The Greek refugees battling to prevent Covid-19 with handmade face masks

By Katy Fallon

Camp residents set up mask factory and awareness teams amid fears overcrowding and poor sanitation will spread virus

In some of the most dangerously overcrowded Greek refugee camps, it has become a race against time to raise awareness about Covid-19 and ensure an outbreak does not spread among an already vulnerable population.

In the infamous Moria camp on the island of Lesbos close to 20,000 people live in a space designed for just under 3,000.

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