{"id":97010,"date":"2020-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionpal.ahmadalkhuleyf.net\/post\/10435\/"},"modified":"2020-07-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T21:00:00","slug":"10435","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/post\/10435","title":{"rendered":"Suspected COVID-19 Infections Reported in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six suspected cases of novel coronavirus have been recorded in AlNeirab camp for Palestinian refugees, in Aleppo.<\/span><\/p>\n

The suspected cases have been home-quarantined and kept under observation to curtail a propagation of the lethal disease in the displacement camp.<\/span><\/p>\n

An AGPS news correspondent denied reports about confirmed coronavirus cases in the camp, saying he has reached out to people suspected of contracting COVID-19 but they denied the claims.<\/span><\/p>\n

Head of the Health Department at the UNRWA clinic in the camp said a number of suspected cases show up daily at the clinic and are instructed to keep to home quarantines.<\/span><\/p>\n

Activists have called on the residents to abide by safety protocols, keep to social distancing, wear face masks, and wash their hands regularly to prevent an unabated outbreak of COVID-19 in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, state of panic has overwhelmed the Palestinian refugee community taking shelter in war-torn Syria following reports of increased coronavirus cases in and around Damascus.<\/span><\/p>\n

State-run media outlets in Syria said Health Minister Nizar Yazaji ordered the closure of wedding halls to help curtail COVID-19 contaminations after a number of Syrian nationals have tested positive for the lethal virus.<\/span><\/p>\n

AGPS continues to urge UNRWA and the Syrian Health Ministry to provide the Palestinian refugee community in the war-ravaged country with hygiene kit and relief items in light of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n

AGPS also stresses the need to supply Palestinian refugee camps with medicines, detergents, and disinfectants in order to help the displaced communities defend themselves against the deadly COVID-19 virus.<\/span><\/p>\n

AGPS is deeply concerned that the lack of transparency maintained by the Syrian government regarding the pandemic will result in a catastrophic situation in displacement camps, at a time when the deadly virus continues to claim the lives of thousands of people across the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n

AGPS fears the coronavirus could spread quickly in jails and in overcrowded displacement camps, where neither hygiene kit nor medical equipment are accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Displacement camps set up in northern Syria are especially vulnerable as most hospitals and medical facilities have been bombed, rendering them out of order.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though campaigns to help spread awareness among the camps’ residents have seen the day, limited access to running water, pharmacies and medical facilities means displacement camps are more susceptible to the spread of the highly infectious virus.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six suspected cases of novel coronavirus have been recorded in AlNeirab camp for Palestinian refugees, in Aleppo. The suspected cases have been home-quarantined and kept under observation to curtail a propagation of the lethal disease in the displacement camp. An AGPS news correspondent denied reports about confirmed coronavirus cases in the camp, saying he has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-97010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionpal.tech\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}