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HONG KONG, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed several key issues in the procurement of medical equipment. As the number of suppliers drastically increased, many that had no track record in the sector were attempting to profit at the expense of public budgets and national healthcare systems. Trace Labs - the core developers of blockchain-based OriginTrail protocol - set out to create a decentralized Trusted COVID-19 Essential Supplies Repository to address these challenges. The project recently received important support from the World Economic Forum (WEF). In the newly released article This is how blockchain can help fight pandemics , the WEF describes OriginTrail s admittance to UpLink, the WEFs crowdsourcing platform for innovations which is run together with COVID-19 Challenge partners like the World Health Organization and the Goldman Sachs Foundation.
Who is Emily Henderson, the Member of Parliament for Whangārei?
16 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Work has begun on a new state housing development on Puriri Park Rd expected to be completed in a year. Hundreds of new public and transitional houses are coming, says Emily Henderson. Photo / Michael Cunningham
FROM PARLIAMENT
Kia ora, Whangārei! I am delighted to be your new MP and I m looking forward to using these columns to chat about what s going on here, and in Wellington, and what I m working on for Whangārei.
For those who don t know me yet, Whangārei s been home since I was 7 and I m a Family Court lawyer by trade. My husband and I still have three of our four kids at home, and our eldest is at university, so life is pretty busy.
At least 17 countries have suspended or
delayed using AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after
reports of blood clots in people who have received the shot even
as the World Health Organization appealed to. | March 17, 2021
Man blames racist comments on his diabetes
14 Mar, 2021 12:11 AM
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The announcer made the racist comments while the girls kneeled during the anthem. Photo / Twitter
NZ Herald
A sports announcer in Oklahoma, US, who was caught on video using the n-word to refer to a team of high school bastketball players, has blamed the incident on his type 1 diabetes.
Matt Rowan, the sports announcer and former youth pastor, responded to the controversy after footage emerged showing him spewing the racist slur during a high school basketball game.
In a lengthy statement, Rowan said he thought his microphone was off when he referred to the girls in the Norman High School basketball team by the n-word.
Sarah Everard vigil: Shameful scenes as police arrest mourners
13 Mar, 2021 09:04 PM
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NZ Herald
The peaceful vigil for Sarah Everard in Clapham Common, London, has turned violent, with police using force to make arrests on the site where thousands gathered to pay their respects to the murdered 33-year-old and her family.
Shocking video and photos are circulating on social media labelling police s actions at the vigil as shameful , as mourners gathered to honour the life of Sarah Everard.
A police officer has been arrested and charged with her abduction and murder.
A member of public is arrested during a vigil for Sarah Everard on Clapham Common on March 13, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. Photo / Getty Images