(Zaman Al Wasl)- Local media outlet on Saturday has reported two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
Ghouta Media Center said the two infections were confirmed in the town of Saqba, making the eastern enclave of the capital as an epicenter after more cases tested positive in the suburbs of Harasta, Douma and Jaramana.
Syria's official confirmed cases are just 16 with two deaths, but medics and witnesses say there are many more.
Despite denying, the Syrian regime has imposed a lockdown and draconian measures including a nationwide night curfew to stem the pandemic.
The moves to shut businesses, schools, universities, mosques and most government offices, as well as stop public transport, have spread fear among war-weary residents.
Several cities saw panic buying, with residents saying they saw food shortages and a surge in demand that pushed up prices ahead of the start of the curfew.
The United Nations says the country is at high risk of a major outbreak because of a fragile health system devastated by a nine-year war and lack of sufficient equipment to detect the virus, alongside large numbers of vulnerable people.
The World Health Organisation has warned that the country has a limited capacity to deal with a rapid spread of the virus.
In central Hama province, The Syrian authorities have moved seven Bangladeshis along with an Ivory Coast woman and her child to a quarantine center in In the military hospital of Hama amid fears of coronavirus spread.
The regime security has arrested the migrants in the western countryside of Hama, a well-informed source told Zaman al-Wasl Friday.
The detained migrants entered Syria illegally from Lebanon two months ago as they were planning to cross into Turkey through smugglers in the opposition-held areas west of Hama city, according to the source.
Also, a Syrian citizen who tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from Lebanon has been put under quarantine in Hama military hospital.
Zaman Al Wasl
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