Published : 05-04-2020
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced one case of Covid-19 among the Palestinian refugee community in Lebanon.
During a meeting held with local committees and international NGOs, UNRWA said suspected cases are being smoothly transferred to Hariri Hospital, despite delays in the transfer process due to sterilization procedures.
The Agency added that Doctors without Borders (MSF) will provide a medical team for the isolation facility allotted for suspected cases in Siblin Center for Technical and Vocational Training.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Organization also set a plan to isolate COVID-19 patients at AlHamshari Hospital.
Last week, Spokesperson of UNRWA in Lebanon Huda Samra made clear that the confirmed case of covid-19 is of a Palestinian youth who lives outside Palestinian refugee camps in the Lebanese town of Barja.
Samra said the patient was ordered to stay in home quarantine and the tests of other seven cases are negative.
A few weeks earlier, UNRWA launched a flash appeal to provide a sum of US $14 million to cover the Agency’s immediate needs to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak over an initial three-month period.
The Flash Appeal outlines the immediate priorities and financial requirements for health and other services related to the pandemic in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
“Overcrowded living conditions, physical and mental stress and years of protracted conflict all make vulnerable population of over 5.6 million Palestine refugees particularly susceptible to the ongoing threats of COVID-19,” said UNRWA Acting Commissioner-General Christian Saunders. “All of the Agency’s five fields’ host countries and authorities have announced a series of robust measures to cope with the spread of COVID-19, which UNRWA will follow and factor into its operations.”
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced one case of Covid-19 among the Palestinian refugee community in Lebanon.
During a meeting held with local committees and international NGOs, UNRWA said suspected cases are being smoothly transferred to Hariri Hospital, despite delays in the transfer process due to sterilization procedures.
The Agency added that Doctors without Borders (MSF) will provide a medical team for the isolation facility allotted for suspected cases in Siblin Center for Technical and Vocational Training.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Organization also set a plan to isolate COVID-19 patients at AlHamshari Hospital.
Last week, Spokesperson of UNRWA in Lebanon Huda Samra made clear that the confirmed case of covid-19 is of a Palestinian youth who lives outside Palestinian refugee camps in the Lebanese town of Barja.
Samra said the patient was ordered to stay in home quarantine and the tests of other seven cases are negative.
A few weeks earlier, UNRWA launched a flash appeal to provide a sum of US $14 million to cover the Agency’s immediate needs to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak over an initial three-month period.
The Flash Appeal outlines the immediate priorities and financial requirements for health and other services related to the pandemic in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
“Overcrowded living conditions, physical and mental stress and years of protracted conflict all make vulnerable population of over 5.6 million Palestine refugees particularly susceptible to the ongoing threats of COVID-19,” said UNRWA Acting Commissioner-General Christian Saunders. “All of the Agency’s five fields’ host countries and authorities have announced a series of robust measures to cope with the spread of COVID-19, which UNRWA will follow and factor into its operations.”
