EU aid to SVG
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has been visiting Emergency Shelters with the intention of getting a first-hand impression of their operation.
The European Union (EU) has mobilized €740,000 (US$894.107) in emergency humanitarian aid to support those affected by the extremely damaging consequences of the La Soufrière volcano´s protracted eruption, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The emergency funding will be managed by the EU humanitarian aid department and implemented by humanitarian partners already active in the area. It will prioritize interventions to guarantee immediate access to water, sanitation, hygiene, healthcare and distributions of non-food items, in addition to the protection of the most vulnerable.
Canada pledges support for SVG
Part of the Canadian pledge will go towards a specific effort to safeguard the health of displaced women and children. (Credit: unicef.org)
A release from the Canadian High Commission in Barbados made available on Monday, announced that the Government of Canada has pledged CAD$440,000 in immediate aid to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in the wake of the volcanic eruption.
The funds, to be channelled through Global Affairs Canada, are expected to provide for the basic needs of displaced persons, including those in shelters, with a contribution of $50,000 to support the work of Rapid Relief Team SVG.
By: DW
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New Delhi [India]: Hospitals scrambling for oxygen, people waiting for ambulances that never arrive, crematoriums running out of space.
After a relatively controlled first COVID-19 wave, India is now shattering global records of daily infections. On Wednesday, it counted 362,567 new cases and the death toll exceeded 200,000. It s like an inferno. It will burn anything that it’s touching, Dr. Shuchin Bajaj, founder & director of Ujala Cygnus Hospitals, said about the massive new wave.
Variants could speed up infections
Several factors came together to create this unprecedented explosion.
Despite being one of the world’s biggest vaccine producers, India does not have enough stock to inoculate its own eligible population.
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