Health
Nuclear nations have handled COVID-19 the worst
By Tilman Ruff The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that massive arsenals are useless in a pandemic. The countries that have spent obscene sums on nuclear weapons have failed to provide the most basic of protective equipment against the coronavirus, putting their citizens in danger every day. New pathogens… »
Gaza Extends Lockdown, India Reports Record Daily Numbers as Global Covid-19 Cases Top 25 Million
The number of reported COVID-19 cases across the globe has surpassed 25 million. More than 840,000 people have died. On Sunday India reported nearly 79,000 new cases — the highest single day tally for any country in the world. Authorities in Gaza have extended a lockdown amid fears of a… »
Alexei Navalny shows signs of improvement, still in induced coma
Navalny has been receiving treatment at Berlin’s Charite university hospital following a suspected poisoning. Doctors warned that it was still too soon “to gauge potential long-term effects.” The Berlin hospital where Russian activist Alexei Navalny is being treated for a suspected poisoning said Friday that he was still in an induced coma… »
Why Cuban Doctors Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
By Vijay Prashad Five years ago, I read the story of Dr. Félix Báez, a Cuban doctor who had worked in West Africa to stop the spread of Ebola. Dr. Báez was one of 165 Cuban doctors of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade who went to Sierra Leone… »
Venezuelan Migrants Face Covid-19 Risk in Aruba Detention Centers
Migrants Held for Months in Dangerous Conditions Amid Pandemic Since May, Venezuelan migrants detained in a detention facility administered by Aruba’s coast guard, the Guarda Nos Costa (GNC), have participated in four protests asking to be returned to Venezuela. To understand why anyone amid the Covid-19 pandemic would want to go back… »
Uruguay wages successful fight against COVID-19
Uruguay is warding off the coronavirus pandemic better than other Latin American nations. The country’s low population density and a robust health care system are big factors in its success. Latin America has been in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic for weeks. Along with the United States, the region… »
Irish PM to recall parliament as virus scandal grows
Irish Premier Micheal Martin announced on Sunday that he would recall parliament following a scandal over politicians breaking coronavirus rules, for which he urged EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan to consider resigning over his attendance at an Oireachtas Golf Society dinner which has outraged the nation. Martin and his coalition… »
Diaz-Canel, blocking of digital channels is reaction to Soberana 01
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday said the blocking of YouTube accounts in his country is a reaction to the registration of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine candidate called Soberana 01. Miguel Diaz-Canel considered the disabling of YouTube channels of TV program Mesa Redonda and Cubavision Internacional as ‘an outright blocking’, precisely… »
UNHCR applauds Canada’s commitment to grant permanent residency to asylum-seekers working on COVID-19 frontlines
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Canada’s announcement to open pathways to permanent residency for asylum-seekers in the healthcare sector who have worked on the frontlines of the country’s COVID-19 response. “This is an exemplary act of solidarity which recognises the service and dedication of some of the most marginalized… »
Argentina: Petition for a Universal and Free COVID-19 Vaccine
Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and CODESEDH have promoted in Argentina a petition (in four languages: Spanish, French, English and Portuguese) for a universal and free Covid-19 vaccine. This is a very important initiative: millions of people around the world are becoming aware of the urgency of a… »
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