South Asia under the SAARC umbrella continues to wage a defensive war versus COVID-19 pandemic, which, right now, continues to permeate and spread out into the region from two hubs– Iran and Tablighi Jamaat clusters.
As yet, there were little indications that the novel coronavirus tide in South Asia was turning for the much better, though infection rates have been fairly low in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal.
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The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) is highlighting that 1,36,186 undocumented Afghans have actually crossed the border from Iran considering that the start of the year.
