25 January 2021
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- ‘Canada’s fight against Covid-19 in critical stage’ (IANS Live)
- A timeline of COVID-19 in Canada (NationalPost.com)
- A year on, Malaysia still grapples with coronavirus (thestar.com.my)
- After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden (star-telegram.com)
- Anti-lockdown protesters in Netherlands spar with police (The Hill)
- Anti-lockdown rioters clash with Dutch police in the Netherlands – video (The Guardian)
- Biden, France’s Macron promise to resume normal ties in Sunday call (New York Daily News)
- China pushes fringe theories on pandemic origins, virus (star-telegram.com)
- Israel bans international flights to curb coronavirus spread (The Straits Times All News)
- Italy Premier Weighs Tactical Retreat Before Vote This Week (MSN New Zealand)
- Italy to take legal action over COVID vaccine delays (Deutsche Welle)
- No decision yet in France on third national Covid-19 lockdown, minister says (France24)
- Only 50% of Malaysian workers have returned since border reopening (The Straits Times All News)
- Portugal’s centre-right president re-elected but far right gains ground (The Guardian)
- Portugal’s president poised for reelection, exit polls show (Deutsche Welle)
- The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Jan. 24, 2021 (NationalPost.com)
- The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 (NationalPost.com)
- Top advisor says France at ’emergency’ virus point (BBC)
- UAE Press: We are all responsible for preventing COVID-19 (WAM.ae Emirates)
- UK – Boris Johnson’s mission to level up the UK has been made four times harder by Covid pandemic (Telegraph)
- UK – Matt Hancock fears another unspotted new Covid-19 variant is ‘out there’ (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
- UK – School children are the pandemic’s ‘forgotten victims’ Tory MPs tell Boris Johnson saying classrooms must full reopen before Easter (Telegraph)
- UK – U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns new COVID variant is more deadly (CBS News)
- UK – “We may well be in a situation where we end up having to have an annual coronavirus vaccine” to cope with emerging… https://t.co/4f29xBmaO8 (WSJ – Twitter)
- US – Birx points to censorship, ‘leaking’ in Trump administration’s response to COVID-19 (Global News Canada)
- US – CORONAVIRUS: Global Virus Update: US passes 25 million cases a year into Covid fight; SA registers 8,147 new cases (Daily Maverick)
- US – California may have its own highly contagious homegrown COVID-19 strain (New York Post)
- US – Did a homegrown coronavirus strain cause California’s recent COVID surge? (Mail Online UK)
- US – Gov. Newsom expected to cancel California’s regional coronavirus stay-at-home orders (star-telegram.com)
- US – In Rural Montana, a Hope That Biden Will Reopen the Rails (NYT.com U.S.)
- US – Louisiana coronavirus outbreak traced to statewide high school wrestling tournament (New York Daily News)
- US – Louisiana wrestling tournament led to COVID-19 outbreak, officials say (New York Post)
- US – Newsom expected to cancel California’s regional coronavirus stay-at-home orders (latimes.com – Los Angeles Times)
- US – North Carolina field hospital helps fight coronavirus surge (star-telegram.com)
- US – Public School Enrollment Drops in Louisiana Amid Pandemic (US News & World Report)
- US – Texas governor’s hands-off approach to Covid-19 has allowed the virus to thrive (The Guardian)
- US – Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan -White House (NationalPost.com)
- US – U.S. to Boost Surveillance of Covid Virus Variant, CDC Head Says (Bloomberg Law)
- WHO’s latest situation report (WHO)
- coronavirus Australia Day COVID warning (9News.com.au)
- 6.5 mln doses of the Sinovac vaccine arrives in Turkey (Al Arabiya)
- Adecco Inovantage Report – The Workforce DNA edition (Zawya.com)
- Aldi apologises to customers after SpecialBuys delay (Liverpool Echo)
- Australia OK’s Pfizer’s COVID-19 jab, vaccinations to commence in February (Seeking Alpha)
- Australia approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, warns of limited global AstraZeneca supply (Channel NewsAsia)
- Canada Post tells 350 employees on same shift at Mississauga plant to go into isolation for 14 days (CBC)
- Cathay Pacific says new Covid-19 quarantine for aircrew could force it to slash passenger flights by two-thirds and cost company up to HK$1.9 billion (South China Morning Post – News)
- China spreading doubt on Pfizer vaccine and suggesting pandemic originated in US military labs (Mail Online UK)
- Delaying 2nd Pfizer jab is an ‘unregulated and unlicensed’ trial (Sky News)
- Dixon Technologies’ subsidiary to manufacture Nokia smart phones (Business Standard India)
- Egypt launches programme using China’s Sinopharm vaccine (South China Morning Post)
- French tech firm Schneider Electric tops global league of green firms (The Guardian)
- Goldman Sachs cuts 2021 growth forecast for PH (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- Google opening up its spaces in US for Covid-19 vaccination: Sundar Pichai (Business Standard India)
- HSBC MENA & Turkey Eyes Growth Opportunities as GDP, Trade Rebound (BEDigest)
- Healthcare Must Change in Light of Philips CEO (Bloomberg)
- Hyundai makes a ‘Smartivity’ move to take on rivals in SUV market (Business Standard India)
- Hyundai’s AI-based humanoid robot is ideal for showroom services amid Covid-19 (Hindustan Times)
- IBM sales took a dip as pandemic hits tech firm (IOL)
- JSW Steel approaches auto companies for a hike in contract prices (Business Standard India)
- Microsoft founder Bill Gates receives first dose of Covid vaccine (Business Standard India)
- Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine approved for use in Australia with rollout expected in late February (Special Broadcasting Service)
- Romney: Total figure for Biden coronavirus stimulus is ‘pretty shocking’ (The Hill)
- S.Africa’s Woolworths shares soar on expected profit surge (Mail Online UK)
- Samsung is set to emerge stronger from scandal (FT.com – Companies)
- Sany Heavy and Zoomlion have gained market share in China while their foreign competitors have been hobbled by Covi… https://t.co/6ewJI9vNIL (WSJ – Twitter)
- Saudi Arabia’s Almarai 2020 net profit boosted by COVID-19 ‘pantry loading’ (Arab News)
- Sinopharm vaccine, UAE cities among world’s safest and jobs in Oman – The Daily Update (Abu Dhabi National)
- Strong demand for chips underlines TSMC’s vital role in supply chain (Focus Taiwan)
- TCS briefly beats Accenture to become the world’s largest IT company (Business Insider India)
- The Amazon phone call scam targeting people amid the pandemic (Liverpool Echo)
- Turkish Airlines achieved the highest “Diamond” status in the health and safety (bizbahrain)
- Why Investec should divest from the nuclear weapons industry (Daily Maverick)
- Worst over for Asean economies but challenges remain: BNP Paribas (Business Times Singapore)
- Beyond Tuskegee (New England Journal of Medicine)
- Coronavirus vaccinations dip as Maryland officials report 2,145 new cases, 28 more deaths (star-telegram.com)
- Earnings of wealthiest 10 men during pandemic ‘could buy vaccines for all’ (BBC)
- Grandmother, 92, dies with Covid-19 five days after her first vaccine dose (Mail Online – Latest Stories)
- Impeachment, Coronavirus Vaccines, N.F.L. Playoffs: Your Weekend Briefing (NYT.com Main News)
- Second vaccine delay ‘will save many, many lives’ (Sky News)
- TheEconomist – A finding that 66% of people in Manaus had antibodies to covid-19 contributed to a false sensation that the pandemi… https://t.co/VC26ciMHMz (TheEconomist – Twitter)
- Vaccine fears as South African coronavirus variant hits Scotland (Herald Scotland)
- Vaccine shortage slows Michigan’s effort to end pandemic (The Washington Times stories: News)
- Virus vaccine online signup portal debuts in West Virginia (The Washington Times stories: News)
- Where we stand on vaccines one year into the pandemic (Washington Post)
- Who Goes First? (New England Journal of Medicine)
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