Sharjah24 – Reuters: A caravan of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers from Central America and the Caribbean resumed its trek through southern Mexico on Monday, despite concerns that half of them could be injured or sick, including some from dengue fever.
Over the past week, the approximately 3,000 migrants, mostly women and children, have trekked over 100 km (60 miles) from the city of Tapachula on the Guatemalan border, struggling through sweltering heat and evening rains.
Kabir Sanchez, a volunteer doctor helping to look after injured caravan members, said he and his colleagues treated dozens of people on Saturday with foot injuries, respiratory problems, infections and pregnant women at risk of miscarrying.
"More than 50% of the people in the caravan are sick," he told Reuters by telephone.
He said other caravan members had possible cases of coronavirus, but that the government had not provided COVID-19 tests.
The government's National Migration Institute (INM) did not immediately reply to a request for comment on COVID-19 testing.
The INM did say in a statement that six people in the caravan, including five children, had contracted dengue.
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