World Status Report

This report intends to give the UTD Community a snapshot of international risks, and other issues as reported by the linked media and official sources from the U.S. and other countries.

More health and security information for each country can be found in the travel advisories issued by the governments of the United States, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, and the CDC, ECDC, and WHO sites. Not all advise in these sites will apply to US travelers.

Please note the publication date of this report and go to the direct sources linked for the most up-to-date information.  The information in this report may change without prior notice.

Security

• Sudan – Heavy fighting leads to massive displacement (ERCC). Fierce battles continue in Khartoum, Omdurman, and Khartoum North with air raids and shelling reported. The governor of the Darfur region declared the region a “disaster area” due to the ongoing killings and looting. The fighting has intensified since the expiry late on 3 June of the most recent ceasefire deal.
• Despite critical gains by Central African nations in advancing stability and cooperation, the region faces multiple crises (UN News), and the coming months mark “an important turning point”, where crucial political and electoral processes must take place by the end of the year, said Abdou Abarry, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Central Africa.

Demonstrations

• Protests in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age (AP) French union activists marched on the headquarters of the Paris Olympics and slowed traffic at the capital’s Orly Airport with strikes Tuesday as they sought to reignite resistance to a higher retirement age.
• Tear gas, water cannon fired on protesting Sri Lankan students (al Jazeera). Hundreds of students march in Colombo to demand release of activists arrested during last year’s anti-gov’t protests.
• Kenya Police Gas Anti-Tax Protest (VOA). Kenya police fired tear gas and arrested 11 protesters, AFP journalists said, during a march in Nairobi on Tuesday against a new finance bill that critics say will pile more economic hardship on ordinary people.

Infrastructure

• Ukraine – Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam (ERCC). The collapse of Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has led to devastating humanitarian and ecological consequences. While evacuations of affected populations are underway, Ukraine has requested further support from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism in the form of equipment and machinery needed for relief efforts. Water from the reservoir of the Kakhovka dam is also used to cool the nearby Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (UN News), Europe’s largest, which has been under constant threat since being occupied by Russian forces early in the conflict.

Natural Disasters

• Ecuador – Floods, update (ERCC). The number of evacuated and affected people has been increasing following torrential rain and floods that hit the Province of Esmeraldas in north-western Ecuador in the past few days. At least six rivers overflowed across the cantons of Atacames, Esmeraldas, Quinindé and Muisne, all in the same Province.
• Haiti – Severe weather and earthquake (ERCC). Heavy rainfall and strong winds, also due to the passage of the tropical storm ARLENE over the Gulf of Mexico affected most of Haiti on 2-3 June, causing floods and landslides that resulted in an increased number of casualties.
• India – Snow avalanche (ERCC). A snow avalanche occurred in Chamoli District (northern Uttarakhand State, northern India), resulting in casualties.
• Türkiye – Floods (ERCC). Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Türkiye, in particular throughout the Black Sea region since 4 June, causing floods, landslides and rivers overflow that have resulted in casualties and damage.
• Algeria – Floods (ERCC). Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Algeria, in particular the Saïda and Laghouat Provinces since early June, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
• Indonesia braces for forest fires, crop loss from severe dry season (Reuters on MSN.com). Indonesia is expecting a severe dry season from the impact of the El Nino weather pattern, threatening harvests and raising the risks of forest fires, the head of its weather agency said on Tuesday.
• Philippines Raises Mayon Volcano’s Alert on ‘Increasing Unrest’ (Bloomberg L.P.). The Philippines on Monday raised the alert level on Mayon Volcano south of Manila due to “increasing unrest,” and advised the public to stay out of its six-kilometer radius danger zone.

Health

• Gonorrhea, syphilis cases in UK hit new highs (CIDRAP). Gonorrhea infections rose 50% in 2022 compared with 2021, and infectious syphilis diagnoses increased 15%. HSA officials say the numbers partly reflect an increase in testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)—sexual health screenings rose by 13.4% in 2022—but note that the scale of the increase in gonorrhea and syphilis diagnoses “strongly suggests” more transmission within the population. The agency says all sexual encounters with new or casual partners should involve a condom and regular testing. HSA says the growing threat of untreatable gonorrhea makes it vital to get tested early to prevent transmission.
• Study finds 27% rate of long COVID in infected health workers (CIDRAP). Multiple COVID-19 infections were predictive of developing long COVID.

Please note the publication date of this report and go to the direct sources linked for the most up-to-date information.  The information in this report may change without prior notice.

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