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LONDON: Families are being urged to stay Covid safe as they celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.Public Health England and Islamic Relief UK said people should continue to meet outdoors and.
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11:11 AM May 13, 2021
A volunteer from Newham Community Project and Islamic Relief UK hands out food parcels on Saturday, May 8.
- Credit: Islamic Relief UK Vulnerable international students struggling in the Covid-19 pandemic have been thrown a lifeline by two charities.
Newham Community Project and Islamic Relief UK handed out tinned tomatoes, lentils and chickpeas to more than 700 students on Saturday, May 8.
The portions of items, which included tea bags and biscuits, were also given to almost 70 students with families. In total, 500 parcels were distributed.
Abdulla Almamun, UK programmes coordinator for Islamic Relief UK, said: We saw huge queues this weekend of vulnerable families in urgent need of food in Newham and we shouldn t be seeing this in the UK.
Diaspora turns Covid warriors for Indians back home
Prasun Sonwalkar Filed on May 13, 2021
A health worker brings an oxygen cylinder on a wheelchair at the BKC jumbo field hospital in Mumbai. AP
Call it long-distance nationalism or an emotional pull of the homeland, diaspora communities from the Indian sub-continent have been leveraging social media for relief efforts during the crisis back home
It has now become a familiar way of seeking emergency help, not calling the usual phone numbers for ambulance and medical support but using social media. ‘A’ tweets details of Covid patient B in New Delhi, who is desperate for oxygen or hospital bed; C retweets it, and, in many cases as help arrives, ‘A’ thanks everyone and deletes the original tweet. The only difference in accessing such help from previous times is that ‘A’ is in Guwahati, ‘C’ is in Manchester and they may not always know ‘B’, or each other. Across continents, online Covid warriors ha
Families urged to celebrate Eid outdoors in small groups to avoid Covid If you plan to meet with family and friends, do it outdoors, and in a group of no more than six people or two households. It will save lives.
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