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Covid-19 outbreak at orphanage for Chernobyl children critical - Roche
(RTE 2020/4/23)
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0423/1134267-roche-chernobyl/
Adi Roche, the founder of Chernobyl Children International, has said it has been a "shattering blow" to hear that there is a Covid-19 outbreak at the charity's Vesnova orphanage in Belarus.
Speaking on RT ’s Morning Ireland, Ms Roche described it as a "critical situation" and said some of the children at the orphanage are already getting "extremely ill".
She said they had taken a number of measures to try to keep the children safe from the virus, but she received the bad news yesterday.
She said at least 13 children have been confirmed with Covid-19 infections and ten staff members also have the virus.
Ms Roche said the children are extremely at risk as they have severe disabilities with a low immunity and a number of genetic disorders also.
"Their chances of survival would be very poor," she said.
She said the chance to contain the virus is difficult as the children live in "dense conditions" in dormitory accommodation.
The Vesnova orphanage caters for 174 children and young adults.
Ms Roche also said the children are battling the virus with no medicine. The director of the orphanage has asked the charity for painkillers, cough bottles and sanitiser.
"There are no painkillers, no cough bottles. We are really worried and we feel we cannot abandon the children," she said.
Children from Vesnova orphanage come every year to Ireland and Ms Roche acknowledged the support that the children of Chernobyl have received from Irish people over the years.
She said she was aware that "people in Ireland are in dire straits" themselves at the moment because of the virus.
Ms Roche said the response of the government in Belarus has been "somewhat unorthodox" and "out of step with international regulations" with no social distancing and no Personal Protective Equipment.
"They (the orphanage) have not been provided with necessary requirements to keep the children safe other than locking the doors.
"Staff have to come in from the outside and because there was no regulation of physical distancing, the children have been vulnerable to staff coming in," Ms Roche added.
The news of this outbreak comes as the charity was preparing to mark the 34th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster this weekend.
She said they fear for both the staff and the children at the orphanage who she said are "terrified". She said the "world has gone surreal" in a very short time.
The Vesnova orphanage caters for 174 children and young adults. The Chernobyl Children International has been funding it for the past 20 years and say it has been transformed into one of the country's leading childcare centres.
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- チェルノブイリ・チルドレン・インターナショナルの創設者・アディ・ロッシュの報告
この施設は20年以上の歴史を持ち、国内では子供施設のリーダー的存在。
- 174人の児童と若者がいるベラルーシのヴェスノバ孤児院で新型コロナが流行。
深刻な状況で、すでに少なくとも13人が感染。10人のスタッフも感染。
- 彼らは免疫力が弱く遺伝性疾患をかかえ重度の障がいがあるため、
極めて危険な状態にある。生き延びられる可能性はごくわずか。
- 孤児院の密な環境で暮らしているので、感染を食い止めるのは困難。
- 薬が不足しており、痛み止め、咳止めなどの寄付を募っている。
- 何年にも渡り、アイルランドは保養のためチェルノブイリの児童を受け入れていたが、
アイルランド自体が新型コロナで大変な状況。
- ベラルーシ政府の対応はまともではなく、ソーシャル・ディスタンス規制も防護具もなく、
国際的な基準に反している。
- 子供たちを守るため必要な物資が支給されておらず、扉を閉じる以外にない状態。
- チェルノブイリ事故34周年の寄付活動を進めていたところに新型コロナが勃発した。
- 子供もスタッフも新型コロナに怯えている。 あっという間に想像できない状態になると
懸念している。
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こういった施設は三密状態で感染を避けるのは難しく、非常に困難な状況にあります。
しかも、放射能被ばくにより免疫力が落ちている児童ばかりです。
やはり、社会で一番弱いところにシワ寄せが来てしまうのです。困ったことです。
寄付・カンパはこちらへ。
「Chernobyl Children International」
https://www.chernobyl-international.com/
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