How COVID-19 is limiting healthcare access for refugees in Lebanon - The New Humanitarien
Lebanon’s countrywide lockdown is meant to stem the spread of COVID-19 and protect lives. But for Syrian refugees struggling with barriers to movement as well as growing poverty, it may be having life-threatening consequences.
Until recently, a local NGO brought her the medication she needs to stay healthy. But on 15 March Lebanon instituted a nationwide night-time curfew, and various municipalities put in place their own restrictions on the movements of the country’s estimated 1.5 million refugees. Some have also limited the ability of aid workers to enter camps like the one Assaf lives in, even though these informal settlements have so far had no documented cases of COVID-19. As of 20 April, Lebanon had 677 confirmed cases of the virus, and 21 deaths.
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▻https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2020/04/21/Lebanon-coronavirus-refugee-healthcare