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.