Venezuela sends oxygen tanks to the Brazilian Amazonas state amid COVID-19 surge
The sudden surge in numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state has caused a collapse in the public health system with a lack of ICU beds and oxygen
Doctors in Egypt threaten mass resignation as deaths of colleagues continue
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate issued a formal statement warning of a medical catastrophe in the absence of adequate arrangements of PPEs and tests for medical staff in the country
French youth protest demanding free and sufficient availability of masks
There have been accusations that the French government was fully informed, as early as 2018, about the shortages in the strategic reserves of safety masks in the country
French Communist MP calls for nationalization of gas cylinder firm to fight COVID-19
Communists in France have asked for the nationalization of a plant manufacturing medical oxygen cylinders to help in the fight against the severe Coronavirus outbreak in the country. As of March 23, France has over 16,200 cases of COVID-19, resulting in 674 deaths
- Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over martial law decree
- Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora to remain under house arrest
- Former Colombian president calls for a military invasion of Venezuela
- Venezuelan Consulate in Lisbon attacked with explosive device after Maduro’s inauguration
- Deadly attack on MST settlement in São Paulo: two killed, six injured amid land disputes
