country. collin mcshane fox business live from slovakia. many are fleeing to slovakia, too. what s it like there. they are. by the thousands. you are right. we were in poland as you guys know, ainsley for a week plus, and they do have more than a million refugees there. with you but it is every nation that borders ukraine and buses from these types of countries into in many cases western europe. they are coming across this border crossing. and it s all women and children. you see some people have just come across getting a hot cup of tea here. and by the thousands, about 150,000, probably the best guess right now come into slovakia all with stories. what s more unbelievable than the next. young woman speaking to been in the some of the hartest hit areas of ukraine. and she was actually telling us, this is her second war that she has been through. take a listen to her story. i was in bomb shelter at night. as it was my second, so i wasn t
and thank you for having me. the pandemic disasters are every health system s nightmare. and they challenge the systems, they drain them and lead them to collapse if we do not mitigate. what is happening today in ukraine has compelled this health crisis. the ukrainian health system has been fighting covid for the last three years and has been responding to covid. and now it is being challenged with a war. so what we fear that the longer this crisis lasts, the more the health care capacity is going to dwindle and boost it s power to serve and meet the needs of the population. we have seen reports of health facilities being attacked. we have seen reports of health facilities being abandoned, because of loss of water or fuel. we also know that around 1,000
brian: 75,000 there. ainsley: yeah. brian: charlotte is pumped up to be the major league soccer. gas in california almost $7 a gallon. stuart varney walked here. he wanted to save money. is he going to talk about the cost of russia s war on ukraine here at home. ainsley: plus the voice of an angel amid the kay ols of war, this little girl singing let it go to fellow refugees after leaving everything mind
emergent and preventional threat of infectious diseases. not just in ukraine but also in the surrounding countries. we have some, what, 2.5 million people fleeing according to the u.n. we know, as you say, war and infectious diseases go hand in hand. so in the covid context, what s the fear here, in terms of spreading not just in ukraine, but in other countries that are taking in so many refugees? well, let s remember that europe and the world has covid everywhere. so, europe has register ed a month prior to the war, announced 1 million cases. and it continues to register around 800 cases a day. so, the influx of refugees across the border is not going to drive figures within the countries. so, we stress that the systems in these countries will be able to support them and help them. our fears are of the search
been fully vaccinated against covid. they ve fled to poland where 60% of the country is vaccinated. vac vaccination rates are slightly higher in hungary. moldova has offered vaccinations to those from ukraine, 83,000. one doctor in war said saw told reuters news agency almost every child arriving its in hospital has tested positive for covid, probably due to the cramped conditions in which they fled to ukraine. and covid isn t the only disease threat emerging in populations. recent outbreaks of polio and measles have threatened children in the region, and health officials are warning it could get much worst. the conditions we ve seen have the worst possible ingredients for the ability of spread of infectious disease.