Coronavirus outbreak at emergency refugee centre, as more provinces find beds
3 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak at emergency refugee centre, as more provinces find beds

Dutch News  

At least 49 out of 320 residents at an emergency refugee centre in a sports hall in Goes have been diagnosed with coronavirus. The local health board decided to run tests on everyone at the centre this weekend after a number of asylum seekers developed coronavirus symptoms. Ministers urged the provinces to meet their obligations after the Ter Apel refugee centre, where new arrivals are registered, said hundreds of people had been sleeping on chairs and camp beds because there was no alternative. Junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol is meeting justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus and home affairs minister Kajsa Ollongren later on Monday to discuss the crisis.

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No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC
1 year, 11 months ago

No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC

Dutch News  

The Netherlands faces ‘social disruption’ if there is no speedy solution to the shortage of housing for refugees, the NRC reported on Friday, quoting internal documents from settlement agency COA, the IND immigration service and justice ministry. The documents make it clear there is ‘no end in sight’ and that the agencies fear a couple of thousand refugees could end …

No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC
1 year, 11 months ago

No end in sight to refugee bed crisis, thousands could be homeless: NRC

Dutch News  

The Netherlands faces ‘social disruption’ if there is no speedy solution to the shortage of housing for refugees, the NRC reported on Friday, quoting internal documents from settlement agency COA, the IND immigration service and justice ministry. The documents make it clear there is ‘no end in sight’ and that the agencies fear a couple of thousand refugees could end …

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed
2 years, 1 month ago

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed

Dutch News  

The Netherlands’ 344 local authorities have come up with just 100 beds for young asylum seekers who arrived in the country without parents, following an appeal in October for 1,700. Without more beds, there is a ‘real risk’ that some youngsters may end up sleeping on the streets, junior justice minister Eric van der Burg warned at the time. Refugee …

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed
2 years, 1 month ago

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed

Dutch News  

The Netherlands’ 344 local authorities have come up with just 100 beds for young asylum seekers who arrived in the country without parents, following an appeal in October for 1,700. Without more beds, there is a ‘real risk’ that some youngsters may end up sleeping on the streets, junior justice minister Eric van der Burg warned at the time. Refugee …

Despite the crisis, the number of beds for refugees has gone down
2 years, 3 months ago

Despite the crisis, the number of beds for refugees has gone down

Dutch News  

The number of beds for asylum seekers has actually fallen, despite government efforts to get local authorities to allocate more places, junior justice minister Eric van der Burg said at the weekend. Many contracts for emergency accommodation between councils and refugee settlement agency COA expired at the end of September and the net reduction in beds is around 1,250, Van …

Despite the crisis, the number of beds for refugees has gone down
2 years, 3 months ago

Despite the crisis, the number of beds for refugees has gone down

Dutch News  

The number of beds for asylum seekers has actually fallen, despite government efforts to get local authorities to allocate more places, junior justice minister Eric van der Burg said at the weekend. Many contracts for emergency accommodation between councils and refugee settlement agency COA expired at the end of September and the net reduction in beds is around 1,250, Van …

Four regions picked to kick of refugee emergency bed plan
2 years, 7 months ago

Four regions picked to kick of refugee emergency bed plan

Dutch News  

Amsterdam, Zeeland, Groningen and Friesland have been earmarked to each provide emergency accommodation for 150 refugees for the next two weeks, in an effort to end the overcrowding at the Ter Apel registration centre, where new arrivals have been left to sleep on chairs. Refugee settlement agency COA told news agency ANP that the news is a ‘very welcome contribution …

Minister chooses five locations for emergency refugee centres
3 years ago

Minister chooses five locations for emergency refugee centres

Dutch News  

Five emergency asylum accommodation centres have been set up to house people currently living in tents and dormitories as the system struggles to cope with demand. Junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol said the locations in Venray, Alkmaar, Rotterdam, Gorinchem and Enschede were chosen because they are available and spread the burden around the country. The nationwide housing shortage has also …

Vrindavan: Negative Covid-19 test report mandatory at guest houses, ashrams
3 years, 1 month ago

Vrindavan: Negative Covid-19 test report mandatory at guest houses, ashrams

India TV News  

Highlights Guest houses, ashrams should accommodate people only after getting a negative test report: Official Since last week, 10 foreign nationals have been found to be infected with the virus. Chief Medical Officer Dr Rachna Gupta said action will be taken against those who violate the rules. After 10 foreign nationals tested positive for COVID-19 in the holy town of …

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid

NL Times  

Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus out of about 600 passengers who returned from South Africa will be required to quarantine in a hotel, the GGD Kennemerland said. It concerns only those passengers who departed on two KLM aircraft from South Africa before the Netherlands implemented a flight ban from that country, but who landed in the Netherlands after the …

Refugee centres are full, thousands of emergency beds are needed
3 years, 3 months ago

Refugee centres are full, thousands of emergency beds are needed

Dutch News  

Asylum seekers centres in the Netherlands are full and several thousand emergency beds will be needed to meet demand, refugee settlement agency COA has confirmed. The 30,000 places in refugee centres are all taken and this means sports halls and other large buildings need to be converted into temporary accommodation to deal with new arrivals, COA said. Some 11,000 beds …

Refugee centres are full, thousands of emergency beds are needed
3 years, 3 months ago

Refugee centres are full, thousands of emergency beds are needed

Dutch News  

Asylum seekers centres in the Netherlands are full and several thousand emergency beds will be needed to meet demand, refugee settlement agency COA has confirmed. The 30,000 places in refugee centres are all taken and this means sports halls and other large buildings need to be converted into temporary accommodation to deal with new arrivals, COA said. Some 11,000 beds …

Asylum seekers in PNG test positive to coronavirus, prompting calls for them to be brought to Australia
3 years, 9 months ago

Asylum seekers in PNG test positive to coronavirus, prompting calls for them to be brought to Australia

ABC  

Refugee advocates have called for the Australian government to bring all refugees and asylum seekers still in Papua New Guinea home amid the spiralling coronavirus outbreak there. Key points: Six refugees and asylum seekers in PNG have tested positive to coronavirus Refugee advocates say Australia has a duty of care to them The Australian government provides asylum seekers and refugees …

Queensland reports three new cases of coronavirus
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland reports three new cases of coronavirus

Daily Mail  

Queensland has reported three new cases of coronavirus, two in hotel quarantine and one historical case. Premier Palaszczuk is still considering using mining camps instead of hotels to quarantine Health officials rejected reports that a father and daughter from Lebanon who were staying at the hotel breached quarantine before they tested positive. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she is still investigating …

Pressure on hospital beds leads to 40% of operations being postponed
4 years ago

Pressure on hospital beds leads to 40% of operations being postponed

Dutch News  

Dutch hospitals carried out 26% fewer scheduled operations last week as the impact of the latest spike in coronavirus cases began to be felt. Analysis by the Netherlands Healthcare Authority said the proportion was expected to increase to 40% during the Christmas week as a result of Covid-19 patients taking up more hospital capacity and rising staff sickness levels. Medical …

‘It will spread like wildfire’: Fears of coronavirus outbreak after asylum seeker catches Covid at ‘unsanitary’ barracks
4 years, 2 months ago

‘It will spread like wildfire’: Fears of coronavirus outbreak after asylum seeker catches Covid at ‘unsanitary’ barracks

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An asylum seeker who is one of 400 currently being …

Coronavirus test? The appointment book is full at most drive in centres
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus test? The appointment book is full at most drive in centres

Dutch News  

In total, 86 of the 100 coronavirus test centres in the Netherlands have no space for new appointments, as an increasing number of people queue up to get tested, the central public health board said on Thursday afternoon. Just four locations have sufficient availability in the coming 48 hours and a further 10 are virtually fully booked, the GGD is …

Reconvert Some Covid Beds to Non-Covid, Delhi's Private Hospitals Say as Coronavirus Cases Dip
4 years, 5 months ago

Reconvert Some Covid Beds to Non-Covid, Delhi's Private Hospitals Say as Coronavirus Cases Dip

News 18  

By Saloni Bhatia New Delhi, Jul 28 With the incidence of coronavirus in the national capital appearing to show a declining trend and many beds empty, several private hospitals are citing mounting losses to urge the Delhi government to reconvert some COVID-19 facilities and allow more non-COVID services. According to the Delhi Corona app, only 2,783 beds of the 15,438 …

Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals
4 years, 5 months ago

Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals

India Today  

Thousands of beds for coronavirus patients in Bangladesh are lying empty despite the country struggling with a rising caseload as people are too scared to enter hospitals, officials and sufferers say. Some patients have bluntly told health workers they would "rather die at home than die in a hospital", an official for a medical charity told AFP. "They told us …

Over 3,000 beds reserved in Bengaluru hospitals to treat coronavirus patients
4 years, 6 months ago

Over 3,000 beds reserved in Bengaluru hospitals to treat coronavirus patients

Live Mint  

Amid the rising COVID-19 cases here, over 3,000 beds in private hospitals have been reserved for treating patients while a 10,100-bed coronavirus care centre, the biggest in the country, has been set up, authorities said on Sunday. Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said 3,331 beds in 72 private hospitals have been earmarked for COVID-19 patients. The city civic …

India running out of hospital beds amid record coronavirus cases
4 years, 7 months ago

India running out of hospital beds amid record coronavirus cases

Al Jazeera  

Officials in New Delhi and Mumbai report alarming shortage of hospital beds as India sees record infections in a day. On Tuesday, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the capital will have more than half a million COVID-19 cases and it does not have the hospital capacity to handle such an outbreak. Row over hospital beds Sisodia’s statement came …

Coronavirus patients made to share bed, stretchers in Sion hospital as cases increase
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus patients made to share bed, stretchers in Sion hospital as cases increase

Op India  

Weeks after horrific videos of dead bodies of coronavirus patients were seen lying unattended among patients under treatment at Sion hospital in Mumbai, shocking reports are emerging from the same hospital stating that the coronavirus patients and other emergency patients are now made to share beds due to a shortage in capacity, as per a report in The Guardian. According …

Coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhaka: The novel coronavirus has been detected in one of the southern Bangladesh camps that are home to more than a million Rohingya refugees, officials said on Thursday, as humanitarian groups warned the infection could devastate the crowded settlement. In the Rohingya refugee camps – home to nearly a million people – there are no intensive care beds at this …

First coronavirus case found in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps
4 years, 7 months ago

First coronavirus case found in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps

Al Jazeera  

Aid groups alarmed as Rohingya tests positive for COVID-19 in the densely populated camps, home to a million refugees. An ethnic Rohingya refugee and a local person tested positive for COVID-19, a senior Bangladeshi official and a United Nations spokeswoman said on Thursday. The other patient was from the “host population”, a term usually used to refer to locals living …

Lack of virus testing stokes fears in world's refugee camps
4 years, 8 months ago

Lack of virus testing stokes fears in world's refugee camps

Deccan Chronicle  

Bangladesh: There are over 70 million people worldwide who have been driven from their homes by war and unrest, up to 10 million are packed into refugee camps and informal settlements, and almost none have been tested for the coronavirus. Without testing, as the world has seen repeatedly, the virus can spread unchecked until people start showing symptoms. “Testing is …

Coronavirus | Centre files report on migrant workers
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Centre files report on migrant workers

The Hindu  

A status report filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Supreme Court on Tuesday shows that Kerala government operates over 65% of the total number of active shelters and relief camps for stranded migrant workers run by various States governments in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Tamil Nadu government operates 178 active relief camps and shelters for migrant …

Hospital admissions continue to flatten as Dutch ramp up corona testing
4 years, 9 months ago

Hospital admissions continue to flatten as Dutch ramp up corona testing

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has again reported a flattening rate of hospital admissions for coronavirus, the public health institute RIVM said on Monday in its latest update. Test test test The number of coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands will expand considerably from Monday as local health boards start testing hospital staff, and the RIVM and blood bank Sanquin begin a …

Hospital admissions continue to flatten as Dutch ramp up corona testing
4 years, 9 months ago

Hospital admissions continue to flatten as Dutch ramp up corona testing

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has again reported a flattening rate of hospital admissions for coronavirus, the public health institute RIVM said on Monday in its latest update. Test test test The number of coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands will expand considerably from Monday as local health boards start testing hospital staff, and the RIVM and blood bank Sanquin begin a …

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands will expand considerably from Monday as local health boards start testing hospital staff, and the public health institute RIVM and blood bank Sanquin begin a project to find out how far the virus has spread. From today, however, health boards are poised to start testing hospital staff at ‘drive in’ …

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch ramp up testing to 17,500 a day, launch project to assess coronavirus spread

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus tests carried out in the Netherlands will expand considerably from Monday as local health boards start testing hospital staff, and the public health institute RIVM and blood bank Sanquin begin a project to find out how far the virus has spread. From today, however, health boards are poised to start testing hospital staff at ‘drive in’ …

Over 100 people isolating in Sydney hotels to be tested for coronavirus as some restrictions eased
4 years, 9 months ago

Over 100 people isolating in Sydney hotels to be tested for coronavirus as some restrictions eased

ABC  

NSW Health says 110 people quarantining in Sydney hotels following overseas travel are being tested for COVID-19 after reporting symptoms. Key points: There were 104 new cases of coronavirus in NSW in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday Of the 41 people in intensive care units, four of those are aged in their 30s Rules around caravan parks, funerals, agricultural …

Coronavirus: Hundreds of refugees made destitute as Home Office ‘too slow to act’, charities warn
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Hundreds of refugees made destitute as Home Office ‘too slow to act’, charities warn

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He was told by the asylum housing provider Mears, a subcontractor of the Home …

Coronavirus: Now you can't even visit your BOYFRIEND
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Now you can't even visit your BOYFRIEND

Daily Mail  

Victoria has banned couples who do not live together from seeing each other to slow the spread of coronavirus. Pictured: A couple in Sydney on March 31 Asked if a social visit was allowed, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said in a press conference: 'That's not work, that's not care-giving, that's not medical care, that's not shopping for the things you …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Centre files affidavit in SC seeking no media outlet publish COVID-19 information without verifying facts with govt
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Centre files affidavit in SC seeking no media outlet publish COVID-19 information without verifying facts with govt

Firstpost  

It said that in an unprecedented situation of this nature, any deliberate or unintended fake or inaccurate reporting either in electronic, print, social media or web portals has a serious and inevitable potential of causing panic in large sections of the society. New Delhi: The Centre sought a direction from the Supreme Court on Tuesday that no media outlet print, …

Coronavirus: All rough sleepers in England should be housed by weekend, government says
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: All rough sleepers in England should be housed by weekend, government says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a letter sent to homelessness managers and rough sleeping coordinators across the country, …

Dutch coronavirus death toll rises by 112, IC patients reach 761
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch coronavirus death toll rises by 112, IC patients reach 761

Dutch News  

The number of people who died from coronavirus in the Netherlands rose overnight by 112 to 546, according to the latest update from the RIVM public health institute. ‘As on Thursday, the number of hospital admissions and the number of people dying is increasing less quickly than it would have done without measures,’ the RIVM said. ‘If this continues for …

Dutch coronavirus death toll rises by 112, IC patients reach 761
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch coronavirus death toll rises by 112, IC patients reach 761

Dutch News  

The number of people who died from coronavirus in the Netherlands rose overnight by 112 to 546, according to the latest update from the RIVM public health institute. ‘As on Thursday, the number of hospital admissions and the number of people dying is increasing less quickly than it would have done without measures,’ the RIVM said. ‘If this continues for …

Further 118 coronavirus patients admitted to ICU's in the Netherlands
4 years, 9 months ago

Further 118 coronavirus patients admitted to ICU's in the Netherlands

NL Times  

The availability of beds in intensive care units at Dutch hospitals fell further on Friday, with 873 placements in ICUs now occupied by Covid-19 patients. There was an increase of about 15.5 percent from Thursday's total, with 118 more patients admitted into an ICU in the 24-hour period. Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health told parliament on Thursday that …

Coronavirus could flood our hospital ICUs with COVID-19 patients, so do we have enough beds?
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus could flood our hospital ICUs with COVID-19 patients, so do we have enough beds?

ABC  

Last winter, Australia suffered a vicious flu season that killed 812 Australians. If Queensland Health's predictions of a 25 per cent infection rate eventuate, more than 255,000 Queenslanders will require hospitalisation and almost 64,000 will require intensive care across several months. Queensland Health told the ABC "Queensland's hospitals are prepared to triple emergency department capacity and double intensive care unit …

Hotels being converted into coronavirus hospitals and shelters
4 years, 9 months ago

Hotels being converted into coronavirus hospitals and shelters

CNN  

CNN — The Ayre Gran Hotel Colón is a four-star, 365-room design hotel in downtown Madrid close to Retiro Park and one of the city’s largest hospitals. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday that America’s third-largest city would set aside 1,000 rooms in five hotels to isolate people who are mildly ill with Covid-19, fear they’ve been exposed or are …

546 coronavirus patients in hospital ICU’s; "Few" beds available
4 years, 9 months ago

546 coronavirus patients in hospital ICU’s; "Few" beds available

NL Times  

A total of 546 patients with coronavirus Covid-19 are currently being treated in intensive care units in the Netherlands, according to the latest figures from intensive care association NVIC. The number of patients rose by 20 percent on Monday and 12 percent on Tuesday, resulting in the number of available beds dropping from "sufficient" to "few". On Tuesday between 90 …

Welfare cuts have left UK undefended against coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Welfare cuts have left UK undefended against coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

The UK has fewer ICU beds per capita than Italy. This is because, if the UK follows the pattern in China, as many as one in five coronavirus patients could need intensive care in order to recover. In its annual Budget, delivered this week, the UK government produced a welcome series of financial stimulus packages designed to help fund the …

Coronavirus outbreak: AIIMS asked to designate part of new emergency wing for setting up isolation beds
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: AIIMS asked to designate part of new emergency wing for setting up isolation beds

India Today  

Augmenting facilities to deal with novel coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry has asked the AIIMS administration to designate a part of the new emergency wing of its Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre for setting up of isolation beds for suspected COVID-19 patients. Also, the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry has been asked to keep …

Coronavirus update: Thousands wait for hospital beds as virus cases surge
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus update: Thousands wait for hospital beds as virus cases surge

Live Mint  

South Korea reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as many sick people waited for hospital beds in Daegu, the city at the centre of the worst outbreak outside China. "We need special measures in times of emergency," South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a cabinet meeting, referring to extra medical resources for hotspots and economic measures including …

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