Greece has quarantined a migrant camp after 23 asylum seekers tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said on Thursday, its first such facility to be hit since the outbreak of the disease.
A man wearing a protective face mask carries packages of food in the Ritsona migrant camp, after authorities found 20 coronavirus cases and placed the camp under quarantine following the outbreak of coronavirus disease , in Ritsona, Greece, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Authorities said 119 of 380 people on board a ferry which authorities said had been prevented from docking in Turkey and was now anchored off Athens, had tested positive for the virus. Any movement in and out of the once-open Ritsona camp, which is 75 km northeast of Athens and hosts hundreds of people, will be restricted for 14 days, the ministry said. Police would monitor movements.Aid agencies renewed their call for more concerted action at the European level to tackle the migration crisis.
“ may result in a massive humanitarian crisis. This is a danger both for refugees hosted in certain countries outside the EU and for those living in unbearable conditions on the Greek islands,” she said during a European Parliament debate conducted by video link.
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