Daily Times
July 26, 2021
When one thinks of crime, gory pictures of violent murders, billion-dollar Ponzi schemes, and several other abhorrent offences spring to mind. Especially, when going by the characterization in the media. Similarly, bank robberies–commonplace in films–are made out to be intricately planned, extravagant affairs. This was not the case for James Verone, a man who had […]
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Covid 19 coronavirus: As the virus ravages poorer countries, rich nations are springing back to life
6 May, 2021 07:00 AM
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Receiving oxygen treatments for Covid-19 last month in Delhi. Photo / Atul Loke, The New York Times
Receiving oxygen treatments for Covid-19 last month in Delhi. Photo / Atul Loke, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Benjamin Mueller
Despite early vows, the developed world has done little to promote global vaccination, in what analysts call both a moral and epidemiological failure.
The contrast could hardly be sharper. In much of the developed world, vaccine orders are soaring into the billions of doses, Covid-19 cases are easing, economies are poised to roar to life and people are busy lining up summer vacations. In many less developed nations, though, the virus is raging on, sometimes out of control, while vaccinations are happening far too slowly to protect even the most vulnerable.
"It’s a moral issue,” said a doctor in Malawi. "This is something rich countries should be thinking about. It’s their conscience. It’s how they define themselves.”
Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID vaccine challenge Reuters 1 hr ago
By Edward McAllister
DAKAR (Reuters) - When Ghana received 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from India last month, it hit a frustrating roadblock: it had not trained enough staff to distribute them.
The country was still rolling out shots received in late February from the global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX, and didn t have the capacity to expand that operation, according to the head of Ghana s immunisation programme.