By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr
Former US Ambassador to Bahrain Adam Erel, who previously served as deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said that if the world thinks that New York City has a real problem in tackling the new Corona virus, or what is known as “Covid-19,” let them wait until they see. Other regions.
This came in a tweet of the former ambassador, on his Twitter account: “If you think New York has a problem, just wait until Covid (the new Corona virus) hits millions of displaced people and refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Kenya and Gaza.”
The former ambassador continued in the same tweet, describing those countries and regions as the most populated area, “population density on the ground and social separation is impossible and suffers from failure of sterilization and health care efforts at the lowest levels … a time bomb.”
Earl’s tweet came in a comment on a tweet from the New York Red Cross Committee, in which it said: “Victory over the pandemic lies only when countries, means and resources come together to contain and combat the spread of the virus … This is the only way forward.”
