Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay
Highlights
EPIDEMIC - ZIKA: Some 3,114 new cases of Zika were reported in Colombia last week, bringing the total to 58,838 cases since the start of the epidemic 2015.
FLOODS & RAINS: Some 1,000 people in Paraguay affected by floods have returned home from emergency shelters. Authorities estimate that river levels will continue to increase. About 116,780 people are currently displaced by floods.
DROUGHT - FOOD INSECURITY: FAO will support 17,875 people in El Salvador affected by drought through a project aimed at creating family vegetable gardens.