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Russia to sell 100mn doses of COVID-19 vaccine to India
Sep 16, 2020 07:58Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has reportedly reached a deal to sell 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, called Sputnik-V, to a major pharmaceutical company in India.
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Crucial testing for child lead poisoning in US has plummeted during pandemic
Sep 15, 2020 12:25The CDC estimates about 500,000 U.S. children between ages 1 and 5 have been poisoned by lead, probably an underestimate due to the lack of widespread testing in many communities and states.
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'Where are the tests?' US schools reopen amid worrying lack of Covid-19 resources for students, educators
Sep 15, 2020 12:22According to a new Rockefeller Foundation report published on Wednesday September 9th, "the U.S. may need up to 193 million coronavirus tests each month in order to safely reopen schools and fortify nursing homes." A minimum of 175 million tests would be required for teachers and students alone, the report notes.
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Health workers protest in Madrid against lack of support, demand better conditions
Sep 15, 2020 12:13Health workers in the Spanish capital protested on Tuesday against the regional health authority's lack of support and demanding better working conditions.
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Educational systems suffer largest-ever disruption amid Covid-19
Sep 15, 2020 04:52According to an August UN report titled "Education during Covid-19 and beyond", the coronavirus pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries.
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Netanyahu heads to US amid outrage in Occupied Palestine over general coronavirus lockdown
Sep 14, 2020 07:47Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has headed to the United States amid protests in the occupied territories against his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic that prompted a second general lockdown.
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The American West is burning but Trump hasn't mentioned historic wildfires in 'any way, shape, or form' for nearly 3 weeks
Sep 14, 2020 04:53Climate action advocates and journalists are calling out President Donald Trump's silence for nearly three weeks, as historic wildfires have torn across the western United States, devastating communities that were already struggling in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and related economic crisis.
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'Nature is unraveling': New WWF report reveals 'alarming' 68% plummet in wildlife populations worldwide since 1970
Sep 14, 2020 04:40In the midst of a global pandemic, it is now more important than ever to take unprecedented and coordinated global action to halt and start to reverse the loss of biodiversity.
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Hunger: The other way COVID will kill
Sep 14, 2020 04:33An outbreak of coronavirus pandemic-related nationalism — with countries blaming one another for the spread of the disease — has produced an escalating wave of trade barriers that has amplified the trouble on the roads. Rwanda has refused to allow Tanzanian truck drivers to haul goods into the country, forcing a time-consuming change of driver at the border.
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Trump holds entirely indoor rally, drawing rebuke for ignoring virus risks
Sep 14, 2020 03:50US President Donald Trump has held his first entirely indoor rally in Nevada in nearly three months despite the coronavirus infection.