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The suggestions provided in this information handout are not in lieu of health interventions necessary for COVID-19–it is important to consult a physician regarding diagnostics, medication, etc. The suggestions here are only expected to facilitate home based care for persons who have mild symptoms and are not medically indicated or advised for facility-basedcare.

The report is correspondingly divided into four sections, covering: (I) issues faced by migrants in relation to work; (ii) access to social protection and public services for migrants; (iii) access to housing and (iv) discussion of data on migration. The issues relating to access are organised in four parts:
a. the issue at hand and how it affects migrants b. existing government schemes that are related to the issue c. the architecture implied by (…)

This collection documents the activity of a generation of Sri Lankan radical activists who, in their different ways, attempted to escape the claims of rival ethno-nationalisms and build alternative political and development projects, drawing on Marxism, Christian socialism, and feminism, among other inspirations.

There is serious shortage of vaccines, testing facilities, hospital beds, ventilators, oxygen, medicines and above all trained personnel – doctors, nurses and other medical staff. The front line workers and employees are overworked and lack adequate protection. Instead of addressing these serious issues, BJP leaders including union ministers are engaged in shifting the responsibility to the state governments and indulging in blame games. In the midst of this, the vaccine policy announced by the government puts corporate profits above the precious lives of people.

The disaster at Chernobyl is still considered one of the worst nuclear accidents in history. It happened on April 26, 1986. Thirty-five years later, a group of survivors returns to the ghost city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine.