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When Kamala Harris paid tribute to her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, an Indian immigrant, in her victory speech on winning the US presidential elections, the Indian American community erupted in celebration at the historic moment.
With Harris political ascendancy, Indian Americans found representation on a global scale. But along with her meteoric rise to power, the weight of expectations shot up too.
In an interview to
The Washington Post, over 20 respondents, including community leaders, political activists, public officials and others, said conversations about Harris’ response to India’s suffering and her involvement have amplified as India reels under the second wave of COVID-19.
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Summit to build global confidence in vaccines to be convened by the UK Government
The UK Government will convene the world’s first Global Vaccine Confidence Summit in an effort to drive vaccine uptake in the fight against the Covid.
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15 May 2021
The UK Government will convene a virtual Global Vaccine Confidence Summit on June 2nd, bringing together experts in the public and private sector.
The Summit will look at innovative solutions to tackle misinformation and support confidence in life-saving COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
Speakers at the summit will include Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Professor Heidi Larson, Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with further international speakers to be announced on G7 social channels in the coming weeks
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Summit to build global confidence in vaccines to be convened by UK Government
The UK Government will convene a virtual Global Vaccine Confidence Summit on June 2nd, bringing together experts in the public and private sector.
The Summit will look at innovative solutions to tackle misinformation and support confidence in life-saving COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
Speakers at the summit will include Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Professor Heidi Larson, Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, with further international speakers to be announced on G7 social channels in the coming weeks
On 2 June, the UK Government will convene the world’s first Global Vaccine Confidence Summit in an effort to drive vaccine uptake in the fight against the Covid.
1,027 people have tested positive to Covid-19 on Saturday bringing the number of confirmed positive cases in the country to 151,287. Figure derived from a sample size of 7,184 tested. Country’s positivity rate is at 14.3%.
From the cases 1,009 are Kenyans while 18 are foreigners. 600 are males and 427 are females. The youngest is a two-month-old baby while the oldest is 110 years. Cumulative tests conducted in the country so far stands at 1,599,668.
20 deaths have been reported, 8 of the deaths having occurred on diverse dates within the last one month, while 12 are late deaths reported after conducting facility record audits. This now pushes the cumulative fatalities to 2,463.