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ECHO Daily Map of 27 April 2021
Published on April 27, 2021
India | COVID-19 & UCPM response
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Tragic hospital fire in Iraq and JRC alerts on fatal hospital fires from intense use of oxygen for Covid-19 patients
April 27, 2021
Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, at least 37 incidents of hospital fires in Covid-19 treatment centres have been found to have occurred in various countries around the world, causing the deaths of over 150 people and injuring many more. The majority of the dead and injured were patients extremely ill with the novel Coronavirus and others were their health care providers. Most de
A strengthened EU Civil Protection Mechanism endorsed by European Parliament
April 27, 2021
On 27 April, the European Parliament voted for strengthening the European Union’s role in crisis management through a legislative revision of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. This allows for faster and more effective European solidarity operations in response to large-scale emergencies or disasters that affect several countries at the same time.
