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By Sanjeev Krishna and Yolanda Augustin LONDON – Many rich countries have at times failed to provide enough personal protective equipment (PPE) for their health-care workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The article The UK Government’s pandemic shame appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Nearly 44,000 people in Jamaica vaccinated against COVID-19
Some 43,944 Jamaicans have been given their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday, April 6. The figure represents about 2 per cent of the targeted population, four weeks into Jamaica’s vaccination programme. This was...
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Zimbabwe: Criminality Isn't the Only Way to See Electricity Theft in Zimbabwe. Here Is Why
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Clergy Preach Faith in the Covid Vaccine to Doubters
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Somalia: Local Stakeholder Consultation for Gold Standard Carbon Project Activity 'Efficient and Clean Cooking for Households in Somalia'
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Poll: Black Americans Most Likely to Know a COVID-19 Victim
DETROIT (AP) — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the
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As COVID-19 Phase 3 Vaccine Studies Begin, We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials | Afro
In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the
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World reaches 400,000 virus deaths
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The confirmed global death toll from the COVID-19 virus reached at least 400,000 fatalities yesterday, a day after the Government of Brazil broke with standard public health protocols by ceasing to publish updates of the number of deaths and infections in the hard-hit South
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Soil Erosion in Africa
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Local Leaders, Doctors Encourage African-American Community To Get Vaccinated - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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PPP/C did not renege on commitment to constitutional reform
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Alaska Black Caucus working to address vaccine concerns - 680 NEWS
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Cassava launches Sasai health status report
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US report warns climate change could create economic chaos | The Atlanta Voice
The far-reaching consequences of climate change have the ability to create chaos in the financial system and disrupt the American economy, according to a federal report released Wednesday. The report, the first of its kind by a US government entity, calls for Congress to swiftly impose a price on
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Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again - Black News Channel
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients
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Uganda: Which Economic Stimulus Works?
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Whitmer Unveils COVID-19 Dashboard, Says Boat Request Is 'Failed Attempt At Humor'
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Why the time is wrong to widen tax base in Kenya
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Kenya: Poultry Farmers Lobby Want Uganda Chicken Meat Import to Kenya Taxed or Banned
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Poor and black, north-east Brazil faces virus 'hurricane'
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil's north-east, a harsh place of arid land, cyclical drought, and crushing poverty, is emerging as the next crisis zone in the novel coronavirus
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