Saturday, 8 May 2021, 5:13 am
PNG, 8 May 2021 – Today, we are
celebrating World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, a day
dedicated recognising the impact of Red Cross staff and
volunteers. This year the International Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement is recognising the role staff and
volunteers have played in reaching and supporting people
affected by COVID-19, especially in places of detention,
remote parts of PNG and hospitals in the 20 provinces where
the PNGRCS volunteers are actively working and committed to
giving support to local communities in an unstoppable
manner.
In PNG, alongside the challenges of the
COVID-19 pandemic, Red Cross staff and volunteers have been
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Nepal is facing a ‘human catastrophe’ similar to India’s amid the second wave of Covid-19 as it recorded its highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, in a joint statement, said several hospitals are full and overflowing with Covid-19 patients. It went on to highlight that southern towns near the Indian border are unable to cope with the growing number of people needing medical treatment.
Reporting of cases is 57 times higher than this time last month. India is currently witnessing a severe second wave of the pandemic breaking global records of the single-day spike in the cases with 414,188.
Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal on Friday warned of a major crisis as daily coronavirus cases hit a record and hospitals were running out of beds and oxygen.
Nepal reported 9,070 new confirmed cases on Thursday, compared with 298 a month ago. More than 3,500 people have died since the pandemic began, 400 of them in the last two weeks alone, according to official figures.
“Right now there are no beds available today in any hospital that is treating COVID patients,”Jyotindra Sharma, chief of the Hospital for Advanced Medicine & Surgery in Kathmandu, told The Associated Press.
Written by Kimberly Drake on May 7, 2021 Fact checked by Alexandra Sanfins, Ph.D.
As lockdowns and restrictions ease in various locations, some people find it extremely challenging to reacclimate to “normal” life. As the pandemic recedes, some consider this phenomenon as the next emerging mental health crisis.
COVID-19 anxiety syndrome is an emerging phenomenon defined by compulsive symptom checking and avoiding leaving the house, even when the health risks are minimal. Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Over a year has passed since SARS-CoV-2 began to spread across the world. Its appearance, which first caused mild concern, soon turned into serious worry as more people received a diagnosis of COVID-19.