The Autonomous Administration in northeastern Syria announced imposition a total curfew in all areas of Deir Ezzor, during the period between September 26 and October 1, to confront the outbreak of "Corona" virus.

The decision issued by the Crisis Cell in Deir Ezzor Civil Council stipulated the closure of all border crossings of "Autonomous Administration", with the exception of humanitarian cases, patients and commercial traffic.

The decision allowed shops selling foodstuffs, vegetables and meat to open their doors to citizens from six in the morning until two in the afternoon.

Hospitals, pharmacies, humanitarian organizations, bakeries, media professionals and fuel stations are excluded from the curfew.

"Autonomous Administration" had announced earlier the imposition of a curfew on Al-Jazeera region (Al-Hasakah Governorate) for the same reason as well.

And "Health Authority" of "Self-Administration" announced in its latest statistics that it recorded 8 deaths and 281 new infections with the virus, in northeastern Syria, which brings the total deaths to 891 cases, along with 26 thousand and 281 infections, and two thousand and 108 cases of recovery from the virus.