Title Daily Noon Briefing Highlights: Equatorial Guinea - Iraq
10 Mar 2021
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Daily Noon Briefing Highlights – 10 March 2021
Equatorial Guinea
As of 9 March, 105 people have been killed and 615 others injured following a series of explosions at an armory of the Nkuantoma Gendarmerie and special forces barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, on Sunday.
The blast significantly damaged the only COVID-19 testing laboratory. Initial figures from military sources indicate that up to 300 houses were destroyed. Displaced families remain without shelter.
Concerns are rising over risks posed by unexploded ordnances including explosives, rockets and other munitions remaining at the site.
While the extent of the damage and the number of affected people remain unknown, some urgent needs have been identified, including the deployment of emergency response experts, financial support and medical interventions including mobile hospitals, medical, water, sanitation and hygiene