Coronavirus could cause upheaval across Middle East: Red Cross

Coronavirus outbreaks across the Middle East threaten to shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people in conflict zones, and could fuel socio-economic upheaval, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday.

FILE PHOTO: A health worker takes temperature of passengers of a van, amid fear of coronavirus disease , on the outskirts of Taiz, Yemen April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

“The Middle East is today facing the twin threats of potential mass virus outbreaks in conflict zones and looming socio-economic upheaval. Both crises could have severe humanitarian consequences,” said Fabrizio Carboni, ICRC director for the Near and Middle East. The ICRC said it had provided its first hygiene kits and protective material for central prisons run by Syria’s interior ministry. Carboni disclosed a request to Damascus authorities in an interview with Reuters last month, saying detainees were more vulnerable than the general population.

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