AMMAN: Syria's health ministry said on Sunday (Mar 29) that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the country's first officially reported death from the disease.
Syria also said its confirmed cases rose to nine from an earlier five cases, but medics and witnesses say there are many more.
Officials deny a cover-up but have imposed a lockdown and draconian measures including a nationwide night curfew to stem the