UN envoy calls for ceasefire in Syria to tackle virus threat ...United Arab Emirates

The United Nations envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Tuesday called for a nationwide ceasefire to allow for a better response to the threat of the novel coronavirus. The government in Damascus has so far reported one case of COVID-19 but fears are high that the virus could spread rapidly among the war-battered country’s most vulnerable communities, AFP said. “Syrians are acutely vulnerable to COVID-19. Healthcare facilities have been destroyed or are degraded,” Pedersen said. “There is a shortage of key medical equipment and health professionals.” “To confront this danger, the long-suffering Syrian people desperately need a sustained period of calm throughout the co

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