Ehmed said a decision on whether to extend the curfew would be made on the basis of daily case numbers. “However, if the number of cases increases, the Crisis Desk will immediately extend the curfew and take corresponding measures,” she said.
The people of Rojava/AANES have no direct access to vaccines via the World Health Organization (WHO). This means the region’s population of 5 million is reliant on Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Damascus to procure vaccines on their behalf.
“Previously there were some promises about coronavirus vaccines to be shipped directly to the Autonomous Administration regions, not through the government of Damascus,” said Ehmed. “However, these promises have not been fulfilled.”