22 January 2021
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- China’s disputed virus theory has shoppers shunning foreign food (The Straits Times All News)
- Coronavirus digest: Netherlands introduces curfew to halt spread of new variant (Deutsche Welle)
- Coronavirus variant found in Denmark is increasingly common in Northern California (star-telegram.com)
- France and Germany’s ambassadors: On friendship, solidarity and the new normal (News24)
- Germany sees online sales boom amid lockdown (Deutsche Welle)
- Inside Switzerland’s biggest crematorium forced to extend its hours amid coronavirus pandemic (Mail Online UK)
- Japan cabinet approves bill for tougher Covid-19 measures (Today Online)
- More than one Covid death every minute in Mexico (FT.com – World, Americas)
- Nearly one-third of Singaporeans gained weight during Covid-19 pandemic: Survey (The Straits Times All News)
- Norway government to support struggling Norwegian Airlines (itv.com)
- Portugal closes schools for 2 weeks amid surge of U.K. virus variant (New York Daily News)
- Portugal schools and universities close for 15 days in a bid to stop COVID-19 surge (TownsvilleBulletin.com.au)
- Portugal shuts schools, blames variant for COVID-19 surge (Dayton Daily News)
- Portugal votes for a president amid record coronavirus infections (Politico.eu)
- South Africa reels under COVID-19 variant (Deutsche Welle)
- Suicides end 10-year decline in Japan as Covid-19 pandemic stress hits women harder (The Straits Times All News)
- The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 (NationalPost.com)
- Total 145 persons detected with new coronavirus strain in India (Yahoo! India)
- UAE supports plans by Asian nations to restart their tourism and travel sectors (WAM.ae Emirates)
- UK – Boris Johnson ‘under pressure’ to close UK borders (The Scotsman)
- UK – Boris Johnson Signals U.K. Virus Lockdown Could Last Into Summer (Bloomberg)
- UK – NHS is vaccinating at rate of 200 jabs a minute, says Matt Hancock (London Evening Standard)
- UK – Rishi Sunak has thrived in the pandemic, but his biggest challenges are yet to come (The Guardian)
- UK – ‘Too early to say’ if lockdown will end by summer, Boris Johnson says (The Independent)
- US – Amazon never offered Trump administration coronavirus vaccine distribution assistance, ex officials claim (FOXBusiness.com)
- US – As the coronavirus unexpectedly slows, Tennessee holds its ground. And its breath. (Tennessean)
- US – Biden to push U.S. Congress for money to fight pandemic globally (NationalPost.com)
- US – Florida cracks down on ‘vaccine tourism’ amid uneven US rollout (Financial Times – UK Homepage)
- US – Hundreds of Maine Farms, Food Producers Receive Virus Aid (US News & World Report)
- US – It’s a secret: California keeps key virus data from public (star-telegram.com)
- US – Maryland officials call for schools to reopen no later than March 1 (Washington Post)
- US – Massachusetts coronavirus vaccine rollout: 306,646 people have received at least first shot (Boston Herald)
- US – Massachusetts to lift business curfew and nighttime stay-at-home advisory (boston.com)
- US – Pandemics won’t shut down Florida businesses again, state senator says (Orlando Sentinel)
- US – Sask. watches as North Dakota continues to flatten the coronavirus curve (CTV News)
- US – Signs of hope? Nearly 3,900 Americans die of COVID-19 but hospitalizations and cases are down (Mail Online UK)
- US – West Virginia touts COVID-19 vaccination success story as national rollout sputters (NationalPost.com)
- WHO and China criticized for slow Covid-19 responses (CNN)
- WHO’s latest situation report (WHO)
- 11 top marketers from General Mills, Pepsi, P&G and others reveal how advertising will change in 2021 (Business Insider)
- 7 airlines poised to win big now that Norwegian Air is cancelling its cheap trans-Atlantic flights (Business Insider)
- After Disappointing Sinovac Trial, Beijing Snipes at Western Vaccines (China Digital Times)
- AirAsia seeks to raise RM454.51m via private placement (Malay Mail)
- Airbus to raise jet production more slowly as pandemic bites https://t.co/H9YhSmn9XN (FT – Twitter)
- Airbus to raise production more slowly as pandemic bites (FT.com – Companies)
- Baker Hughes Posts Earnings Miss as Pandemic Hits Oil Demand (TheStreet.com)
- Bank of America to Pay Bonuses for Staff Working Through Pandemic (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 pandemic reshaped consumer spending behaviour, Budget 2021 must reflect changes: SBI Ecowrap report (Moneycontrol.com)
- Capitec gives clients R160m interest refund for payment holidays (IOL)
- Capitec to refund thousands of its clients as part of Covid-19 relief (Times Live South Africa)
- Chinese phone maker Honor partners with chip suppliers after Huawei split (Business Standard India)
- Displaced workers from Nissan, Makati Shangri-La entitled to cash aid – DOLE (ABS-CBN News)
- Eli Lilly’s antibody drug reduces COVID-19 in nursing homes in latest study (FOXBusiness.com)
- Hungary approves Sputnik V and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines (Xinhua News Agency)
- IBM expects to return to revenue growth this year, even as corporate customers’ focus on preserving cash during the… https://t.co/d2A1tXOq3U (WSJ – Twitter)
- IDBI Bank takes prompt corrective action; all eyes now on Q3 results (Business Standard India)
- Israeli Government Sharing COVID-19 Vaccine Data With Pfizer (US News & World Report)
- KLM suspends longhaul flights to curb COVID-19 (CH-Aviation)
- Louis Vuitton models don huge 3D renderings (Mail Online UK)
- Markets likely to consolidate; RIL, Yes Bank, Bajaj Auto in focus (Livemint.com)
- Mr Price sales rise on work-from-home boost, COVID-19 aid (Mail Online UK)
- Netcare launches support line to keep Covid-19 patients in touch with families (Kempton Express)
- Netflix comes up tops in pandemic (The Straits Times All News)
- Netflix keeps growing in pandemic, passes 200m subscribers (Globaltimes.cn)
- Nissan closes Sunderland production line after pandemic hits supplies of parts (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
- Nissan commits to Sunderland as COVID-19 pauses UK car production (Yahoo! Finance UK and Ireland)
- Regeneron’s Antibody Miracle for Covid-19 (WSJ.com Opinion)
- Siegel: ‘Disgraceful’ if Amazon delayed coronavirus vaccine help for political reasons (FOXNews.com)
- Siemens Climbs as Biggest Units Beat Earnings Expectations (Bloomberg)
- UAE telcos Etisalat, du raise foreign ownership to 49% (Arab News)
- Unilever to insist all suppliers pay living wage by 2030 (The Independent)
- Volkswagen Posts $12.2 Billion Profit in Resilient Pandemic Year (Bloomberg)
- Volkswagen faces European Union fine for missing 2020 emissions targets (Business Standard India)
- YTL Corp.’s Yeoh on Coronavirus, M&A, Business Strategy (Bloomberg)
- Amazon offers to help with US vaccine delivery (BBC News – Technology)
- Biden’s lays out national COVID-19 strategy as crisis worsens, vaccine rollout lags (ABC News)
- COVID-19 and mental health (Lancet)
- Coronavirus Vaccine Less Effective In New COVID-19 Strains: Fauci (International Business Times)
- Coronavirus vaccine rollout would ‘move much faster’ if distributed at state, local levels: Doctor (FOX Business – Video)
- KY hits daily high of 58 virus deaths; more vaccines sought (star-telegram.com)
- Lilly antibody reduced Covid-19 risk by 80% in nursing… (Mail Online UK)
- Mental health services for refugees in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic (Lancet)
- Neuropathology associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (The Lancet)
- One year after Washington’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, cases high amid slower vaccine rollout (seattlepi.com)
- Reaffirming health and safety precautionary principles for COVID-19 in the UK (The Lancet)
- Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BBV152: a double-blind, randomised, phase 1 trial (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
- Study: Antibody drug may help prevent virus (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- The vaccine for COVID-19 has been nearly 20 years in the making (USA Today)
- Transformative learning in early-career child and adolescent psychiatry in the pandemic (Lancet)
- Vaccine shortages as U.S. sees 2nd deadliest day of pandemic (CBS News)
- [World Report] India begins COVID-19 vaccination amid trial allegations (The Lancet)
- [World Report] South Africa responds to new SARS-CoV-2 variant (The Lancet)
- the intersection of education and health (The Lancet)
- α1-Antitrypsin deficiency and the risk of an urgent call to action (Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
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