Health Directorate in the Turkish-held region of Ras al-Ain has recorded 24 coronavirus cases on Wednesday amid a new wave of the pandemic in northeast Syria
A medical source told Zaman al-Wasl than 24 people were tested positive for COVID-19. Five of them were admitted to the main hospital in the town.
Northeast Syria witnessed a sharp increase of coronavirus cases in recent weeks overwhelming hospitals and clinics leading to the lockdown.
In the Kurdish-held areas in northeast Syria, a 10-day curfew in areas controlled by U.S.-backed fighters in northeast Syria went into effect Tuesday in an attempt to try to limit the spread of coronavirus in the region that borders Turkey and Iraq, AP reported.
The World Health Organization said in March that it will oversee a coronavirus vaccination campaign in Syria adding that the inoculation process is expected to start in April. It said the aim is to vaccinate 20% of the population by the end of 2021.
Residents in northeast Syria contacted by telephone said most people were abiding by the lockdown with few people on the streets amid patrols and checkpoints enforcing the curfew.
In addition to the curfew, all crossing points between areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces with areas held by regime forces and those with insurgent groups in northwest Syria will be closed as well.
The region that is home to some 5 million people has registered 201 new cases and six deaths on Monday alone, bringing the total of cases to 12,437 including 428 deaths.
Zaman Al Wasl
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