Doctors Without Borders: The spread of Covid-19 in Syria could become critical

Credit: Medecins Sans Frontieres Doctors Without Borders have issued a warning regarding the support for the vulnerable in northwest Syria.

Having been displaced by war, around 20,000 people are living in makeshift camps many are overcrowded with very little sanitation.

The Syrian government reported the first case of Covid-19 in Syria on March 23.

Doctors are warning if coronavirus spreads to these camps it could become critical.

The organisation says hospitals and health centres would become overwhelmed with a massive influx of Covid-19 patients that would be in need of hospitalisation, while these same facilities are still handling casualties from the fighting as well as responding to other medical needs.