Qatar and Kuwait have announced tough penalties for people who fail to wear a face mask in public. Those breaking the rules in Qatar risk up to three years in prison, while the maximum punishment in Kuwait will be three months.
Lebanon’s four-day lockdown has ended, although an overnight curfew will remain in place. Lockdown measures were reintroduced last week after the number of cases surged when some restrictions were eased.
Deaths in Yemen's port city of Aden have surged to at least five times higher than normal, an NGO and medics say, prompting fears about the spread of coronavirus in the war-torn country.
As Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the end of Ramadan later this week, a number of countries have announced stricter measures to prevent the spread of the virus during Eid al-Fitr. Saudi Arabia is planning a nationwide lockdown over the holiday, while Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours and halt public transport for six days.

BBC