Coronavirus outbreak in Iraqi Yazidi camps would be ’catastrophic’ aid groups say - The National
Aid groups in Iraq are warning of a “catastrophe” if the coronavirus were to reach displacement camps for the Yazidi people.Hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Yazidis living in camps in northern Iraq are at risk of contracting the disease that has killed over 177,000 people worldwide. Although there are no cases in the camps at present, the risk is growing as cases in wider Iraq grow. The country has so far confirmed over 1,600 infections and 83 coronavirus-related deaths.
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