First confirmed coronavirus case in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp

A Palestinian refugee woman tested positive for the coronavirus in Lebanon amid fears that the conditions in such camps could lead to an outbreak.
Workers disinfect the Wavel camp (also known as the Jalil Camp) for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, on April 22, 2020, after the UN announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus there. - The patient, a Palestinian refugee from Syria, has been taken to the Lebanese state-run Rafiq Hariri hospital in Beirut, UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said in a statement on April 21. More than 2,000 people live in Wavel, according to statistics released by Lebanons' government a
Workers disinfect the Wavel camp (also known as the Jalil Camp) for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, April 22, 2020, after the UN announced the first confirmed case of the coronavirus there. - AFP via Getty Images
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Lebanon has its first confirmed case of the coronavirus in a refugee camp.

A Palestinian woman in a camp in the eastern Bekaa region tested positive for the virus, AP reported on Wednesday, citing the UN. The woman has since been transferred to a government hospital in Beirut for care, according to the report.

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