Tragic Confirmation of First COVID-19 Case at Matamoros Migrant Encampment Is 'No Surprise,' Demands Urgent Action: Physician for Human Rights
July 01, 2020
July 01, 2020
NEW YORK, July 1 -- Physician for Human Rights issued the following statement by Michele Heisler, medical director and professor of internal medicine and public health at the University of Michigan:
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed at the Matamoros migrant encampment along the Mexico-U.S. border, where more than 2,000 asylum seekers wait for U.S. immigration court hearings while stuck in squalid conditions.
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"The tragic confirmation of the . . .
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed at the Matamoros migrant encampment along the Mexico-U.S. border, where more than 2,000 asylum seekers wait for U.S. immigration court hearings while stuck in squalid conditions.
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"The tragic confirmation of the . . .