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Moria has some 20,000 migrants and asylum seekers. It is designed for 3,000 (Photo: Save the Children)

Coronavirus: Greek island refugees in semi-lockdown

The Greek government is imposing a curfew on refugees and migrants in the overcrowded Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, as part of its response against the coronavirus pandemic.

The measures come as Athens bans large public gatherings and demands social distancing to curb the spread of Covid-19, a highly-contagious virus with no known cure.

But in Moria, where some 20,000 people are already stuck in a camp designed for 3,000, the move comes amid heightened fears of an outb...

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