Tag: Pandemic

(USA/Pandemic/Defense Production Act) What Is the Defense Production Act? (Anshu Siripurapu, CFR)

Presidents Trump and Biden have turned to the Defense Production Act to deal with a shortage of critical medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic....

(Indonesia/Pandemic/Democracy) COVID-19 and democracy in Indonesia: Short-term stability and long-term threats (Thomas Pepinsky, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/26/covid-19-and-democracy-in-indonesia-short-term-stability-and-long-term-threats/

(Russia/Pandemic) Sputnik V to be registered soon in more than 25 countries (TASS)

Now the vaccine is registered in 14 countries https://tass.com/economy/1248877

(Mexico/Russia/Pandemic) Mexico hopes to receive 24 mln doses of Russia’s Sputnik V in two months (TASS)

A vaccination campaign among medical personnel kicked off in Mexico on December 24 https://tass.com/economy/1248685

(WHO/Pandemic/USA/Russia) WHO envoy says US willing to boost cooperation within World Health Organization (TASS)

The official recalled that the WHO director general welcomed Washington’s decision to rejoin the organization https://tass.com/politics/1248881

(Russia/Brazil/Pandemic) Russian envoy hails Sputnik V production in Brazil as example of technological alliance (TASS)

This project gives rise to this high-tech cooperation and no doubt, in the future it should become a driving force for other such projects,...

(USA/Pandemic) Biden’s Vaccine Challenge (Project-Syndicate)

MICHAEL SPENCE In confronting the COVID-19 crisis, US President Joe Biden will avoid many of his predecessor’s mistakes, not least by heeding the advice of...

(Debt Relief/Pandemic) Does Pandemic Debt Relief Work? (Project-Syndicate)

ANNE O. KRUEGER Rather than pursue more debt relief to help the developing world weather the COVID-19 crisis, rich countries should provide pandemic-related necessities directly....

(UK/Pandemic) England’s Lockdown Lessons (Project-Syndicate)

MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN Although some remain inclined to point the finger at the UK government’s missteps in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the explanation for its...

(Netherlands/Pandemic) Netherlands rocked by third night of rioting over COVID curfew (Al Jazeera)

Police say at least 70 arrested after unrest and looting in towns and cities across the country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/26/netherlands-rocked-by-second-night-of-protests-over-curfew

(Sri Lanka/Pandemic) Sri Lanka’s cremation of COVID dead a ‘human rights violation’ (Al Jazeera)

UN’s human rights experts says gov’t policy a violation of human rights and could ‘foment existing prejudices’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/25/forced-cremations-during-pandemic-a-violation-of-human-rights-un

(Unemployment/Pandemic) UN labour arm ILO warns of ‘lost lockdown generation’ (Radmilla Suleymanova, Al Jazeera)

The coronavirus pandemic wiped out 114 million jobs and 8.8 percent of global working hours, equal to 255 million full-time jobs, in 2020. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/25/un-labour-arm-ilo-warns-of-lost-lockdown-generation

(Africa/Pandemic) Navigating the complexities around a COVID vaccine in Africa (Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2021/01/25/navigating-the-complexities-around-a-covid-vaccine-in-africa/

(USA/Pandemic) COVID-19 vaccinations: Why are some states and localities so much more successful? (William A. Galston, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/01/25/covid-19-vaccinations-why-are-some-states-and-localities-so-much-more-successful/

(USA/Pandemic/Latinos) Skepticism and mistrust challenge COVID vaccine uptake for Latinos (Gabriel R. Sanchez and Juan M. Peña, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/01/25/skepticism-and-mistrust-challenge-covid-vaccine-uptake-for-latinos/