Imam livestreams Friday prayers due to COVID-19 fears in Russia

As most of the major mosques worldwide have suspended congregational prayers to maintain social distancing aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus, the digital world has become a new hub for worshippers

An imam from the main mosque in Russia's capital, İldar Alyautdinov, led prayers via an Instagram live broadcast on March 27.
The Moscow Central Mosque - also known as Moscow Cathedral Mosque and the Moscow Jum’ah Mosque - was reopened by Russian and Turkish leaders in September 2015, after a decade of construction work.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe climbed to over 600,000 on Saturday, according to figures compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.
The disease known as COVID-19, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December, has spread to at least 177 countries and regions around the globe, while a total of 27,862 people have died and confirmed cases hit 601,478.
In all, 131,777 people diagnosed with the virus have recovered from the disease.
Italy, Spain, China and Iran continue to be the most affected countries, but the U.S. has the most coronavirus-related cases with nearly 105,000. The U.S. has suffered 1,711 fatalities from the pandemic.

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