Update: Coronavirus crisis in North and East Syria – week ending 27 September

Our latest weekly update on the coronavirus crisis in North and East Syria finds:

Director of National Hospital in Raqqa refusing to wear face-mask in protest at short
supply
Infamous former ISIS prison in Raqqa’s ‘black stadium’ turned into coronavirus confinement center
This week sees highest daily increase in coronavirus cases to date, with 95 new cases
recorded on Wednesday
2 health workers in Deir-ez-Zor diagnosed with disease, corona facilities yet to host
a single patient
This week saw a 25% decrease (331, 247) in new recorded cases, but a 21% rise in
new cases

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