The Cork woman who is UNICEF's Deputy Representative in Jordan has warned that Covid-19 has caused "massive complications" to meeting the humanitarian needs of Syrian refugee children and their families.
Ettie Higgins has worked for UNICEF for over a decade in Jordan, South Sudan, Syria, Somalia and Central African Republic. Ms Higgins said: "Syrian refugees that we work with are acutely aware of coronavirus, what it could mean for them and their communities.
In some cases they have been extremely frightened about the potential consequences of an outbreak." Jordan currently hosts 656,000 registered refugees from the nine-year conflict in neighbouring Syria.