Covid 19 coronavirus: Fears variants are escaping vaccines in the UK
16 Apr, 2021 10:03 PM
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Daily Telegraph UK
By: Laura Donnelly and Harry Yorke
New Covid variants appear to be escaping vaccines, as the latest figures show a doubling in cases of the South African mutation in the UK in the past month.
DAP demands doubling taxes on sugary drinks in Pakistan
Karachi
April 17, 2021
The Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) has demanded of the authorities to double the taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the coming budget, saying diabetes is growing at an alarming rate in Pakistan, which has the 4th highest burden of type 2 diabetes worldwide with more than 19 million cases.
“The Diabetic Association of Pakistan requests increasing the Federal Excise Duty from 11.5 per cent to 20 per cent on sugar- sweetened beverages (SSBs), which are, unfortunately, becoming an increasingly essential part of household food consumption with more than a 10 per cent point increase in the last few years along with a gradual increase in production and decrease in the price,” said Prof Abdul Basit, secretary general of DAP, in a letter to the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday.
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I think, you know, this just reflects that people are excited for the warm weather, feeling good about vaccine and I think just sort of wishing that COVID was over, Arwady said.
Last year, cell phone data showed that people across the city were at home throughout the day a little more than half of the time. Once social distancing guidelines and the statewide stay-at-home order took effect, that number jumped to nearly 80%.
Arwady said last April that the city was working with health data company BlueDot to use anonymous location data from cell phones across the city to track movements.