The Finnish government was planning to go and get 30 children with Finnish nationality held in Hol camp. However, after the spread of the coronavirus, Finland's plans to bring the children out of the camp were suspended.

Speaking to News Agency Yle, Finnish Foreign Minister's Press spokesperson Pekka Shemeikka said that the Kurdish administration, which controls the camp, told them that the talks could not continue due to the pandemic threat.

Stating that the cooperation with the Kurdish institutions managing the camp continues, the Minister's spokesperson pointed out that the camp management cut the communication in the camp and closed the borders in order to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

Shemeikka warned that there is a risk that the pandemic, which has not reached Hol Camp, could actually spread. She pointed out that the camp has limited resources to fight the outbreak, should this happen.

Doctor Nemam Ghafouri, who has visited the camps in the region, also stated that there are not many resources to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the camps.

Ghafouri said: "The only thing that could prevent the spread of the coronavirus is total lockdown. If coronavirus appears in the camps there is no infrastructure to treat patients, no medicines, no health care. There is nothing."

Ghafouri, who founded the campaign 'Joint help for Kurdistan' in order to help Yazidi, Kurdish and other peoples who live in camps, had set up a series of health centres for the rehabilitation of women released after being captured by ISIS.

Ghafouri stated that lockdown would mean a worsening of the situation in the camp, especially because there is not enough food reaching the camp.

The Syrian regime has reported 39 cases of coronavirus in the country to date and a few people have died.

However, this information is met with scepticism by experts. Agneta Kallström, a specialist at the University of Eastern Finland, said: "They either do not test or lie. There are rumors that those who died from Covid-19 have been put down as dead from lung infection."

Kallström, who has a doctorate on the health system of Syria, said: "The majority of those staying in Hol Camp are young women and children. This means that the average age is low, and this could be an advantage, given that older people are more at risk of contracting the coronavirus."