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Sandeep Datta The police presence has been stepped up in old Delhi, India after the government announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to stem the spread of COVID-19.         2 April 2020 Health Pervasive challenges remain for hundreds-of-thousands of migrant workers in India whose lives were upended by the sudden lockdown across the country, in response to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, said the UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said in a statement that she was distressed by the plight of the informal migrant workers affected, many of whom were, in effect, forced to leave the cities where they worked at just a few hours’ notice, unable to pay for rent or food. UN Human Rights ✔ @UNHumanRights # India : UN Human Rights Chief @ mbachelet distressed over plight of millions of internal migrants affected by the lockdown. She welcomes measures taken to limit # COVID19 impact but pervasive challenges remain http...

UNICEF sounds alarm over water cuts in Syria as efforts ramp up to prevent COVID-19 spread © UNICEF/Masoud Hasan Two young children wait to collect water trucked in by UNICEF from other areas of the Middle East to Tal Tamer, Syria. (16 October 2019)         23 March 2020 Humanitarian Aid The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its relief partners in  Syria  are warning that water disruptions in the country’s war-battered north-east could exacerbate risks posed by the global coronavirus pandemic.  In statement from Damascus,  Fran Equiza ,  UNICEF  Representative in Syria,  said  on Monday that the water supply from the Allouk station – the main source of water for some 460,000 people – has been interrupted It is the latest in a series of pumping disruptions over the past weeks, he said. “The interruption of water supply during the current efforts to curb the spread of...