South Africa’s largest dairy company forced to shutdown plant after workers test positive for COVID-19
After five workers tested positive for COVID-19 at Clover Industries’ Bloemfontein plant, members of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) forced the unit to close down production and called for nationalization
Protests over lack of government aid during lockdown intensify in Panama
Residents of various parts of the country have denounced that they don’t have money to buy food and haven’t received any aid from the government
El Salvador’s President faces criticism for violating rights of imprisoned gang members
National and international human rights organizations have condemned the president’s actions as the crackdown on inmates comes amid fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus
Welsh communists condemn cover-up of 2016 study on estimated impact of pandemic in the UK
NHS England conducted the Cygnus exercise in October 2016 to estimate the impact of a hypothetical H2N2 influenza pandemic in the UK, but the full details of the findings have not been published yet
Garment factories reopen in Bangladesh despite COVID-19 concerns
Resumption of work may provide some relief to workers but there are concerns about the spread of the disease due to the absence of adequate safety measures in most factories
Chilean police repress a peaceful protest in Santiago, detain 30
Among those detained was Dr. Pablo Sepulveda Allende, grandson of the former socialist President Salvador Allende
Cuban doctors arrive to South Africa
With a robust healthcare system and one of the world’s highest ratios of the number of doctors in a country to its population, the communist state has already sent over 1,200 doctors to 22 countries.
Unions across the globe demand greater health and safety measures at the workplace
The ILO and trade unions across the world observed the World Day of Safety and Health at Work and the International Workers Memorial Day on April 28, which have even greater importance amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic