Tag: COVID19
Don’t let the ‘new normal’ go back to careless past, says...
“Let us have the goodwill, the determination, and the heroism to say, ‘let the new normal be more caring,'” he said
Video: Doctors, nurses, ‘angels’ at the side of the helpless
Pope Francis says the global health crisis reaffirms that "one does not come out alone" but "taking the other by the hand”
Thailand to drop mask rule, foreign tourist registration
Thailand's relaxation on facemasks comes after similar moves by regional peers including Cambodia and Singapore
Caritas calls for waiver of trade-related COVID-19 vaccine property rights
Caritas said it is “a basic right for every person to have access to healthcare in all circumstances, especially during pandemics”
Shanghai eases COVID curbs in step towards ending lockdown
After some rules were gradually relaxed, authorities began allowing residents in areas deemed low-risk to move around the city freely
Pandemic creates new billionaires as more countries log higher poverty rates
573 people became new billionaires during the pandemic, at the rate of one every 30 hours
Shanghai says ‘zero-Covid’ achieved but millions still in lockdown
Confronted with its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China put the city of 25 million under heavy restrictions
North Korea confirms first COVID-19 death in ‘explosive’ outbreak
North Korea has been under a rigid coronavirus blockade since the start of the pandemic in 2020
Climate change creating new virus hotspots ‘in our backyard’
There are currently at least 10,000 viruses that have the capacity to cross over into humans "circulating silently" among wild mammals
Social dialogue, key to strengthening safety, health at work – ILO...
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have shown the importance of an effective collaboration between social partners
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