Covid 19

The deadly coronavirus swept through a hostel in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, where 175 men who had arrived in the country alone to seek asylum were waiting to have their cases heard. Many had traveled hundreds of miles from countries across West Africa, hoping to find refuge in Portugal in the midst of a growing global public health crisis. Others had already had their cases denied and were waiting for the chance to appeal them. The hostel was ripe for becoming a COVID-19 hotspot, serving as a virus incubator and spreading disease to other people in the city, much as nursing homes may have contributed to a runaway outbreak in New York and elsewhere in the U.S. But Portugal's relatively inclusive approach to asylum seekers and migrants, may have forestalled such an outcome. When one asylum seeker noticed symptoms of COVID-19, he turned to the Portuguese Refugee Council, the group overseeing the care of refugees and asylum seekers, for help. Officials took him to hospital, where he … [Read more...] about Portugal’s COVID-19 strategy to treat immigrants like citizens is working

ANALYSIS: Pacific people and Māori are significantly over-represented in Covid-19 deaths , a new analysis shows, revealing deep inequalities driving the trajectory of the pandemic. Read this story in te reo Māori and English here . / Pānuitia tēnei i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā ki konei . The disease has burdened older New Zealanders across the board – 89% of those who have died were 70 or older – but it has taken a particular toll on older Pacific people and Māori, who have died at disproportionately high rates in every age category for which data is publicly available. It is particularly stark for the oldest people. Covid-19 has killed at least 3% of Pacific people aged 90 or older, and 2% of Māori in the same age bracket. READ MORE: Is the Covid-19 pandemic really over? Covid-19: Pandemic measures saved 2750 lives, caused life expectancy to rise Covid-19: The stark inequity of the vaccine rollout To find the inequalities in Covid-19 deaths, … [Read more...] about The shocking stats that prove Covid-19 does not kill equally

HE TĀTARITANGA: Kua pāhikahika te kitenga i a ngāi Moana me ngāi Māori ki ngā matenga Kowheori-19, hei tā te tātaritanga hōu, e whakaatu ana i ngā mana rite-kore e pana ana i te anganga o te urutā. ANALYSIS: Pacific people and Māori are significantly over-represented in Covid-19 deaths , a new analysis shows, revealing deep inequalities driving the trajectory of the pandemic. Read this story in English here . He wahanga te māuiuitanga ki ngāi pēperekōu puta noa i Aotearoa – 89% rātou i hemo, kua 70 tau koni atu rānei – engari he kino anō ōna ki ngā iwi ngāi Moana, ngāi Māori hoki, i pāhikahika ai te hemonga ahakoa te kaumātuatanga, hei tā ngā raraunga e wātea ana ki te marea. The disease has burdened older New Zealanders across the board – 89% of those who have died were 70 or older – but it has taken a particular toll on older Pacific people and Māori, who have died at disproportionately high rates in every age category for which data is publicly available. … [Read more...] about Ngā tatauranga kino e whakaatu nei i te rerekē o tā te Kowheori-19 whakamate i tēnā, i tēnā

The small Italian island of Lampedusa received more than 2,000 migrants on Sunday, prompting calls for the Italian government to step up its migration policies. It was the largest number of migrants to arrive in a single day at an Italian port this year, the Associated Press reported. "The situation on Lampedusa is literally explosive,″ police union official Domenico Pianese said in a statement. "If we have another day like yesterday, with an incessant succession of disembarking, it won't be possible to manage public and health safety." The number of migrant arrivals for 2021 is higher than the same period in the past two years but not as high as the numbers earlier in the past decade. According to Interior Ministry figures, nearly 13,000 people had arrived by May 10, 2021. By this date in 2020, 4,184 had arrived and just over 1,000 had arrived by that date in 2019. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. Italian state radio said four boats arrived at … [Read more...] about Italian port sets migrant record for 2021 with over 2,000 arrivals in 1 day

As coronavirus cases in Europe approach nearly 3.9 million, fears of a second wave of the outbreak remains. Earlier this week, average daily coronavirus cases in France and Spain reached their highest levels since April , while new cases in Italy were reported to have more than doubled over a three-week period . Weekly totals of new cases across Europe have mostly increased from June, according to data compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Here we take a closer look at the recent rise in new cases across Spain, Italy and France. Spain Deaths per one million people: 615 Confirmed cases per one million people: 7,932 Total confirmed cases: 370,867 Source: Latest WHO report August 20 Daily new cases in Spain have been mostly increasing from around mid-June, when the country saw a 267.11 percent increase in new cases on June 17, when 279 new infections were reported, according to WHO. Weekly totals of new infections rose consistently for eight weeks in … [Read more...] about Specter of coronavirus second wave haunts Europe as cases surge