COVID-19

Investigations

Anti-Vaccine Movements: Thriving on Fallacies and As Old as Vaccines Themselves

Nada Mohamad
Anti-vaxxers are not a new thing. In the late 19th century tens of thousands of people took to the streets in England to protest against smallpox vaccinations. What many anti-vaxxers today do not realize is that their resistance threatens the life of others and could bring diseases that have long been forgotten … thanks to vaccination.
Investigations

Yemen: Facing COVID with Neither Masks nor Gloves

Mohamed Hasani and Abeer Mohsen
Yemen’s shambolic health infrastructure and lack of protective gear forebodes badly for effectively countering a coronavirus second wave, which experts fear will be more severe than the first.
Investigations

Gaza Faces COVID with a Healthcare Sector that Needs Rehabilitation

Salem Al-Rayes
The health sector in Gaza continues today thanks to emergency intervention here and quick assistance there, without any regularity in aid or a clear plan that the residents can rely on even for the few days to come.
Investigations

COVID and the Overwhelmed Healthcare System: Pinning Hopes on Citizen “Awareness”

Firas Tawil
Those who examined the pattern of the epidemic will notice the government’s laxity in enforcing health protocols across sectors, as well as their poor commitment to preventive measures such as wearing masks and keeping a social distance.
Investigations

The Forcibly Displaced and Covid-19: Between the Hammer and the Anvil

Nasser Yassin
For refugees and IDPs, it is a matter of survival maneuvering between risk of starvation and danger of contacting the virus.
Investigations

Syria: Hope Is No Longer Enough, COVID-19 Targets the Elderly

Ammar Izz
The elderly in the unofficial refugee camps in the countryside of Idlib are deprived of medical units for primary health care or quarantine centers, amid fears of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, upon detecting the first case in the camp.
Investigations

Egyptian Women in Pandemic Times… What Goes on Behind the Closed Quarantined Doors?

Eman Adel
The pattern of the level of crimes committed against women in the time of “COVID- 19” is unimaginable. Local media has reported the incident of a husband throwing his wife from the fifth floor due to her infection with Coronavirus…
Investigations

COVID-19 in Yemen … The Unknown Outbreak Map!

Dawlat Al-Hasbani
There are seriously dangerous hidden dimensions in the absence of real information related to the break out of the pandemic in Yemen. The consequences will not only affect Yemen but its impact may also include other places in the future…
Investigations

“Isn’t Everyone Dead In The End?”: Syrians Deal with “Coronavirus” in the Language of War

Manahel Alsahoui
Within the tremendous amount of fear Syrians have been through, it is just routine to them, so they go out and talk about a viral infection that attacks behind closed doors, and about a war they’ve witnessed with their own eyes. In a battle between war and virus, war is always the victor.

The English Section of Daraj News is co-supported by Anne Avis

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