Thread by @nyamoriv, COVID-19 has Kenyan refugee camp on edge: @KanereNews https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/04/14/kenya-kakuma-refugee-camp-coronavirus (@newhumanitarian) Dedicating this [...]

COVID-19 has Kenyan refugee camp on edge: @KanereNews https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/04/14/kenya-kakuma-refugee-camp-coronavirus ( @newhumanitarian)

Coronavirus has Kenyan refugee camp on edge

Coronavirus is spreading across the country. The almost 200,000 residents of Kakuma camp worry they may be next.

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/04/14/kenya-kakuma-refugee-camp-coronavirus

Dedicating this thread to articles that highlight challenges refugee face in East Africa Region.

1. Kenya Government’s Loud Silence on Refugees and COVID-19 Outbreak by Mwalimu Dulo on @Lerrning team https://carleton.ca/lerrn/2020/kenya-governments-loud-silence-on-refugees-and-covid-19-outbreak/

Kenya Government’s Loud Silence on Refugees and COVID-19 Outbreak

By Dulo Nyoro As I am writing this piece, 201 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya. Nine have died while 25 have fully recovered. While it is too early to confidently conclude that it is...

https://carleton.ca/lerrn/2020/kenya-governments-loud-silence-on-refugees-and-covid-19-outbreak/

2. Refugees in Kakuma are very uncertain as roadblock, lock-downs in town drive the prices of local commodities high. https://carleton.ca/lerrn/2020/uncertainty-of-the-coronavirus-in-kakuma-refugee-camp/

Uncertainty of the Coronavirus in Kakuma Refugee Camp

By Pascal Zigashane The world is facing a health threat and Kenya is finding it very crucial to contain the spread of COVID-19. Kakuma refugee camp is an arid place with no agriculture activities....

https://carleton.ca/lerrn/2020/uncertainty-of-the-coronavirus-in-kakuma-refugee-camp/

3. Price uncertainty is also driven by the fact that @refugeeaffairs and @InteriorKE imposed restriction in refugee camps. https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Covid-19-authorities-impose-restrictions-refugee-camps/1056-5522754-u2c7dsz/index.html

Covid-19: authorities impose restrictions in refugee camps

Countries put in place new measures to combat coronavirus spread in camps.

https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Covid-19-authorities-impose-restrictions-refugee-camps/1056-5522754-u2c7dsz/index.html

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