Greece quarantines second migrant camp after COVID-19 case confirmed


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  • Sunday, 05 Apr 2020

FILE PHOTO: A migrant hangs a blanket to dry in the Ritsona camp after authorities found 20 coronavirus cases and placed the camp under quarantine, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ritsona, Greece, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility on its mainland after a 53-year-old man tested positive for the new coronavirus, the migration ministry said on Sunday.

The Afghan man lives with his family at the Malakasa camp along with hundreds of asylum seekers. He has been transferred to a hospital in Athens.

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