“SEE’ Reviews World News Hits on Friday

“SEE” reviews hits of news across the world on Friday

A government whistleblower alleges US health workers treated coronavirus evacuees without proper protective gear or training

A government whistleblower alleged that the Department of Health and Human Services sent workers to help evacuees from Wuhan, China — the epicenter of the coronavirus — without giving them proper protective gear or training.

According to The Washington Post and The New York Times, the whistleblower is a senior HHS official based in Washington, DC. (Yahoo News)

Limbaugh and Trump fuel coronavirus conspiracy theories

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who told his listeners that alarmism about the coronavirus was a plot to bring down President Trump, has attacked the CDC official who warned Americans that the virus will inevitably spread in the U.S. (Yahoo News)

Doctors Inside Iran Believe Coronavirus Is More Serious Than Reported and Getting Worse

With dozens of publicly known cases and multiple deaths, Iran is now the epicenter of the coronavirus in the Middle East. Doctors inside the Islamic Republic say the country is now grappling with an “epidemic,” and the response has been hampered not just by government inaction and disinformation but also economic sanctions. (Time Magazine)

Coronavirus spreads in three continents of the world; markets brace for a global recession

Countries on three continents reported their first cases of the coronavirus on Friday as the world prepared for a pandemic of the disease and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession.

Share prices were on track for the worst week since the global financial crisis in 2008 as virus-related disruptions to international travel and supply chains fueled fears of a recession in the United States and the Euro zone. (Yahoo News)

One of Iran's vice presidents has been infected with coronavirus

Masoumeh Ebtekar, one of Iran's vice presidents, has coronavirus.

Ebtekar is perhaps best known outside of Iran for her role as a spokesperson for Iranian students who took dozens of hostages at the US Embassy in Tehran in the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

Over two dozen people have died from coronavirus in Iran. (Business Insider)

Dozens of Turkish soldiers killed in a strike in Idlib in Syria

Dozens of Turkish soldiers have been killed in an airstrike in Syria’s Idlib province, in a dramatic escalation in the battle for control of the country’s last opposition stronghold. 9 (The Guardian)

Coronavirus found in sub-Saharan Africa as WHO says spread could 'get out of control'

Coronavirus has spread to sub-Saharan Africa for the first time as stock market losses around the world deepened amid investor alarm over a potential global pandemic. (The Guardian)

Moscow Targets Chinese Nationals Amid Coronavirus Fears

China has complained that Moscow’s response to coronavirus is discriminatory and risks damaging relations with Beijing. Associated Press correspondents Francesca Ebel and Dasha Litvinova looked at how Moscow authorities went into great lengths to track down Chinese nationals. Francesca joins us to explain Russia’s increasingly heavy-handed measures to contain the outbreak (The Moscow Times)

Russia Sends Warships as Turkish Troops Killed in Syria

Russia is sending two warships equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles to the Mediterranean Sea toward the Syrian coast amid mounting tensions between Russia, Turkey and Syria over the Syrian province of Idlib, the Russian Navy said Friday. (The Moscow Times)

At least 29 Turkish soldiers killed in 'Russian' airstrike on their positions in Syria

Twenty-nine Turkish soldiers have died in a 'Russian airstrike' in Syria, state media reported.

The governor of Hatay Doğa said the soldiers had been attacked in Idlib on Thursday night by regime forces and as a result, 'twenty-nine were martyred'. (The Daily Mail)

UK schools could be closed for eight weeks over Coronavirus

Emergency plans are being drawn up by health officials to contain the coronavirus, which could see schools closed for at least two months and see major sporting events, gigs and music festivals cancelled.

As cases of the deadly virus in Britain hit 16 last night, England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty revealed an unprecedented ban on large public gatherings that could be required to fight a global pandemic. (The Daily Mail)