People in situations of human mobility are at greater risk of contracting the virus of the pandemic. For this reason, the Ecuadorian Red Cross will carry out 2.016 PCR tests on the migrant population in Ecuador, especially in the province of Carchi.
This action can be carried out thanks to a donation from the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), through its “Sin Fronteras” program in our country.
The taking of PCR tests will be carried out through the specialized medical centers of the Ecuadorian Red Cross, which since 2020 have carried out a pilot exercise to guarantee their applicability in technological procedures and systems.
Attention to older adults, children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, people living on the streets, among other groups, will be prioritized.
The tests will be taken until May of this year.
The Ecuadorian Red Cross implemented the Contingency Plan for the migrant and displaced population, since June 2018, in order to have a more acute approach from the needs and context in which the internal and external migrant population finds itself, says the official statement. .
Through different actions such as health, integration, livelihoods, protection, reestablishment of family contact (RCF), communication and different lines of humanitarian assistance, the Institution serves the migrant population with the aim of alleviating their needs.
More than 380.000 attentions have been provided.
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