2 more COVID-19 infections reported on Greek island housing refugees
The number of coronavirus cases among migrants on Lesbos rises to four, raising fears of a large outbreak in the Greek island's overcrowded camps.
Two more migrants in Lesbos have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections on the Greek island to four, according to a report from Reuters.
On Tuesday, Greek officials reported the island’s first two cases of the virus. The infected were among a group of 70 asylum speakers who arrived from Turkey on boats last week.
Nearly 40,000 migrants from the Middle East and North Africa remain stranded in overcrowded camps on Lesbos and four other Greek islands. Migrants arriving after March 1 have been quarantined in separate facilities, and a lockdown imposed on the camps has been extended until May 21.
Rights organizations have accused the Greek government of failing to do enough to protect the camps from an outbreak.
