Biden Rolls Out Pandemic Strategy, Joins Global Effort
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· Patsy Widakuswara
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Fire at world’s largest vaccine manufacturer in India kills five | South China Morning Post
A fire broke out on January 21, 2021, at the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer. Five people were killed in the accident in the city of Pune. The company said the fire was at a new facility it is building to increase the production of Covid-19 vaccines. It did not affect existing faci…
Russian patients practise Chinese martial art to recover from Covid-19 | South China Morning Post
This hospital in Russia uses Chinese martial arts to help Covid-19 patients with their recovery. Doctors at the temporary hospital in Moscow say practising tai chi improves ventilation and drainage of the patients’ lungs during and after the illness.
For US Troops, COVID-19 Vaccine Voluntary For Now
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· William Gallo
WHO: Equitable Vaccine Distribution at ‘Serious Risk’
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· Mariama Diallo
Largest Tuition Strike in US History Highlights Financial Challenges of Pandemic
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· Keith Kocinski
US declares China has committed genocide in its treatment of Uygurs in Xinjiang | South China Morning Post
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of “genocide and crimes against humanity” for Beijing’s treatment of Uygur Muslims in the far-western region of Xinjiang. Pompeo issued the statement on January 19, 2021, his last full day as America’s top diplomat. Antony Blinken, president-elect Joe Biden’s nominee t…
Taiwan calls off Lunar New Year festival celebration to stem rare Covid-19 outbreak | South China Morning Post
Taiwan cancelled its popular lantern festival during the upcoming Lunar New Year. The announcement came on January 19, 2021, after the island reported four locally transmitted Covid-19 infections on the same day. It was the daily case rise since February 29, 2020. Taiwan has so far been widely praised for its handli…
Hospital chaplains offer comfort to coronavirus patients as US cases surge | South China Morning Post
As the US grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide, hospital chaplains are on the front line ministering to patients caught in the pandemic. The chaplains offer comfort to Covid-19 patients and their families through video calls when relatives cannot visit their loved ones.
Immigrant Defies Pandemic's Economic Risks, Opens New Business
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· Dino Jahic
Thailand hospital introduces cannabis into their restaurant food menu | South China Morning Post
Thailand’s Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital has begun serving food dishes that contain small amounts of cannabis. This is said to mark a return to Thailand’s culinary past, where the use of the plant in food has historically been part of their culture. The drug had long been used in traditional Thai medicine and c…
China’s economy accelerated at end of 2020, but virus-hit annual growth lowest in 45 years | South China Morning Post
China’s pandemic-hit economy recorded a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 2.3 per cent in 2020. The lowest annual growth rate in 45 years was announced on January 17, 2021, by the National Bureau of Statistics. After contracting by 6.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020, the country’s economy expanded by a s…
Hong Kong wheelchair climber Lai Chi-wai attempts to scale 320-meter skyscraper | South China Morning Post
Lai Chi-wai was once one of the world’s best climbers, until a traffic accident left him a paraplegic. Although Lai lost the use of both legs, he did not give up his passion. In 2016, Lai climbed up Lion Rock in a wheelchair using only his upper body strength. Five years later, he attempted to climb the 320-metre Ni…
A Hong Kong golden retriever's journey from abandoned dog to neighbourhood star | South China Morning Post
When Sprite was abandoned almost two years ago in Hong Kong, she was an old dog suffering from severe health issues. Her life was turned around after a couple running a local variety store adopted her. With the care from her new family, she survived a major surgery to remove her gallbladder, and her health has impro…
6.2-magnitude quake in Indonesia kills at least 42, injuring hundreds | South China Morning Post
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia has killed at least 42 and injured hundreds on January 15, 2021. The disaster struck the country’s Sulawesi island in the early hours. It set off three landslides and toppled many buildings, including a hospital in Mamuju city. Rescuers said many locals are still trapped in th…
Pandemic Closes, Repurposes Kenya's Private Schools
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· Brenda Mulinya
Hindu pilgrims brave Covid-19 risks to take ‘holy dip’ in India's Ganges River | South China Morning Post
Tens of thousands of devoted pilgrims flocked to the Ganges River for a holy dip as they celebrated the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela. The pilgrimage usually attracts millions of people, but the Covid-19 pandemic has not deterred the most devoted from taking part in the celebration.
Worldwide coronavirus death toll nears 2 million | South China Morning Post
The world is about to hit 2 million deaths from Covid-19. The global tally from Johns Hopkins University on January 15, 2021, showed that the coronavirus killed more than 1,988,290 people. Meanwhile, the virus keeps on spreading with over 92 million cases reported globally. Many countries, including the UK, Brazil a…
Erdogan gets jab as Turkey rolls out coronavirus vaccine campaign with China’s Sinovac | South China Morning Post
Turkey began a nationwide mass vaccination campaign on January 14, 2021, with the CoronaVac vaccine produced by Chinese drug maker Sinovac Biotech. Health care workers and other high-risk groups were first in line for the jabs. President Tayyip Erdogan also received his first dose of the Chinese vaccine. Turkey had …
Robotic arm conducts Covid-19 tests as China fights coronavirus flare-up | South China Morning Post
A robotic arm has been deployed in China’s northeastern province of Liaoning for a mass Covid-19 testing campaign amid the country’s recent outbreaks. Experts said it helps lower the risk of cross-infection as medical workers can gather throat-swab samples just by operating the machine.
Coronavirus: California’s Disneyland hosts mass Covid-19 vaccination site | South China Morning Post
A parking lot at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California has been transformed into a centre for mass Covid-19 vaccinations. The theme park in the US state’s Orange County is the first “super” point of dispensation for the jabs in the region, local officials said. Hundreds of people, including health care worker…
WHO health experts arrive in Covid-19 epicentre Wuhan to investigate origins of coronavirus | South China Morning Post
An international team of experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in China’s central city of Wuhan on January 14, 2021. The group will spend about a month in Wuhan, where Covid-19 cases first emerged over one year earlier, to look for clues about the origins of the coronavirus that has caused a glo…
Despite New Guidelines, Massive Challenges in US Vaccine Distribution
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· Patsy Widakuswara
From macaques to crabs, wildlife face threat of masks discarded during Covid-19 pandemic | South China Morning Post
Face masks that help stop the spread of the coronavirus and protect others during the Covid-19 pandemic are proving to be a deadly hazard for animals. Environmental groups are warning about a staggering number of discarded face coverings that have been ending up in wildlife habitats, where they entangle animals incl…
Joko Widodo gets first Sinovac vaccine shot as Indonesia starts mass Covid-19 inoculations | South China Morning Post
Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine on January 13, 2021, after the country authorised the Sinovac Biotech jabs for emergency use. Indonesia is the first nation after China to approve the vaccine, which will be distributed to nearly 1.5 million medical workers b…
Brazil study shows China’s Sinovac vaccine less effective than earlier data on the Covid-19 shots | South China Morning Post
China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine has been found to be significantly less effective than previous data has suggested. Brazil’s biomedical centre Butantan Institute, which is running final-stage clinical trials for the vaccine called CoronaVac, released new data on January 12, 2021. It said the vaccine has an efficacy…
Pakistan Almost Finished with Human Trials of Chinese COVID Vaccine
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· Ayesha Tanzeem
Indonesia says CoronaVac is 65.3% effective as Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine makes inroads in Asia | South China Morning Post
Indonesia is the first country other than China to give a regulatory green light to the CoronaVac vaccine produced by Chinese drug maker Sinovac Biotech. Indonesia’s food and drugs regulator announced its decision to authorise the vaccine on January 11, 2021, saying that drug trials found the shots to be 65.3 per ce…
Taiwan rolls out new passport designed to end confusion with mainland China | South China Morning Post
Taiwan began using a redesigned passport on January 11, 2021, that gives greater prominence to the island’s day-to-day name than its formal name “Republic of China”. Taipei says the move is a bid to avoid confusion between travellers from Taiwan and mainland China, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid Pandemic, US Farmers Endure Another Year of Uncertainty
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· Kane Farabaugh
Japanese brave icy bath to pray for end to pandemic in scale-downed annual Shinto ritual | South China Morning Post
A handful of Japanese pilgrims plunged into a bath filled with cold water and large ice blocks at the temperature of 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) to purify their souls and pray for an end of the Covid-19 pandemic. The annual Shinto ritual at Teppou-zu Inari Shrine, now in its 66th year, used to draw nat…
Black Nazarene religious event draws about 400,000 devotees despite Covid-19 pandemic restrictions | South China Morning Post
An estimated 400,000 people have flocked to the Philippine capital Manila for an annual religious event despite government restrictions to slow the spread of Covid-19. The crowd of devotees gathered on January 9, 2021, to celebrate the feast of the Black Nazarene, which focuses on a centuries-old statue of Jesus Chr…
Seychelles first African nation to begin Covid-19 vaccinations using Chinese shots | South China Morning Post
The Seychelles began vaccinating its population against the coronavirus on January 10, 2021, making the Indian Ocean archipelago the first African nation to do so. The country’s leaders, including president Wavel Ramkalawan, got the first doses of the vaccines made by Chinese drug maker Sinopharm. The health ministe…
Hong Kong researchers develop sewage monitoring system to detect coronavirus that causes Covid-19 | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong has seen a rise in locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 since a fourth wave of infections began in November 2020. A team of researchers at the University of Hong Kong’s department of civil engineering have developed a sewage monitoring programme that has helped authorities find at least nine hidden virus …
New York's Chinatown on the brink after a year of Covid-19 | South China Morning Post
New York's Manhattan Chinatown has been hit hard by the effects of Covid-19 since January 2020, even before cases surged in the US. Businesses were impacted as soon as the first coronavirus cases emerged in Wuhan, China. Almost a year later, some businesses have shuttered, while the ones that survived are left reeli…
COVID Pandemic Pushes Companies to Start VR Training
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· Maxim Moskalkov
Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren-Education in a Pandemic
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Japanese Olympic super-fan wants Games to go ahead despite Covid-19 pandemic | South China Morning Post
Olympic super-fan Kyoko Ishikawa has been sharing her strong desire for the Tokyo Olympic Games to go ahead despite the surging number of Covid-19 infections. Over the past 30 years, the 51-year-old has never missed a single Olympic Games. She has been looking forward to welcoming the event that is expected to take …
US Governors Work to Speed Up Vaccine Distribution
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· Mariama Diallo
Japan to declare second state of emergency over coronavirus as Covid-19 cases surge | South China Morning Post
Japan is preparing to declare its second state of emergency over the Covid-19 pandemic as a record number of coronavirus infections are being reported in Tokyo and three nearby areas. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on January 6, 2021 that the country was considering taking “effective and strong …
WHO 'disappointed' that China yet to grant entry to coronavirus investigation team | South China Morning Post
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on January 5, 2021, that he was “disappointed” that the Chinese government has not yet finalised permissions to allow a coronavirus investigation team into China. The deployment has been assigned to look into the origins of Covid-19 and expected to start work on J…