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But hospitals in the Indian city of Varanasi had run out of space, oxygen, medicine, tests - everything. 'They told us everywhere was bad and people were lying on the hospital floors, and that there were no beds at all,' the 33-year-old said. His mother died before she could be tested for Covid-19. This week, India's government unveiled a compensation program that would provide 50,000 rupees (about $670) to the families of past and future Covid-19 victims. That's more than […]
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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The Opposition Leader is calling on government to engage all stakeholders and the opposition UNC to form a united front to fight Covid19.
In a release, she said 196 families and counting have lost loved ones because of abject mismanagement and the failure of the Keith Rowley government.
She said vaccination is the only way out of the pandemic, but the government had failed to act swiftly to procure vaccines.
'The Government failed to request a gift of vaccines from the Indian Government as other nations in the Caribbean did. Rowley did so only after being pressured. His claim of waiting for WHO to approve AstraZeneca vaccines makes no sense, as we gladly accepted a donation of 2,000 vaccines from Barbados. The Rowley government further failed to swiftly purchase vaccines from Pfizer earlier this year when an offer of 351,000 vaccines was put on the table for US$8.4 million. Government went cap in hand to the private sector and when Ansa McAl offered to foot the bill and pay for the entire Pfizer batch in exchange for a tax concession - the government refused. It is baffling that Rowley is now saying Pfizer vaccines were not available for purchase.
\"Did the Government refuse to buy vaccines for the population because it was waiting for 100,000 vaccines from China? Our citizens would not be dying today and our hospitals would not be running out of space had Government put the people first and bought the vaccines. Over a year into the pandemic the Prime Minister is now looking to gift the people banana, sweet potatoes, dasheen and squash when action should have been taken early to procure vaccines.'
Referring to remarks made during the Prime Minister's media conference on Friday, Kamla Persad-Bissessar said that the Prime Minister kept using the false narrative that small nations are unable to obtain vaccines.
'That is a lie. Barbados, with a population of 287,000, have given 75,300 jabs to its population to date. The Prime Minister also lied when he said vaccines are not available for purchase and the Government had a \"cheque in hand\" to make purchases. El Salvador with just over six million people inked a contract to purchase 4.4 million vaccines for its people. Just this Wednesday, Peru's Prime Minister announced plans to get 12 million additional vaccines from Pfizer. Prime Minister Rowley said he didn't want to beg for vaccines, and it is clear now that he was simply waiting for donations to be thrown our way as our people become casualties.'
She said while the UNC is grateful for vaccines gifted to TT, the reality is the government failed to be proactive in the mission to vaccinate.
'Accusing the population of being irresponsible is deflecting blame from poor leadership. The Government members and all medical personnel present in the press conference today have been in charge of the country's covid19 response since February 2020 and we are no better off today. It is time they accept help from the wider society and stop blaming citizens for their failure to manage this crisis. We cannot con
today to announce the filing of their suit against the FDA seeking to compel the agency to take action on its own conclusions that adding menthol to the list of banned tobacco products would benefit the public of the AATCLC.
diseases and we have pursued that mission since our and President Obama signed into law– the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The Act created a flavor ban in cigarettes but excluded menthol, subject to further research.
The plaintiffs are therefore asking the court to direct the FDA to take action.
Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide; smoking-related illnesses are the number one cause of death in the African American community, and 85 percent of African American smokers smoke menthol health of U.S. citizens, particularly African Americans, and the U.S. is also falling behind the global trend as countries around the world are increasingly banning menthols,” said Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, managing attorney at ASH.
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Finally, on the eve of his forty-first death anniversary, the many wrongs against our icon historian will be righted and his memory properly honoured.
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