Federal government has declared a state of emergency in madrid because of a rapid increase in corona virus cases the government overruled regional authorities in forcing a partial lockdown in the capital and the surrounding region the countrys Health Minister says the measures are necessary to prevent madrids high infection rate affecting the rest of spain. The United Nations World Food Program has one dis years Nobel Peace Prize for its effort to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace. He provided assistance to almost 100000000 people in 88 countries last year the committee described the award as a call to the International Community not to underfund the program. This is deja news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website dot com. This weekend sees the imposition of tougher coronavirus lockdown restrictions in major german cities like bob and frank 1st the german chancellor and the mass of 11 countries biggest cities have agreed on more strict
A moment. But. Charged with undermining National Security better russian protest leader Maria Kolesnik over could go to prison for up to 5 years. 100 pound has a new Prime Minister the emperor has a preview actually had a suit as appointment his priorities include fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy. With the sports news the former head of world since found guilty of corruption. Was sentenced to 2 years in prison at the trial in paris the full story coming up. Now a 2 prong to whether assault in the United States has people fleeing wildfires in one part of the country and rushing to avoid to be a flooding in another. Slow moving Hurricane Sally is a nation heavy rain and catastrophic flooding on the gulf coast and another powerful storm is also brewing in the atlantic hurricane teddy could have been near as early as this weekend and theyre just 2 of 7 storms currently moving across the atlantic with 5 of them categorized as Tropical Storms its only the 2nd time on record tha
Devastated the worlds labor force with new n numbers showina dramatic reduction in work hours. The International Labor organization suggests that 17 of the worlds working hours were wiped out in the Second Quarter of this year. The Un Agency Says thats the equivalent of nearly 500 million fulltime workers losing their jobs. It compared the hours worked with last years october to december quarter. North and south america saw the largest drop at 28 . Working hours contracacted 17. 5 in europe and central asia. Other regions had hours shrink by around 15 . The ilo projects global labor income between january and september decline by 10. 7 from thee same period last year, a decrease worth 3. 5 trillion. It is clear that suppoport f jobs and labor income will need to be maintained and sustainine and continue into next year. Thats required to keep employment, businesses and incomes afloloat. He ilo director general stressed the need to continue economic measures over the long term. Japan cou
I am Amanda Glassman is senior fellow and executive price president at cdc. Today we will be talking about death and data in low and middle Income Countries from covid19 and all other causes. Accurate complete and timely data on mortality probably the single most powerful policy tools we have today to mitigate the Economic Impact of covid19 but what is also clear is that we have not collectively built the systems necessary to record peoples death in ways that enable more and to protect livelihoods. This failure does not only spawn individual experiences that creates unnecessary suffering. How is it possible to assess whether Subsaharan African countries are winning the fight against covid if a large share of total deaths and noncovid years go unreported or how to judge the trajectory of pakistan during covid19 if no mortality data of any kind is being ripped ported in the Public Domain according to dub a joes 2019 mortality report. Today will be talking about one strategy and mortality
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