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 

• Israeli airstrike kills 28 people sheltering in Gaza school (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people including women and children on Thursday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate, putting patients’ lives at risk, medics said. The strike, in which many more were wounded, occurred in the city of Deir Al-Balah where a million people have taken shelter after fleeing fighting elsewhere after more than a year of war. 
• Lebanon crisis: Health workers and facilities ‘targeted or hit’ (UN News) – In Lebanon, health workers and medical facilities have continued to be hit and killed by ongoing Israeli bombardment, a week since Israel sent troops and armoured vehicles into the south of the country and issued evacuation orders, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. 
• Central African Republic – Attack by armed group in the Northeast (ERCC) – In the early morning of 8 October, a military outpost in the village of Ngarba came under attack. Several shops and homes in the village were looted by armed men. Reportedly, the provisional toll is two civilians taken hostage and two others wounded, besides three members of the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) killed, two wounded and two others taken prisoner by the armed group. The armed group reportedly withdrew from the area. This incident triggered some population movement, disruption of movement and access of humanitarian workers. 
• The death toll in a gang attack on a Haitian town rises to at least 115 (AP News) – The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history. Myriam Fièvre, mayor of the nearby city of Saint-Marc, said Wednesday that the toll had risen to 115 and would likely keep rising because authorities are still looking for bodies and haven’t been able to access certain areas of the town. 
• Denmark & Sweden Increase Border Protection In Effort to Protect National Security (Schengen News) – Denmark has announced it will carry out more security measures to protect its national security. Sweden has extended border controls for another six months. The reason for these two countries to introduce such measures is related to terrorist attacks registered in Copenhagen and Stockholm. 

Environment 

• Bangladesh – Flood, update (ERCC) – Northern Bangladesh is still experiencing monsoon rainfall and consequent floods, that are causing widespread damage. According to media, as of 10 October, ten people died, including eight in the Sherpur district, at least 1,337 people have been displaced in 140 shelters and a total of 238,931 people have been affected across three districts in the Mymensingh division. According to CARE, almost 400,000 people are potentially exposed and affected by floods across six districts in Mymensingh and Sindh divisions. 
• Brazil – Landslide (ERCC) – A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall occurred in Manacapuru municipality, in the central Amazonas state Brazil, in north-western Brazil, on 7 October, causing casualties and damage. According to media reports, as of 9 October, at least 200 people have been affected and buried by the landslide that occurred in a port area on the banks of the Amazon River. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing. 
• River in flood-hit Chad’s capital surges to record level (Reuters) –   The Logone river in Chad’s capital has risen to its highest level in 30-40 years, the authorities said on Wednesday, threatening further turmoil to a country that has been battling devastating nationwide floods for weeks. West and Central Africa’s annual monsoon has swept parts of the region with above-average downpours this rainy season, triggering widespread floods. Chad is the worst-hit with 1.9 million people affected across much of the country as of Oct. 5, according to the U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA 

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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