Writing for The Arab Weekly, MEI Principal Research Fellow Alessandro Arduino says that although the spread of the coronavirus to the Middle East and North Africa may be less than in other regions, the impacts of the outbreak will still be felt strongly, given the region’s largely lacking healthcare industries and their dependence on China’s waning economy. Read the full article here.

Image caption: Sanitation workers disinfect a subway wagon in Tehran, Iran. Photo: Fars News Agency, shared on Wikimedia Commons.