2 More COVID-19 Infections Reported among Palestinian Refugees in Sweden

2 More COVID-19 Infections Reported among Palestinian Refugees in Sweden

A healthcare worker in protective clothes at an infectious diseases clinic in Kalmar. File photo: Mikael Fritzon/TT

Two more Palestinian refugees have been infected with COVID-19 in Sweden, human rights sources have reported.

The two patients are a man and a woman who fled the displaced Yarmouk Camp in war-torn Syria. They tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Malmo.

The new infections bring the number of Palestinian refugees from Syria who contracted COVID-19 in Europe to 10, including eight refugees who are being treated in Sweden and another who is hospitalized in Germany.

On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said in its daily report of the coronavirus (COVID-19) among Palestinian expatriates abroad that the number of coronavirus cases among diaspora Palestinians has hit 830.

It said the number of recoveries among Palestinian expatriates reached 209, while deaths stood at 39.

In the United States, 14 new cases were reported in the states of Michigan, Ohio, and New Jersey, bringing the total of cases in the country to 575. The number of deaths stood at 29.

A total of 209 Palestinian patients have recovered from the virus worldwide so far.

Up to now, 2,490,516 people have tested positive for COVID-19 worldwide. The death toll stands at 170,590.

 

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