More than 2,000 asylum seekers sheltering in a camp in Matamoros, at the Mexican border with Texas, are now dealing with even more fear and uncertainty as the number of COVID-19 cases rises in Mexico and the government fails to take decisive action. These people are living in tents packed closely together, unable to practice social distancing and with […]
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The two centres are housed in Tamaulipas State University basketball gymnasiums.
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Mosul is located in Ninawa Governorate, home to a population of 3.5 million, with merely one hospital bed for every 3,000 persons.
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Read More… from Mosul, Iraq: MSF teams working on COVID-19 and lifesaving medical care
MSF strongly condemns the authorities’ failure to identify a solution to keep the isolation centre open when there is still a risk of COVID-19 spreading through nearby Moria reception centre, where more than 15,000 refugees are living in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions.
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Read More… from Greece: MSF forced to close COVID-19 centre in Lesbos
Cepheid charging four times more than it should per test, according to MSF research.
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Four months after COVID-19 was officially declared an international pandemic, the disease has made its way into Northwest Syria, with a first case confirmed on July 9, 2020. Since then, eighteen more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the area. More than half the positive cases so far are healthcare workers who were working […]
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As COVID-19 cases surge in Kyrgyzstan, especially in the capital Bishkek, rural and remote regions are bracing themselves for the virus by scaling up preventive measures.
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MSF has warned of an increase in people dying of COVID-19 in the metropolitan area of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.
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The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will meet this week on June 24-25.
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The MSF team is visiting shelters, hostels, hotels and community kitchens to provide medical care and psychological support and to offer advice and practical help on preventive measures, aimed at the people using these facilities as well as the staff and volunteers who run them.
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