Virus surge threatens northeast Syria camps, Save the Children warns

Authorities this month have confirmed 46 coronavirus cases across three camps hosting displaced people in northeast Syria.
Roj camp
A group of women, reportedly the wives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters, pose March 28, 2021, for a picture at the Roj camp where relatives of suspected IS members are held, in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province. The women have abandoned the black all-covering face veils and niqabs they wore previously for everyday clothes. - DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images
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A surge of coronavirus cases could worsen an already dire humanitarian situation in northeast Syria’s displacement camps, Save the Children said Thursday. 

The charity said 46 COVID-19 cases have been reported this month across three camps for displaced people in the Kurdish-controlled part of Syria, which on Tuesday announced a 10-day lockdown aimed at staving off a new wave of the virus. 

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