China News Service, July 18, according to the European Union News Agency, the health department of Jesolo, Venice Province, northern Italy, notified the local time on the 16th (the following are local times) that a staff member and 42 in the refugee camp in the area A refugee was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. At the same time, there was a riot in a refugee reception center in Sicily in the south of the country. About 30 refugees fled the chaos, causing panic among the local people.
According to reports, the Red Cross Society of Jesolo City in Venice said that as of the 16th, 43 people had been diagnosed in the refugee reception center, and all were asymptomatic. This includes a staff member and 43 refugees.
The Jesolo City Red Cross Refugee Center currently has 127 refugees from Africa. After a follow-up investigation by the health department, a 30-year-old Nigerian man from the refugee center was diagnosed with an infection during an orthopedic operation. Subsequently, 43 infected persons were found by virus screening, and the nucleic acid test of the other 85 refugees was negative.
After a mass infection in the refugee camp, Jesolo Mayor Valerio Zoggia asked the local police to send additional police officers to perform duties and inspections near the Red Cross refugee center, and again asked the Red Cross Assuming responsibility for the supervision of refugees.
Andrea Crisanti, a public health expert at the University of Padua, said that a large number of refugees flocked to Italy during the epidemic, which is endangering public health. Therefore, all refugees must be tested for viruses immediately after they arrive in Italy, and they must control the spread of the virus from the source.
On the evening of the 15th local time, there was a riot in a temporary reception center in the Bisconte area of Messina, southern Sicily, Italy, and about 30 refugees fled the chaos. During the riot, a police officer was injured in the leg and sent to hospital for treatment.
The head of the local police union said that some of the refugees who landed in Italy were somewhat offensive, which undoubtedly exacerbated the public's sense of insecurity.
The person in charge pointed out that the recent arrival of refugee ships in Sicily is endless, but the police officers are not adequately secured. The police were asked to supervise the refugees who were placed in buildings such as farmhouses, and these refugees could escape at any time and cause local people to panic.
The local police said that some of the refugees who had fled have been arrested and returned to the reception center for supervision, but some refugees are still missing. On the 16th, another boat carrying 9 refugees landed in the port of Syracuse.
According to the latest statistics from the Italian Ministry of the Interior, as of July 16, 9,771 refugees had landed in different coastal areas of Italy in 2020. In addition, relevant information shows that more than 10,000 refugees are flocking to countries along the Mediterranean coast.
On the morning of July 16, a refugee rescue boat carrying 65 people rescued the Maltese and Italian authorities in the waters near Malta. At that time, the wind and waves at sea were up to 2 meters, the rescue cabin was already flooded, and there were nearly 20 minors and women on board. The situation was very critical. The refugee rescue ship was then rescued by the Malta Coast Guard.
On the same day, the Italian Coast Guard found the body of a refugee in the coastal waters. According to forensic identification, the deceased has been drifting on the sea for more than 15 days with a damaged rubber boat. (Boyuan)