From refugee camps to developed nations, COVID-19 keeps world on edge | CIDRAP
The camp, located in the north of the country near the border with Iraq, is home to about 74,000 refugees, many of them displaced women and children from Syria and Iraq.
The patient is a 29-year-old woman who is being treated in an isolation area of the camp where a nongovernmental organization and the WHO are supporting patient care. Health workers are identifying contacts and will be monitoring them for symptoms, as well as working with camp residents on how to protect themselves.
In other Middle East developments, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, MD, PhD, director of WHO EMRO, said in a statement today some countries in the region have experiences surges after lifting restrictions or are experiencing them following other emergency situations.
▻https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/08/refugee-camps-developed-nations-covid-19-keeps-world-edge
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