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Palestinian movements in the Gaza Strip have cancelled planned rallies and strikes over the threat of coronavirus proliferation. This is reported by Al Jazeera on March 29. According to journalists, demonstrations along the border with Israel were planned next week, Monday, March 30, but the actions had to be cancelled. Recall, the outbreak of coronavirus in Chinese Wuhan was recorded in December 2019, since then the world community has taken emergency measures to combat the spread of infection.

Sergey Nayev, Commander of the Joint Forces (OS) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU), has been appointed. The relevant decree, which was signed by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, is published on the website of the Head of State. To appoint Nayev S.I. commander of the joint forces of APU, the document reads. As the news agency reported, on March 27, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky also appointed Ruslan Khomcak as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Read also: Zelensky appointed Khomcak Commander-in-Chief of APU

In Saudi Arabia, there was the first death of a person infected with coronavirus, Al Arabiya reported on March 24. According to the TV channel, a foreigner died in a hospital in Medina. The nationality, age and gender of the deceased are not specified. To date, 767 coronavirus-infected people have been reported in Saudi Arabia, according to the news agency. In the past 24 hours, 205 new infections have been detected in the country.

Square Enix has made it clear to fans of the Final Fantasy 7 franchise that an expected remake of the seventh part of the series could face problems when released due to the coronavirus epidemic. This was announced on March 18 by the portal Screen Rant. The publisher said that not all customers will be able to get their copy of the game on time on physical media, and it is not yet known what the delay will be in different regions. However, Square Enix reassured fans, noting that there should be no problems with digital copies and the release of the game is still scheduled for April 10, 2020. Amazon had previously announced that it was forced to postpone the start of sales of Final Fantasy 7 Recall due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many fans then expressed concern that the game's release on sale could be delayed again.

A set of incentive measures to support tourism business in Kazakhstan will be developed by the Government of the Republic. On March 17, Kazakh leader Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev wrote about it on his Twitter page. The Government is instructed to develop a package of incentive measures to support tourism entities, the Head of State wrote. Tokayev added that during the state of emergency in Kazakhstan banks are prohibited to accrue fees for overdue loans for more than 90 days. According to the news agency, since March 15, the President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev signed