All 2,700 residents of a refugee camp in Greece will be tested for the coronavirus and quarantined, after 20 residents tested positive

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• A refugee camp in Greece is under a 14-day quarantine after residents tested positive for the coronavirus. 
• The 20 people initially tested had no symptoms.
• All 2,700 residents will be tested during the 2-week lockdown, NPR reported. 
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The Ritsona refugee camp near Athens was placed on a two-week quarantine after 20 of its 2,700 residents tested positive for the coronavirus, several news agencies reported. 

The testing began after a woman who was living there tested positive for the virus after she was taken to a nearby hospital to give birth, last week, Al Jazeera reported. 

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