus in Syria could turn into a “catastrophe” and overwhelm what remains of the country’s health system. The country has only 44 acknowledged cases and three deaths from the disease, a mark of how much it has been cut off from the world by the civil war. However, some experts believe that is an underestimate, with the state’s capacity to test sufferers limited…

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