International Rescue Committee report / 1 billion people in poor countries at risk of infection, 3 million may be killed; These include Pakistan and Bangladesh

·       these 34 poor countries, 3 neighboring countries- Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar included

·      The head of the agency, Miliband, said that in poor countries less estimates have been made about corona, the actual loss of life will be more.

London. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in a new report on Tuesday has given a big warning of loss of life on the corona. According to this agency headed by former UK Secretary of State David Miliband, the Kovid-19 virus will have devastating effects in 34 of the world's poorest countries. It can cause infection in about one billion people. 3 million people may die.


Three of the 7 neighboring countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar are included. Also included are countries like Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. The International Rescue Committee is providing services here
Speaking to Britain's Sky News, Miliband said, "So far, very little estimates have been made about Corona. Actual loss of life will be more. Poor countries have got very little time to deal with this epidemic. There can be a lot of widespread destruction. "


Which are the 34 poorest countries
The 34 countries whose conditions have been assessed and reported by the IRC are mostly war-torn and refugee-affected countries. These include African and Asian countries. These are - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali , Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela and Yemen.



Highlights of this report
This new report is in accordance with WHO's Global Impact Study Model and Data Set published on 26 March. It estimated 1.6 deaths per one lakh infected people.

The IRC has stated that - if fast steps are not taken in the coming weeks, 500 million to one billion people may be infected with coronavirus. There are fears of more than 15 and 32 lakh deaths.

It clearly states that refugee camps in poor countries are at great risk due to overcrowding and lackluster conditions. Like Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, Moria Camp in Greece, Al Hole Corona in Syria. The number of people here is very large according to the place.

In the current situation, the effect of coronavirus in poor countries is not known. Because there is no testing like that in rich countries. To date only 25,000 cases in Africa are "largely a weak" estimate. It is a large contingent of over one billion people.

Former Labor MP Miliband urged the world's richest countries to come together to help these poor countries, saying, "We need to decide that we should take this like a global epidemic." We can defeat it only when the whole world is able to eliminate it.

Miliband accused the world's richest countries, the G20 countries, of being "sleepy" over a united international response to the COVID-19 crisis. Lashing out at US President Trump's decision to withhold funds to the World Health Organization, he called it a "reverse step”.