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 

• Outrage as Russian overnight attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians (UN News) – Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early reports indicating that at least nine people were killed and dozens injured. Reports indicate that the latest Russian strikes damaged 12 buildings in the capital, causing widespread damage to homes, businesses and key services, while phones have been heard ringing from the rubble. 
• Car plows into crowd near elementary school in eastern China (NHK News) – Hong Kong and other media outlets say multiple injuries have been reported after a car drove into a crowd of people near an elementary school in eastern China. The reports say the incident occurred in the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, at around 6 p.m. on Tuesday. A man whose child attends the school said the vehicle drove into the crowd while he was waiting in front of the building after classes ended. 
• Benin admits that 54 soldiers killed in attack by al-Qaeda group (BBC) – Benin’s government has admitted that 54 soldiers were killed by suspected jihadists in the country’s north last week near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. The authorities had previously said that only eight soldiers were killed. The revised figure makes it the deadliest known attack since insurgents began operating in northern Benin at the beginning of the decade. 
• Exclusive: Myanmar junta defies quake ceasefire to continue deadly attacks, data shows (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta has kept up a deadly military campaign, including airstrikes and artillery assaults, despite announcing a ceasefire after a major earthquake killed thousands in March, according to the United Nations and data from a crisis monitor. 
• Cartel conflict shuts down highways in Michoacán (Mexico News Daily) -Cartel conflict wreaked havoc across the western state of Michoacán on Wednesday, as organized crime gangs blockaded 10 highways by setting vehicles on fire. 

Infrastructure 

• Bridge collapses in Beijing after fire breaks out, but no casualties reported (AP News) – A bridge in Beijing’s northeastern Shunyi district collapsed Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in its structure, according to authorities and images circulating on social media. No casualties were reported on the bridge, which was already closed to traffic, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport wrote on the social media platform Weibo. 
• Pakistan closes air space for Indian airlines, warns against water treaty violation (Reuters) – Pakistan closed its air space for Indian airlines and rejected New Delhi’s suspension of a water sharing treaty on Thursday in retaliation for neighbouring India’s response to a deadly militant attack in the Indian-ruled part of Kashmir. 
• UN food, refugee agencies plan deep cuts as funding slashed, memos show (Reuters). “In this challenging donor environment, WFP will prioritize its limited resources on vital programmes that bring urgently needed food assistance to the 343 million people struggling with hunger, and increasingly facing starvation,” the WFP said in a statement to Reuters. 

Environment 

• India – Severe weather (ERCC) – Since 18 April, a severe storm bringing heavy rains and strong wind has been affecting Tripura state in northeastern India, resulting in fatalities and damage. As of 23 April, two people died, two have been injured, and more than 500 homes have been damaged or destroyed. In addition, power supply was disrupted in the region. 
• Pakistan – Landslides (ERCC) – Heavy rainfall affected north-eastern Pakistan, particularly the Gilgit-Baltistan region over the last few days, triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage. As of 24 April, one fatality and four injured persons due to two different landslide events that occurred in the Ghanche district and in the Skardu district, eastern Gilgit-Baltistan region. 

Health 

• Chikungunya outbreak spreads on Reunion island (CIDRAP) – More than 35,000 cases of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya have been reported on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, according to media reports.Reunion recently received 40,000 doses of the Ixchiq vaccine, which has been approved by US and European regulators for adults aged 18 and older. 
• Global aid funding cuts, led by the United States, are disrupting efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases (Reuters) almost as much as the COVID-19 pandemic did, the United Nations said on Thursday. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, including measles, meningitis and yellow fever, have been increasing globally. 

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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