Cooperative approach needed to face collective threat like COVID-19
Keiji Fukuda Keystone / Anja Niedringhaus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been criticized for its slow response to the pandemic. However, a leading health expert says a large part of the blame lies with governments for failing to implement existing global regulations.
This content was published on May 17, 2021 - 12:20
May 17, 2021 - 12:20
Akiko Uehara
Born in Yokohama, Japan. I live in Switzerland since 1999. I hold a master’s degree in international relations from Geneva. I am the Head of the Japanese section of swissinfo.ch since 2016. Previously, I worked for 15 years for Asahi Shimbun at the UN in Geneva, where I closely followed multilateral and Swiss affairs. I was secretary-general of the Foreign Press Association in Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2015 to 2016.
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Recently, there have been frequent attacks against Asians, especially vulnerable Asians in the United States. On March 17th, a video of 76-year-old Asian woman Xie Xiaozhen being punched in the eye by a white man caused a lot of media and public attention. In fact, in January this year, a 91-year-old man in Oakland s Chinatown was pushed to the ground and accused of contracting COVID-19; MSN News reported on March 15 that Nancy Tang, an 83-year-old Asian woman, was spat on, punched and called a Chinese virus by a white middle-aged man in Plains; and NBC News reported that some people in the U.S. had launched an online challenge “slap Asians” to incite random attacks by teenagers on Public Transportation in San Francisco. It is specifically targeted at Asian seniors and women. On the 19th, a 58-year-old Asian woman was harassed by several young people on a bus. With the spread of the COVID-19, more and more such incidents follow. The nongovernme
2021-04-20 14:38
Recently, there have been frequent attacks against Asians, especially vulnerable Asians in the United States. On March 17th, a video of 76-year-old Asian woman Xie Xiaozhen being punched in the eye by a white man caused a lot of media and public attention. In fact, in January this year, a 91-year-old man in Oakland s Chinatown was pushed to the ground and accused of contracting COVID-19; MSN News reported on March 15 that Nancy Tang, an 83-year-old Asian woman, was spat on, punched and called a Chinese virus by a white middle-aged man in Plains; and NBC News reported that some people in the U.S. had launched an online challenge “slap Asians” to incite random attacks by teenagers on Public Transportation in San Francisco. It is specifically targeted at Asian seniors and women. On the 19th, a 58-year-old Asian woman was harassed by several young people on a bus. With the spread of the COVID-19, more and more such incidents follow. The n
China adjusts its coronavirus strategy. Make that strategies Alice Su © Provided by The LA Times A man receives COVID-19 vaccination in a mobile medical station April 13 in Beijing. (Wang Weiwei / Getty Images)
The poster was not the slickest marketing campaign, but it made its point: Come Get Your Eggs!!!
Every person above age 60 who got a COVID-19 vaccine at this community center in Beijing would be entitled to two boxes of free eggs. The deal was part of a nationwide push to raise vaccination rates in a country where successful containment of the pandemic has spurred complacency and a relatively slow vaccination rate despite ample supplies.
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