IFJ 15 February 2021
Latin America: Unions request the inclusion of journalists in priority vaccination groups
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) supports the petition of its affiliates in Brazil, Peru and Uruguay for media workers to be considered as essential workers and their inclusion in the priority groups in the COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. A healthcare professional draws up a dose of AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine. Credit: OLI SCARFF / AFP
In Brazil, the National Federation of Journalists of Brazil (FENAJ) called on the government to develop a universal vaccination plan that considers journalists essential frontline workers during the pandemic. The inclusion of journalists among the priority groups is justified by the fact that similarly to other professions, such as health professionals, teachers, police or firefighters, media workers are obliged to put themselves at risk, guaranteeing every citizen access to reliable and public interest info
21 Jan 2021 by OOSKAnews Correspondent LIMA, Peru
Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines is currently working on a report to overrule Supreme Decrees which allowed Nuevo Arcoiris S.A.C, the Peruvian subsidiary of Canadian Tesoro Mineral Corpto acquire and hold mineral and other related exploration rights.
The Supreme Decrees not only grant the company mineral rights but also several other related rights, including water rights.
The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines granted Supreme Decrees 027-2020-EM and 028-2020-EM on December 10, 2020, giving the company permission to conduct exploration and exploitative activities on 21 mineral rights located in Piura.
The 21 mineral rights are located within 50km of the Peru-Ecuador national border and therefore as a foreign company, under Article 71 of the Peruvian Constitution, Nuevo Arcoiris S.A.C were required to obtain the Supreme Decrees from both the President of Peru and the Council of Ministers.
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Hereâs a quick recap of the latest coronavirus developments across the globe over the last few hours:
Germany aims to roll out BioNTech/Pfizer Covid vaccine on 27 December. Germany will begin coronavirus vaccinations on 27 December with elderly care home residents, health minister Jens Spahn announced, with the EU aiming for all 27 member states to begin on the same day.
Brazil sees record daily Covid-19 infections as cases top 7 million. Brazil registered over 70,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, a daily record, as a second wave of infections spreads across the country.
Twitter bans harmful false claims about Covid-19 vaccinations. Twitter has said users will be required to remove new tweets that advance harmful false or misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccinations, in an expansion of its rules on coronavirus misinformation.