No One is Safe Until Everyone is Safe Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The pandemic crisis did not allow India to accept the invitation to the G7 Summit that concluded at a pristine beach in Cornwall, England. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unavailability at the Summit reflects the reality of the world. Only the leaders of the rich G7 Nations (UK, USA, France, Japan, Italy, Germany, Canada plus the European Union) would be able to have talks without masks and have beach walks during a global pandemic.
The final communiqué of the summit is full of commitments and pledges, including vaccine donations, more funding for the COVAX facility and strengthening of the World Health Organization (WHO), among many others.
The COVID-19 Pandemic: What have the experts learned?
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Dr Soumya Swaminathan
March 24th, 2021
What has COVID-19 taught you about disease and how do you think the world needs to prepare for pandemics in the future?
We need to look to having a better, safer, and fairer world post COVID. We need to be better prepared, we need to ensure every person has genuine access to health care, we need to structure our societies so we reduce the things that increase the likelihood and severity of pandemics, e.g. overcrowding, marginalisation, inequity and last but not least we have to look after the health of our planet- climate change, the animal world, our forests.