Thread: #Refugees from #Syria and #Palestine are some of the most vulnerable people in #Lebanon. They have little when it comes to work, shelter and healthcare. This is why there are so many fears about an outbreak of #COVID2019 in the camps. They don't have to money to seek... https://twitter.com/beltrew/status/1246384058944413699
...medical care and don't have the money to even pay for the test to see if they have the virus. Also, since the tents in the camps are so close together, then it is impossible to implement the social distancing calls by the WHO. In each tent, it isn't just one family. In some...
...of the tents, there can be more than just one family. In one camp in the Beqaa, a woman lived in a small tent with 12 people. So, if one person gets the virus, then it's almost guaranteed that it would spread to all of them and then it would spread to others in the camp...
...Children also play together in the camp and will be in close proximity to each other. If one of the children were to get the virus, then it would spread extremely quickly throughout the camp. This is just looking at the Syrian camps. The Palestinian camps, specifically...
...Shatila, Ain el-Hilwe and a few others, are much bigger than the Syrian camps with all of the buildings being extremely close to one another with tight and narrow alleyways. The streets are often bustling with people being in close proximity to one another constantly...
...When it comes to getting medical care, many refugees might go to a pharmacy to see what they can get for a quick fix. If they are in need of more serious help, some might wait for help from an NGO, such as the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), to come so that they can...
...receive free aid. However, in the time of coronavirus, it is not possible to wait for a medical mission to get a test and help. By that point, it could have run rampant through the camp. Coronavirus is highlighting, once again, the vulnerability of refugees and how, if...
...measures are not taken, then it could put many, many lives at risk.

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