First Coronavirus-Related Death Reported among Palestinian Refugees in Northern Syria Displacement Camps

First Coronavirus-Related Death Reported among Palestinian Refugees in Northern Syria Displacement Camps

Mahmoud Salim Kablawi, aged 49, died of COVID-19.

A Palestinian refugee succumbed to coronavirus on Sunday in Gindires area, north of Syria.

Mahmoud Salim Kablawi, aged 49, died of COVID-19, in the first such reported death among Palestinian refugees sheltered in the area.

According to data by the Commission of Palestinians of Syria for Relief and Development, as many as 1,488 Palestinian families have been sheltered in the northern Syrian regions of Idlib, Efrin, and Aleppo’s suburbs. The largest number of families are taking refuge in Idlib.

Some 819 Palestinian families have sought shelter in Idlib, including 226 families in the city center, 152 in Atama, 60 in Akrebat village, and 60 more in Sarmada town. 50 families are taking refuge in Maarat AlNu’man and Jericho, south of Idlib, and also in Ataa village.

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