Published : 05-03-2021
The UNRWA-run AlRama School, in Jaramana Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Syria’s Rif Dimashq province suspended courses at a number of classes on account of maintenance works.
Parents slammed the school administration for such “an arbitrary decision”, saying the measure rather comes following reports of a coronavirus infection sustained by an instructor at the school.
With the beginning of this school year, parents and teaching staff spoke out against the absence of anti-coronavirus drives in Jaramana Camp, saying no measures were implemented at schools and public facilities to protect civilians and prevent further contaminations. Schoolchildren are seen in crowds outside of their schools, most of them without masks.
Confirmed coronavirus cases have been increasingly reported in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria, at a time when residents have been launching cries for help over the absence of hygiene kit and medicines.
A few months earlier, AGPS also warned of an unabated outbreak of COVID-19 in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. Limited access to running water, pharmacies and medical facilities mean displacement camps are more susceptible to the spread of the highly infectious virus.
Displacement camps set up in northern Syria are especially vulnerable as most hospitals and medical facilities have been bombed, rendering them out of order.
The UNRWA-run AlRama School, in Jaramana Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Syria’s Rif Dimashq province suspended courses at a number of classes on account of maintenance works.
Parents slammed the school administration for such “an arbitrary decision”, saying the measure rather comes following reports of a coronavirus infection sustained by an instructor at the school.
With the beginning of this school year, parents and teaching staff spoke out against the absence of anti-coronavirus drives in Jaramana Camp, saying no measures were implemented at schools and public facilities to protect civilians and prevent further contaminations. Schoolchildren are seen in crowds outside of their schools, most of them without masks.
Confirmed coronavirus cases have been increasingly reported in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria, at a time when residents have been launching cries for help over the absence of hygiene kit and medicines.
A few months earlier, AGPS also warned of an unabated outbreak of COVID-19 in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. Limited access to running water, pharmacies and medical facilities mean displacement camps are more susceptible to the spread of the highly infectious virus.
Displacement camps set up in northern Syria are especially vulnerable as most hospitals and medical facilities have been bombed, rendering them out of order.
