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BrazilThe health system has collapsed in Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, with hospitals unable to keep up with the number of new COVID-19 patients and people reportedly dying of asphyxiation due to the shortage of oxygen supplies, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières…
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EcuadorLike Agustin, many families in the community have been affected with the volcanic ash fall from the Sangay, whose activity increased since early hours of September 20 of this year. Therefore, the Ecuadorian Red Cross activated the Early Action Protocol (EAP), which allow them to immediately assist families in the most affected rural communities in the…
VenezuelaAs Latin America emerges as the new epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns of worsening conditions for displaced Venezuelans in the southern region of the continent as winter approaches. In addition to health risks, COVID-related lockdowns and confinement measures have already resulted in severe hardship for Venezuelan…
BrazilIndigenous communities in Brazil have been especially vulnerable to the new coronavirus COVID-19. In Mato Grosso do Sul, a state in central Brazil which is home to many indigenous communities, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are helping prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19 . With few doctors in Mato Grosso do Sul, there is often no one to…
EcuadorJust when people in Ecuador are learning to live with coronavirus crisis, a volcanic eruption in its Amazon region has made things worse for the citizens of the South American nation. On June 7, Ecuador’s Sangay volcano was seen spewing hot lava, leaving several cities covered in ash amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “The ash comes out of the Sangay volcano…
PeruAfter the state of emergency was declared in several locations in the southern part of the country, the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS) has arranged to send 92 temporary housing modules (MTV), which will provide a safe shelter to hundreds of settlers whose houses have collapsed or are uninhabitable. The MTV have an area of 18 m²…