RIC Rojava Information Center 9.Sept. 2020. Health workers in the isolated enclave, home to 200,000 Kurdish IDPs, are struggling to deal with the outbreak Q: Is coronavirus spreading in Shehba? Frankly, it is very difficult to know if someone has coronavirus because the symptoms present similar to the symptoms of the ‘flu, common cold or bronchitis. But we heard that 41 people have been infected with this virus in Shehba, of whom 6 people died, while 29 recovered and returned home. Cases are widespread in the villages, but there are not yet any cases in the camps [note: most of Shehba’s IDP population live in ad-hoc shelters and abandoned or rented homes, not in the five AANES-administrated camps.] Of course, due to the lack of capabilities, we cannot test the friends or family of infected individuals. Therefore, we expect in the future an increase in the spread of the v...
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