Het aantal vluchtelingen uit Afrika naar de Canarische Eilanden is de laatste dagen fors gestegen. In 48 uur slaagden ruim duizend migranten erin de oversteek te maken, een aantal dat al tien jaar niet is waargenomen. De meeste migranten werden in overvolle bootjes voor de kust ontdekt en aan land gebracht. De Spaanse regering kondigde deze week nieuwe maatregelen aan. De route van West-Afrika naar de Canarische Eilanden wint sinds enkele jaren weer aan populariteit. Een eerdere piek was het jaar 2006, toen ruim dertigduizend migranten de Spaanse eilandengroep bereikten. Dit jaar kwamen al ongeveer 7.500 migranten uit Afrika aan op de Canarische Eilanden. Dat is tot nu toe al bijna drie keer zoveel als vorig jaar.(NU)…[+]
Nieuws volgens datum: 13 Oct, 2020
Trump back on campaign trail in Florida
President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus. He told thousands of supporters, many not wearing masks, that he could give them “a big fat kiss”, at a rally in the battleground state of Florida. His rival, Joe Biden, speaking in Ohio, accused the president of “reckless behaviour” since his diagnosis. The two presidential candidates are scrambling to secure votes with three weeks until the 3 November election. Opinion polls suggests Mr Biden has a 10-point lead over Mr Trump nationally. However his lead in some key states is narrower – as is the case in Florida, where the Democrat is 3.7 percentage points ahead, according to an average of polls collated by Real Clear Politics.(BBC)…[+]
Peru opens Machu Picchu for single tourist stranded by Covid
Peru has opened the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist who had waited almost seven months to visit the world heritage site. Jesse Katayama was due to visit Machu Picchu in March but it closed because of coronavirus. Culture Minister Alejandro Neyra said Mr Katayama was granted access after submitting a special request. The ancient Inca citadel – Peru’s top tourist attraction – is expected to re-open at reduced capacity next month. No exact date has been given. Mr Katayama planned to spend only a few days in Peru, but became stranded in the town of Aguas Calientes, near Machu Picchu, in mid-March because of coronavirus travel regulations.(BBC)…[+]
Man gets Covid twice and second hit ‘more severe’
A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, doctors report. The 25-year-old needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body. Reinfections remain rare and he has now recovered. But the study in the Lancet Infectious Diseases raises questions about how much immunity can be built up to the virus. The man from Nevada had no known health problems or immune defects that would make him particularly vulnerable to Covid.
- 25 March – First wave of symptoms, including sore throat, cough, headache, nausea and diarrhoea
- 18 April – He tests positive for the first time
- 27 April – Initial symptoms fully resolve
- 9 and 26 May – He tests negative for the virus on two occasions
- 28 May – He develops symptoms again, this time including fever, headache, dizziness, cough, nausea and diarrhoea
- 5 June – He tests positive for the second time, and is hypoxic (low blood oxygen) with shortness of breath
Scientists say the patient caught coronavirus twice, rather than the original infection becoming dormant and then bouncing back. A comparison of the genetic codes of the virus taken during each bout of symptoms showed they were too distinct to be caused by the same infection.(BBC)…[+]
