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Vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to COVID-19: quantitative insights Format Abstract Lebanon, a middle-income country with ongoing political turmoil, unstable economic situation, and a fragmented and under-resourced health system, hosts about one million Syrian refugees since 2011. While the country is currently experiencing substantial COVID-19 epidemic spread, no outbreaks have been reported yet among Syrian refugees. However, testing of this population remains limited and exposure levels are high given dire living conditions and close interaction with the host community. Here, we...

 03 Feb 2021 - 8:27 The Peninsula Doha: Researchers at Qatar University (QU), Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar (WCM-Q), Ministry of Public Health, and Hamad Medical Corporation have developed a sophisticated mathematical model to inform the national COVID-19 public-health response and to help formulate evidence-based policy decisions to minimise the pandemic’s toll on health, society, and the economy. The modeling study, published in the Journal of Global Health, was implemented in real-time, before the first case of community transmission of COVID-19 in Qatar, and was continuously update...