Photos: Life in Laylan camp during COVID-19

Children play in Laylan Camp, near Kirkuk, Iraq. In response to the first confirmed cases of COVID-19, MSF has set up a 20-bed isolation and treatment facility.

Iraq 2020 © Tetyana Pylypenko/MSF

An MSF community health educator gives an education session for patients waiting in MSF’s camp clinic.

Iraq 2020 © Tetyana Pylypenko/MSF

“With the pandemic, living in the camp has become more stressful than before for most of the residents,” says MSF health promoter Hameed Hilal.

Iraq 2020 © Tetyana Pylypenko/MSF

A tent at Laylan camp sleeps five people with every four tents sharing a joint bathroom. This degree of proximity makes protections against COVID-19, like social distancing and isolation, difficult to implement.

Iraq 2020 © Tetyana Pylypenko/MSF

An MSF community health educator walks through the camp after giving a session on COVID-19 via megaphone.

Iraq 2020 © Tetyana Pylypenko/MSF