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Spike in cases in Gulf pushes Mideast past 10,000 infections

by Associated Press
| March 12, 2020 2:30 AM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spike in cases in the Gulf Arab states helped push infections in the Middle East for the new coronavirus past 10,000 cases on Thursday, with most infected people either in Iran or having recently traveled there.

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