Social distancing has put an end to anti-government protests and opponents in the region are co-operating
the official numbers, covid-19 has not yet hit the Middle East and north Africa as hard as the rest of the world. Excluding Iran, where an outbreak is raging, the virus has killed around 100 people in the region, compared with thousands in Europe . Nevertheless, Arab leaders are taking drastic steps to curb its spread, imposing curfews, closing businesses and quarantining cities. This is wise: countries such as Italy and Iran delayed action and were overwhelmed. It is also troubling.
They are also clamping down in ways not seen in the West. Morocco has detained people for rumour-mongering. “Those spreading fake news will be pursued,” says Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria’s president. Jordan limited the number of journalists allowed to report outside, even before it recorded any deaths from the virus. Egypt banned a correspondent from the, a British newspaper, after she cited Canadian epidemiologists who think the outbreak in Egypt is worse than the government says.
Elsewhere, though, draconian measures have been greeted with praise. As the virus spread, the hashtag “declare a state of emergency” trended on Twitter in the region. According to Ipsos, a pollster, 98% of Jordanians think their government is doing a “good” or “very good” job. They are seemingly happy with a new law that allows the king to seize private property, detain anyone who threatens public order and screen all media before publication.
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