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ARRACUDA, BLUE MARLIN and red snapper were for sale before Christmas at Millie Ifill fish market, but only to those who observed pandemic protocol: “No Mask No Service”, said a large sign. Local discipline and tests on travellers kept covid-19 cases in Barbados to a trickle. After a lockdown, bars and boutiques were doing brisk business. Reservations at restaurants such as the Fish Pot at Little Good Harbour were becoming hard to get. Locals said the island was in its own little bubble.
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The bubble has burst. On December 31st the government scuppered “Old Year’s Night” fireworks parties. A curfew extends from 9pm to 5am, to contain a surge in infections. Nearby St Vincent has declared Barbados a “high-risk country”.
Ethiopia Humanitarian Bulletin Issue #22 | 14 – 27 Dec 2020
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Ethiopia registers 122,864 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 109,293 recoveries, and 1,909 deaths as of 27 December
Multi-agency joint assessment ongoing in Tigray region.
While access to parts of Tigray remains restricted due to unpredictable security situation, humanitarian response has begun to gradually trickle into Tigray region.
A huge swarm of desert locust reported in Oromia and Somali Regions
Dry season has led to critical shortage of water to people and livestock in lowland areas of the country.
The National Ministerial Committee establishes an EOC in Metekel Zone to coordinate response to IDPs living across different woredas of Metekel Zone.
Bangladesh reports 17 deaths, 1318 cases jagonews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jagonews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bangladesh will get six crore shots of Covid-19 vaccines between May and June next year from the COVAX facility, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said yesterday.
This will be in addition to 3 crore doses of the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) that the government expects to start reaching the country between late January and early February, he said referring to Health Minister Zahid Maleque s words in yesterday s cabinet meeting.
Officials had earlier said Bangladesh will buy the first 6.8 crore shots of vaccines under the COVAX facility a global initiative coordinated by WHO, GAVI and CEPI at a subsidised price ranging from $1.6 to $2.
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BD to get more 60m doses of Covid-19 vaccine by May-June The New Nation
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Bangladesh plans to collect more 60 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine through the World Health Organization s COVAX programme within May-June 2021.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque said it on Monday during a virtual Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the progress of the vaccination process.
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said it during a press briefing at the Secretariat on the Cabinet meeting. He said also that the government expects to vaccinate 45 million people across the country by May-June after arriving of the COVAX Programme s vaccine.