China News Service, August 22. According to Euronet, the police in the province of Agrigento, Italy, reported on the 21st that a total of 526 refugees had landed on Lampedusa in the past 48 hours. Was placed in a shelter. Due to the limited detection capacity of the new crown virus here, the staff of the reception center worry that a large number of refugees may gather and may cause the epidemic to spread.
According to reports, on the 19th local time, 6 refugee boats carrying 250 refugees docked on Lampedusa; on the 20th, 7 more refugee boats docked on Lampedusa, with a total of 276 refugees disembarking. .
Some refugees said that when the boat they carried was near Lampedusa, the owner ordered them to jump into the sea and swim to the shore by themselves, while the boat turned around and sailed to the depths of the sea. In the end, the refugees were rescued by the police and then placed in a shelter on the island.
The priest Carmelo La Magra of Lampedusa said that the number of refugees in the two refugee shelters currently funded and managed by the church has exceeded 1,400, which seriously exceeds the capacity of the shelters.
Marguela said that at present, the reception center does not have the conditions for large-scale new coronavirus testing. The asylum center accommodated more than 500 refugees in batches within two days. Without virus testing, bringing so many refugees together may increase the risk of contracting the new coronavirus. He called on the health authorities to implement virus screening as soon as possible to eliminate hidden dangers of virus transmission. (Boyuan)