At Greek camp a woman COVID-19 positive after giving birth

AFP

Greece's migration ministry on Tuesday said an asylum-seeker from a camp near Athens had tested positive for the coronavirus after parturition at an Athens hospital.

The unidentified woman lives at Ritsona, a camp some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Athens.

This is the primary case among asylum-seekers living during a Greek camp. The state has run several vaccination campaigns in past years, but no screening has been finished this virus.

It was not immediately clear if the lady had been infected inside the hospital .

State TV ERT said the lady is of African origin.

The ministry said another person living with the new mother had tested negative for the virus.

"The public health organisation is already tracking the contacts of this case in recent days, and taking all necessary measures to guard (camp) residents and staff," the migration ministry said.

Ten medical staff at the hospital are quarantined and three people within the same room because the woman are being tested, a hospital source said.

There are 46 recorded deaths and 1,212 cases of COVID-19 in Greece, which features a population of 11 million.

In the camps, where tens of thousands of asylum seekers sleep in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions, regulations are announced to stay residents as faraway from the local population as possible.

The movement of camp residents has been drastically reduced for subsequent 30 days, with access to nearby communities only allowed to small groups under police supervision between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm.

Specialised medical teams have being deployed to the camps and virus isolation areas and inspection points are being found out .

Camp access to outside visitors is additionally barred, though aid and rights group representatives are still allowed to enter.

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