02-19-2020, 10:32 PM
*** 20-Feb-20 World View -- Iranian nationals in Qoms die of coronavirus
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Iranian nationals in Qoms die of coronavirus
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Two elderly Iranian nationals died of coronavirus in a Qoms hospital
on Wednesday. They had not recently traveled outside of the Qoms
area.
This is significant because it means that they must have been infected
communally as much as two weeks ago, which indicates that there must
be a cluster of cases in Qoms.
This is the kind of outbreak we expect to see increasingly frequently.
Iran has a close relationship with China, as do many African
countries, and many individuals travel between China and these
countries.
A coronavirus outbreak in Iran could quickly spread to Iraq and Syria.
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**** Syria war in Idlib close to explosion
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The situation in Idlib, which I've been reporting on almost every day,
is about to explode. On Wednesday, Erdogan gave a speech threatening
both al-Assad and Putin. In the meantime, al-Assad's army is pushing
a million people, mostly women and children, towards to the border
with Turkey. It won't be long before coronavirus starts spreading
among those million people.
And then either Turkey and Syria will be at war, or else Turkey will
open the border and allow those million refugees with coronavirus to
flow into Europe.
There are hard deadlines and hard positions here. It seems unlikely
that anyone will back down, and so this situation is expected to
explode by March 1.
Sources:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iran, Qoms, coronavirus,
China, Africa, Syria, Idlib, Turkey, Russia
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Iranian nationals in Qoms die of coronavirus
- Syria war in Idlib close to explosion
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**** Iranian nationals in Qoms die of coronavirus
****
Two elderly Iranian nationals died of coronavirus in a Qoms hospital
on Wednesday. They had not recently traveled outside of the Qoms
area.
This is significant because it means that they must have been infected
communally as much as two weeks ago, which indicates that there must
be a cluster of cases in Qoms.
This is the kind of outbreak we expect to see increasingly frequently.
Iran has a close relationship with China, as do many African
countries, and many individuals travel between China and these
countries.
A coronavirus outbreak in Iran could quickly spread to Iraq and Syria.
****
**** Syria war in Idlib close to explosion
****
The situation in Idlib, which I've been reporting on almost every day,
is about to explode. On Wednesday, Erdogan gave a speech threatening
both al-Assad and Putin. In the meantime, al-Assad's army is pushing
a million people, mostly women and children, towards to the border
with Turkey. It won't be long before coronavirus starts spreading
among those million people.
And then either Turkey and Syria will be at war, or else Turkey will
open the border and allow those million refugees with coronavirus to
flow into Europe.
There are hard deadlines and hard positions here. It seems unlikely
that anyone will back down, and so this situation is expected to
explode by March 1.
Sources:
- Coronavirus: Iran reports two suspected fatal cases at Qom hospital (BBC, 19-Feb-2020)
- Two die of coronavirus in Iran, first fatalities in Middle East (Al-Jazeera, 19-Feb-2020)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iran, Qoms, coronavirus,
China, Africa, Syria, Idlib, Turkey, Russia
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