Indonesian health experts are concerned about the risk of an increase in the number of new cases, due to variants of Covid-19 and a large number of people traveling between many areas after Ramadan. Indonesian health workers vaccinate people. Photo: Reuters In another development, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on June 9 that the government’s goal in July is to reach the milestone of 1 million doses of vaccination per day. “I want the vaccination of the population to reach 700,000 doses a day this month, and continue to increase. By July 2021, we can reach our goal of 1 million doses per day,” he said. US announced to donate 500 million doses of vaccine USA Today news agency today (June 10) said that the administration of US President Joe Biden will announce a plan to donate 500 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to more than 90 countries over the next two years. A senior US official said Biden will announce his plan to donate the vaccines at the G7 summit in the UK this week. The vaccines will be distributed through COVAX, to help deliver them to more low-income countries. Earlier this month, Mr. Biden pledged to share about 7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Asian countries and territories such as India, Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh and Vietnam. .. Russia strengthens epidemic prevention in the capital The authorities of Moscow, Russia said they will continue to strengthen disease prevention and control such as requiring people to wear medical masks and gloves in public spaces such as restaurants and bars amid the number of infections in the country. This city has recently grown strongly. Channel News Asia quoted data from the Russian Ministry of Health on June 9, saying that in the past 24 hours, the country recorded an additional 10,407 infections. In particular, in Moscow, the authorities have recorded 4,142 new infections, the highest level since mid-January. “The epidemic situation is getting worse in Moscow due to the increasing number of infections,” said official Yevgeny Danchikov. China approves 7th vaccine According to the Global Times on June 9, China approved the 7th Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccine was developed by the Biomedical Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Kunming City, China. Yunnan province, southwestern China. According to China’s Science and Technology Daily, phase 1 and 2 clinical trials have shown that the vaccine is effective, which can quickly induce an immune response in the injected person’s body. On the same day, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said that more than 808 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine had been distributed across China as of June 8. Some other developments on the epidemic Updated at 5 am on June 10 of the Worldometers statistics page, the Covid-19 epidemic is raging in 220 countries and territories, infecting more than 175.1 million people and claiming the lives of more than 3, 7 million patients. The number of recoveries reached over 158.9 million cases. India continues to experience a terrible day with the number of new infections reaching more than 93,900 and the death toll over 6,100. So far, the country has a total of 29.1 million positive cases and more than 359,000 deaths. Brazil also faces serious contagion and death when it records 84,600 new infections to the list of more than 17.1 million patients, and more than 2,200 victims to a total of 479,500 deaths from Covid-19. Tuan Tran

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. Photo: al-Ghad Particularly for this year’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, the event that marks the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan, Egyptians will have a 5-day break from May 12 to 16, however, prayer activities during the This occasion is only held at churches without children accompanying them. In addition, beaches and parks are also closed during the holiday. The Egyptian Prime Minister added that the country is trying to provide the largest number of Covid-19 vaccines to the people. He revealed that Egypt will receive more large batches of vaccines this May and vaccine reception centers are also being expanded.

Image cut from video Turkish social media in recent days has spread a video that shows a group of two men and six women posing naked on a yacht on the southern coast of the country. Sheet Lider Gazette said the video was shot near the Turkish province of Mugla, across from the famous Greek island of Rhodes. Locals told the media that seeing this sensitive image during the lockdown and during the holy month of Ramadan has angered many. Turkey is a country with a large number of Muslims. Source: RT Sheet Strana reported that several Ukrainian women were detained by local authorities for showing off their bodies in public, and were later released. One woman, believed to be a Ukrainian citizen and involved in the incident, said the video online was secretly filmed by people on a nearby yacht. The group of girls had no idea that they were being filmed remotely. “As you know, in Muslim countries it’s better not to take nude photos,” said the young woman. Last month, a group of models from many countries – including Ukraine – were expelled from the United Arab Emirates after taking part in a group nude photo shoot on the balcony of an apartment building in Dubai.

By Daniel Hechler, ARD studio Cairo Hind Mouawad is most affected when people come to her who have never asked for money from others in their life. A single father from Beirut, for example, who no longer has a job and does not know how to feed his three children. Often times they can’t go to school because they have to take odd jobs. Still, they don’t have enough money to pay the rent for their run-down apartment on the outskirts of the city. You are threatened with homelessness. With her small organization “Volunteers together”, Mouawad likes to help, whenever she can, and she listens to people’s stories. “What you do is actually the responsibility of the state,” her father tells her after an odyssey through government agencies without any success. He doesn’t want to give his name. She knows how difficult it is for many to accept her help at all. “So many people have lost their pride and are broken,” says the 49-year-old Lebanese woman.

Hind Mouawad’s initiative helps those in need wherever it can.

Meals in Ramadan unaffordable

She now provides more than 600 families with “Volunteers Together” every month. Every day there are more. Your team distributes food, medicines, blankets and clothing. The resources are limited, the willingness to donate is declining, and your mission is becoming more and more difficult. “This work gives me a lot of confidence,” says Mouawad. “Even on days when I couldn’t achieve much, at least I can tell myself I tried.” 25 volunteers now help free of charge, most of them are students. Her four children are also involved. In Ramadan they have even more to do than usual. Especially at this time of contemplation and solidarity, Mouawad wants to help alleviate the worst hardship, give families their dignity, and give hope for a new beginning. The common meal after a day of fasting costs on average about three times as much today as it was in 2018. For many, unaffordable.

Half of the population below the poverty line

According to the World Bank, food is not as expensive in any other Middle Eastern country as it is in Lebanon. The prices for some drugs have quadrupled since 2018. This is also due to the fact that most of the goods are imported, but the national currency has collapsed. More than half of the population now lives below the poverty line. “There is no future for young people in this country,” says Ali, a bus driver with two daughters. “There is no future for anyone at all. Anyone who can leave the country leaves it.”

“We are all beggars,” it says on the wall of a building in Beirut – in front of it a woman with a child is sitting on the street, begging. Image: dpa The country’s worst economic crisis is homemade: the result of corruption and mismanagement by greedy elites. These have enriched themselves over decades, accumulating mountains of debt. Now the state is bankrupt and the banks are shaky. The established parties have not been able to agree on a new government for months. Power proportionality of the ruling cliques still takes precedence over the common good. The electrical engineer Samir Haddad fears for his fatherland: “I ask God to protect us, to influence our rulers, that they act conscientiously, protect our children. I pray every morning.” The central bank should run out of currencies by the end of May. Then the state can no longer pay subsidies on basic foods and medicines. There is a threat of famine. “They humiliated the people, let them fall,” says Hind Mouawad. “We’re so mad at her.”

“We are there for everyone”

Mouawad himself comes from a wealthy family, is privileged and is fully aware of this. She belongs to the ten percent of the population who own 70 percent of the wealth. In 2003 she founded her organization to help people in acute need. It wants to make at least a small contribution to reducing the enormous social gap. Over the years she has built up a network of donors at home and abroad who trust her. She and her helpers buy the goods where they are cheapest, pack food parcels from them in a warehouse, distribute them on site or bring them to families on the outskirts of Beirut. New challenges await every day: “Sometimes sick people have to be brought to the clinic, students need money for their education, parents need money for their children’s school,” she explains. Religious affiliation is irrelevant for the Christian: “We are there for everyone!” She knows all too well that her work will not solve the Lebanon crisis. But at least she doesn’t just want to watch the decline of her country, but at least make a small contribution to alleviating the misery – to hold the country together in the vague hope that Lebanon will eventually improve again.

Ayun is looking to buy new clothes. Although this is the second Ramadan holiday season for Indonesian Muslims to live in pandemic, but the atmosphere to welcome Ramadan of the people of the nation with the largest Muslim population in the world is no less busy. Ms. Ayun, a resident of Pekan Baru city shared: “Every year, before Ramadan, I also go to traditional markets to find clothes, headscarves, hats or rugs to serve prayers. 1 month holiday. We want to wear new and clean clothes to celebrate the holy month. ” The stalls selling Islamic clothing. Unlike the year before the Covid-19 epidemic began to break out in Indonesia, the nation’s inhabitants had to study, work and pray at home. This year, Indonesia eased its ban, allowing people to go to churches to pray with strict medical protocols. Restaurant opening times are also longer to serve the “vegetarian” needs of the people. However, the ban on returning home on this occasion still applies from 6-17 / 5 to prevent the spread of Covid-19 epidemic. Currently, Indonesia is urgently implementing the Covid-19 vaccination to prevent the pandemic. Nearly 15 million Indonesians have been vaccinated. The Ulama Muslim Council, Indonesia’s largest Muslim council, issued a regulation that vaccination against Covid-19 did not affect fasting during Ramadan, so vaccination was still normal. .

April 13, the first day of the month Ramadan For Muslims, Mecca (Saudi Arabia) has opened its doors to pilgrims – a far cry from what happened last year. It is a place that usually welcomes millions of Muslims to go to Mass each year on the occasion of Ramadan, but Mecca was shut down last year when the new outbreak of COVID-19 emerged and broke out. This year, Saudi officials have allowed people to go on pilgrimages, on the condition that strict regulations on disease prevention are followed. Accordingly, only those who are “immune” to COVID-19 are allowed to go to church – those who have had 2 doses of the vaccine, those who have received 1 dose of vaccine at least 14 days before going to church or those who are sick. and gone. Those who go to Mass must wear masks and keep their distance from those around them. Therefore, the spectacle of the lines of people crowded into the ceremony like a few years ago has disappeared. Ramadan is one of the 5 most important holidays for Muslims, starting from September on the Islamic calendar. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise until sunset and will gather with family or relatives in the evening to “go away”. It is still unclear whether Saudi officials will continue to keep the opening of Mecca until the holidays pilgrimage Haj in the middle of this year or not. Last year, Mecca also had to limit people to go to Mass on this occasion to control disease. Muslims go to Mass during the epidemic season. (Photo: SPA / Reuters)