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Eleven more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Zambia.
The southern-central African country has so far reported 772 cases of coronavirus and seven deaths from Covid-19.
Daily #COVID19 update: in the last 24 hrs, #Zambia recorded 11 new cases out of 644 tests. Cases are from Chirundu (4), Nakonde (3), Solwezi (1), Kasama (1), Isoka(1) and Mungwi (1). Cases include truck driver, persons with history of travel to Nakonde and routine/mass testing pic.twitter.com/NybxsGdl24
The Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam, will reopen next week, after weeks of closure aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus, authorities said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
The Islamic endowment overseeing the site under Jordanian custodianship had taken the unprecedented step of closing it to worshippers in March as other major holy sites were shuttered across the Middle East.
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