The two centres are housed in Tamaulipas State University basketball gymnasiums.
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Mosul, Iraq: MSF teams working on COVID-19 and lifesaving medical care
Mosul is located in Ninawa Governorate, home to a population of 3.5 million, with merely one hospital bed for every 3,000 persons.
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Greece: MSF forced to close COVID-19 centre in Lesbos
MSF strongly condemns the authorities’ failure to identify a solution to keep the isolation centre open when there is still a risk of COVID-19 spreading through nearby Moria reception centre, where more than 15,000 refugees are living in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions.
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COVID-19 test maker Cepheid overcharges and undersupplies WHO effort for developing countries
Cepheid charging four times more than it should per test, according to MSF research.
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COVID-19 & Medical Deterioration in Northwest Syria
Four months after COVID-19 was officially declared an international pandemic, the disease has made its way into Northwest Syria, with a first case confirmed on July 9, 2020. Since then, eighteen more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the area. More than half the positive cases so far are healthcare workers who were working […]
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In remote Kyrgyzstan, COVID-19 puts strain on health system
As COVID-19 cases surge in Kyrgyzstan, especially in the capital Bishkek, rural and remote regions are bracing themselves for the virus by scaling up preventive measures.
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COVID-19 in El Salvador: MSF warns of increase of deaths and collapse of health system
MSF has warned of an increase in people dying of COVID-19 in the metropolitan area of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.
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Ahead of Gavi Board meeting, MSF calls on Gavi to revise its global mechanism and demand pharma sell all COVID-19 vaccines at cost
The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will meet this week on June 24-25.
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Mexico: MSF supports migrants and homeless people at risk of COVID-19
The MSF team is visiting shelters, hostels, hotels and community kitchens to provide medical care and psychological support and to offer advice and practical help on preventive measures, aimed at the people using these facilities as well as the staff and volunteers who run them.
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Bihar, India: MSF opens 100-bed COVID-19 treatment centre
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in India, MSF opened a 100-bed temporary treatment centre for COVID-19 patients in Patna, the capital of Bihar state in the northeast of the country.
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