A Palestinian refugee has died of the novel coronavirus in AlNeirab Camp for Palestinian refugees, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.

Local sources identified the refugee as Rafe’ Shahada.

Confirmed coronavirus cases have increasingly been reported in Palestinian refugee camps Syria, at a time when residents have been launching cries for help over the absence of hygiene kit and medicines.

Over recent months, hundreds of Palestinians in/from Syria have contracted the virus.

In its “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021” issued earlier this year, UNRWA said that over 8,000 coronavirus cases, including 465 deaths, were recorded among Palestinian refugees in Syria (PRS) as of 10 December 2020.

Hundreds of PRS have lost their jobs in the warfare and hundreds more have been wondering in the streets as they rummage around for livelihoods to feed their starved families.

The crisis in Syria has been one of the gravest and most demanding emergencies faced in the modern era. The vast majority of PRS families are unable to meet their basic needs.

Many PRS lost their sources of income; refugee camps have seen unprecedented levels of destruction; rental prices have dramatically gone up; undernourishment and poverty have been a daily nightmare.