Tijuana Health Dep’t: Thousands of Caravan Members Have HIV, Tuberculosis or Parasites

Tijuana Health Dep’t: Thousands of Caravan Members Have HIV, Tuberculosis or Parasites. there are a lot of reasons the migrant caravan currently stalled in Tijuana has become a disaster. Officials are sending a warning about a health crisis brewing among the migrants. According to Tijuana’s health department, several thousand migrants have serious — and often contagious — diseases. Migrants who came with the caravan are suffering from respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other serious health issues. The Mexican health official who spoke to the news outlet estimated that more than a third of 6,000 migrants in the city are being treated for health problems. there could be even more serious problems looming on the horizon. Mexico’s makeshift shelter for caravan members near the U.S. border is a veritable petri dish for new disease outbreaks. There’s also a threat of Hepatitis outbreak due to unsanitary conditions. All of this adds up to one conclusion: The migrant caravan was a terrible idea from the beginning and has only run into more problems after it entered Mexico. The reality is that this was an avoidable mess. They didn’t have to drag themselves and their children through this nightmare. many migrants who are now voluntarily returning home found out, bringing Central America’s problems to the Mexico border doesn’t magically fix them.