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TUESDAY January 12, 2021: 'SYRIA'S COVID-19 CATASTROPHE' from ZUMA Press award winning photographer Anas Alkharboutli of DPA who won the 27th Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandy War Correspondents Award 2020 for his work in Syria: COVID-19 has been shrouded in secrecy in Syria and official numbers have been consistently low due to the general lack of testing. After months of under reported cases and relaxed lockdown measures, the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic has gripped government held areas. A worrying rise in daily deaths and infections, especially in Damascus, has left Syria facing what could be its biggest challenge yet. For a country battling economic turmoil, widespread instability, and heavy sanctions, the outcome looks increasingly bleak. Welcome to: 'SYRIA'S COVID-19 CATASTROPHE'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #769: TUESDAY January 12, 2021: 'SYRIA'S COVID-19 CATASTROPHE' from ZUMA Press award winning photographer Anas Alkharboutli of DPA who won the 27th Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandy War Correspondents Award 2020 for his work in Syria: COVID-19 has been shrouded in secrecy in Syria and official numbers have been consistently low due to the general lack of testing. After months of under reported cases and relaxed lockdown measures, the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic has gripped government held areas. A worrying rise in daily deaths and infections, especially in Damascus, has left Syria facing what could be its biggest challenge yet. For a country battling economic turmoil, widespread instability, and heavy sanctions, the outcome looks increasingly bleak. Welcome to: 'SYRIA'S COVID-19 CATASTROPHE'
Specialized members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, take away the body of a man to be buried after he died as a result of contracting COVID-19, amid a spike in the number of coronavirus-related deaths in north-western Syria.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, wait before taking away the body of a man to be buried after he died as a result of contracting COVID-19, amid a spike in the number of coronavirus-related deaths in north-western Syria.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
Medical workers spray and disinfect a colleague at a hospital of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Foundation, which treats coronavirus (Covid-19) patients.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
A medical worker holds up a tablet mobile device for a patient to talk with relatives, inside the intensive care ward of the Syrian American Medical Society, which treats Syrian patients susped of having coronavirus (COVID-19).
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
: Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment attend to a patient suspected of having Covid-19, inside the intensive care ward of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Foundation.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
Wearing personal protective gear, a kneeling member of the Syrian Civil Defense, or 'White Helmets,' wraps 7-month-old girl Ayat Hussein Al-Abdullah in a white sheet for her burial. Ayat, who died after contracting COVID-19, was suffering from kidney failure and malnutrition.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
Family members follow as the Syrian Civil Defense, or 'White Helmets,' carry 7-month-old girl Ayat Hussein Al-Abdullah in a white sheet for her burial. Ayat, who died after contracting COVID-19, was suffering from kidney failure and malnutrition.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
Family members watch as the Syrian Civil Defense, or 'White Helmets,' lay to rest 7-month-old girl Ayat Hussein Al-Abdullah in a white sheet during her burial. Ayat, who died after contracting COVID-19, was suffering from kidney failure and malnutrition.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
A medical worker wearing personal protective equipment treats patients suspected of having coronavirus (Covid-19) inside the intensive care ward of the Syrian American Medical Society.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
An elderly man sleeps under sedation as medical workers attend to patients suspected of having coronavirus (Covid-19), inside the intensive care ward of the Syrian American Medical Society.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, take away the body of a man to be buried after he died as a result of contracting COVID-19, amid a spike in the number of coronavirus-related deaths in north-western Syria.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press
Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, bury a man who died as a result of contracting COVID-19, amid a spike in the number of coronavirus-related deaths in north-western Syria.
© Anas Alkharboutli/dpa via ZUMA Press

Anas Alkharboutli

Anas Alkharboutli, born in 1992, studied Engineering at Damascus University before he began his career as a photojournalist in 2015. He is a permanent witness and chronicler of the war and the resulting humanitarian disaster. Anas, a Syrian photographer working for dpa, won the 27th Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents' Young Reporter Trophy. His images are available through ZUMA Press.:769


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