One billion people can't follow Corona rescue tips
Wash your hands frequently, stay away from others, keep yourself in quarantine if you have symptoms.That's the advice that is given to prevent the corona virus, the World Health Organization
But millions of people have no more hope these measures.
Nearly one billion people worldwide live in urban slums situations that about 30% of the urban population.Houses here have low airways and poor sewerage system, is likely to spread disease which are much higher.adyambu, 43year old, is a resident of Mocoro in Nairobi, where she lives with her husband and six children.There is no electricity in the house of this family room.
She says their children can't walk inside the house without hitting each other.
She said it was not possible for us in case of an infection that can separate a child from the other children.We don't have space.No rooms.The government should take them.
Their husbands do carpentry work and on the day they get paid, they earn up to 400 Kenyan shillings (about $ 4) while the family has to spend 50 shillings(about half a dollar) each day to buy water.
The water supply is unstable and his family who can not get the water bath.
Coronavirus spread
There are about five million people living in Mokoro.
Mokoro Morsi, a local NGO, runs four primary schools, with about 7,000 students.
About half of them are unable to buy soap, says Mary Klein, the head of the organization.
Sylstyn says' I'm worried.If the virus is spread in our area then it will be very difficult. '
Dr. Pierre peale former World Health Organization official has worked in many African countries.
They say that there are slightly more people living in homes in African countries and that in some cases there are twelve people living in one house."It is impossible to
And it's not just raw populations that suffer from water supply.
South Africa's Johannesburg city and Indian city of Chennai both suffered severe water shortages last year and water was almost gone.
Public Health tips
Shanti Sassandranath, who lives on the outskirts of Chennai, has two children
During the water shortage last year, his family travel 50 km buying water from agricultural wells.
She says public bathrooms are very low and people aren't following the public health tips.
'On a local train, people are coughing a few inches apart without having their hands on their mouths.If you forbid anyone, some apologize and some start fighting. '
Their loved ones come to their homes every day and they have not yet decided how to reduce the number of people coming.I'm telling children to wash their hands as
I have told them to wash their hands whenever they come out, even if they have not been out for five minutes.
Governments have a lot to do in this regard, says Dr.
She says that 'many people do not have the money to buy two weeks' ration.
They spend absolutely daily wages.Many people do not have refrigerators to keep food. "
Coronavirus outbreak
In the case of outbreak corona virus could they separate the entire community
But Mokuro has not changed anything in the past few weeks.
Celestin Adhyambo says he feels he has no way of defense.
She says the only thing I can do is ..."I pray to God to save us and our region with the virus.. "
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