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War-Weary Syrians Brace for Disaster as They Face a New Kind of Enemy Taking Precautions Against Coronavirus is Impossible for Many in Syria by Yasmine El-Geressi After nearly a decade of war that has demolished health care systems, driven up to 70 per cent of medical staff out of the country and left behind a practically non-existent institutional capacity to provide necessary medical care, millions of war-weary Syrians are bracing themselves for disaster as they face a new kind of enemy.
Coronavirus was first officially announced in Syria on March 22 and on March 29, the country recorded its first Covid-19 death. At the time of writing, there were only officially 3 recorded coronavirus deaths, but the United Nations has described these initial figures as the “tip of the iceberg� and the true number is believed to be much higher. The UN says the country is at a high risk of
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