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Syrian Refugees Face Obstacles as Coronavirus Threat Looms

Edward Yeranian

   CAIRO - The lives of Syrian refugees across the Middle East have become
   increasingly difficult as families are forced to address the potential
   spread of coronavirus to overcrowded camps in Lebanon, Jordan, Idlib
   and Turkey.

   Abou Mohammed, who lives in a tent camp in the rebel-controlled
   northern Syrian enclave of Idlib, told Arab media that he is dealing
   with the coronavirus crisis by using cotton swabs and rubbing alcohol
   to disinfect his children's hands and faces. He said it's impossible to
   stay isolated given conditions of the camp.

   Rami Abdel Rahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
   Rights told Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV that the Idlib region is "teeming
   with refugees and has only one hospital bed per 1,600 people, just 200
   emergency room slots and only 95 ventilators" if the coronavirus were
   to spread.
   

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