We started a campaign with local health directorates to distribute reusable fabric facemasks to vulnerable people in northwest Syria. With additional funds we believe that we will now go beyond 1.5 million masks which represents 35% of the population, but this is still far from reaching a comfortable point during the combat against COVID-19.

As of 9 November 2020, our teams completed the distribution of 853,312 facemasks. This is while 8,388 people were infected and over 87 have died to COVID-19 in an area where less than 120 ICU beds are ready to receive patients in critical condition, and almost all of these ICU beds are already full. The needs are still too big for any organization to cover, but we are confident that all actors are doing the best that they can to prevent a disaster from happening in northwest Syria.