Syrian refugees in Lebanon are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but few know how
March 9, 2021
A member of the healthcare staff administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Lebanon's Rafik Hariri Hospital in the capital Beirut, 14/2/2021 (AFP)
BEIRUT — While pushing his potato cart in the streets of the Shatila refugee camp in the suburbs of Beirut, Hassan Houran said he wanted to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but, like many Syrian refugees, had no idea how to register to get it.
“Nobody is helping us; we ask the UN to help us get the vaccine so we can protect our health and our children’s health,” said the 41-year-old originally from Aleppo countryside.