Fundraiser underway in Czech Republic for Romani taxi driver who was one of the country s first serious COVID-19 patients
29.12.2020 15:18
Romani community member and recovered COVID-19 patient Robert Markovič, Czech Republic. (PHOTO: znesnaze.cz)
Robert Markovič, one of the first patients to fight for his life against the COVID-19 virus in the Czech Republic, has written a poem of gratitude to all the doctors and other people who took such brilliant care of him earlier this year and saved his life. According to Martin Balík, the head physician at Charles University s Clinic for Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine, part of both the General Teaching Hospital and the First Faculty of Medicine, Markovič was afflicted by the largest-ever dosage of the virus that medical personnel had measured in any patient at that time.
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EU Commissioner for Values: EU money is meant to help the Roma too, data collection is important so we aren t flying blind
18.12.2020 8:06
European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová (left) and Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality (right), held a press conference on 7 October 2020 about the EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation for 2020-2030. (PHOTO: European Commission)
The European Union will be financially supporting the fight against socially excluded localities during the next budget period, and one target group for that financing is meant to be Romani people. The EU wants to support their economic and social integration.