And finally… fair-weather foes

While the group previously encouraged supporters to attack European cities, it now cautions them to “stay away from the land of the epidemic”.

It has also issued helpful “sharia” directives that instruct followers to “cover their mouths when yawning and sneezing” and, of course, to wash their hands.

In al-Naba, the terrorists’ newsletter, they say their guidance on cleanliness is drawn not from the World Health Organisation but, instead, from the recorded quotations of the Prophet Muhammad.

The so-called caliphate of ISIS has been all but eradicated.