As Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan announced their first cases of coronavirus on Friday, refugees hundreds of miles from African capital cities fretted their camps could become a death trap if the virus reaches that far. “Of course I’m worried about it,” said a Somali woman in Kakuma refugee camp, northwest Kenya. Millions of refugees are living in refugee camps across Africa, usually far away from decision-making and centres of power. The one hospital for refugees in the camp is already packed. “If the people in the western countries are struggling to treat this, what about us – people from Africa, Kakuma?

Source: The Irish Times March 15, 2020 17:00 UTC