WE MUST PREPARE FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC LIKE WE PREPARE FOR WAR, SAYS BILL GATES

Thu 28 January 2021: “The world needs to spend billions to save trillions (and prevent millions of deaths).” That’s according to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual letter published Wednesday. In the annual letter from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Microsoft co-founder and Billionaire philanthropist calls for billions of dollars in investments to develop a global […]

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TOKYO OLYMPIC TEST EVENT POSTPONED OVER CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS

Thu 28 January 2021: The first Tokyo Olympics test event of 2021 has been postponed because of travel restrictions under Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency, organisers confirmed Thursday. The artistic swimming event will double as the sport’s final qualifier for the virus-postponed Games. It was due to be held on March 4-7 in Tokyo but will now […]

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PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PLANS TO BUY 100,000 DOSES OF RUSSIAN COVID-19 VACCINE

Wed 27 January 2021: Palestine on Wednesday said it plans to buy 100,000 doses of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine in February.  The Palestinian health ministry has approved the main Russian vaccine against COVID-19, known as Sputnik V, for use in Palestinian self-ruled territory, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said earlier this month.   The first shipment of the […]

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HOSPITALS IN INDONESIA FACE COLLAPSE AS THEY’RE FORCED TO REJECT COVID PATIENTS

Tue 26 January 2021: Patients critically ill with Covid-19 are unable to find hospital beds as Indonesia crosses the one-million cases mark and medical staff struggle to keep up. Health experts in Indonesia have warned that hospitals in some areas are on the brink of collapse as the nation passed one million confirmed cases of coronavirus. In […]

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REPORT BLAMES COMMUNALISATION OF PANDEMIC FOR SORRY PLIGHT OF MUSLIMS

Tue 26 January 2021: The report stated that television news channels used derogatory and communal catchphrases dehumanising the Muslim community The vilification of India’s 195 million Muslims by the media after the Tablighi Jamaat meet in New Delhi in March 2020 amid the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has prompted a women’s collective to record and study […]

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COVID-19 UPDATE: UK UNEMPLOYMENT HITS 5.0 PERCENT, IRAN APPROVES SPUTNIK V VACCINE

Tue 26 January 2021: COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: January 26, 2021, 15:24 GMT Coronavirus Cases: 100,401,592 Deaths: 2,152,820 Recovered: 72,437,660 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Mauritius kick started COVID-19 Vaccination Mauritius has begun vaccinating against Covid-19in a bid to reopen its hard-hit tourism industry, Agence France Press reports. Health minister Kailesh Jagutpal said the campaign would initially […]

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VACCINE ROLLOUTS BOOST GLOBAL GROWTH FORECAST – IMF

Tue 26 January 2021: The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for global economic growth in 2021 and said the coronavirus-triggered downturn in 2020 would be nearly a full percentage point less severe than expected, Reuters reports. The IMF said multiple vaccine approvals and the launch of vaccinations in some countries in December had boosted […]

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