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Coronavirus cases detected at refugee camp home to 36,000 Syrians

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coronavirus cases in the Azraq camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, which is home to more than 36,000 people who have fled their country’s civil war.They are the first infections to be detected among Syrians living in refugee camps in Jordan.

The UNHCR said the two patients have been transferred to quarantine facilities and their neighbors have been isolated as more testing is carried out. ‘There are 100 people sharing 1 bathroom’: What it’s like being a refugee during the COVID-19 pandemic More than 5.5 million Syrians have fled the country since the war broke out in 2011, with most settling in neighboring countries where they often live in close quarters and struggle to make ends meet.

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