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Vaccine Day: Government to deliver verdict on Pfizer jab today
The Government is to announce today whether it will approve the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine to combat Covid-19.The Health Ministry has been awaiting licensing approval from Medsafe, its medicines safety authority, so it can use…
US: GOP Leader Calls New Congresswoman a ‘Cancer’ for the Party
(CNN) Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell issued a tacit rebuke of controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, slamming the Georgia Republican’s “loony lies and conspiracy theories” as a “cancer” for the party.
“Loony lies and conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country,” McConnell said in a statement. “Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr.’s airplane is not living in reality. This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American families or the robust debates on substance that can strengthen our party.”
While McConnell did not name Greene directly, his statement stands as a scathing rebuke of the freshman Republican House member. The Hill first reported on the statement.
Greene quickly shot back on Twitter, asserting that “the real cancer for the Republican Party is weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully. This is why we are losing our country.”
Greene has faced backlash since a CNN KFile report last week found that she had repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress. Amid an uproar over her past comments, video of Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg before she was elected went viral Wednesday.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Five returnees, five staff infected in MIQ since August 16
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Retirement village operator Arvida Group adopts strict new Covid jab hiring policy
One of New Zealand’s largest retirement village and aged-care providers is making it compulsory for new staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Arvida Group chief operating officer Jeremy Nicoll today confirmed anyone joining the…
Waka, episode 4: Tahiti's Freddie Tauotaha and the edge of old times
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Wellington City's economy forecast to bounce back by 2022
A new report outlining Wellington’s economic forecast expects the city’s economy will return to its pre-Covid-19 size by 2022.But is has also warned the capital’s public sector is both a strength and vulnerability. The city council…
Auckland Pride expands to a full month for the first time
Auckland Pride Festival was one of the few major cultural festivals that made it to the stage in 2020 – and one year on, it’s among the first to return to Auckland, bigger than ever and leading the way on Covid-19 preparedness. While…
Herald morning quiz: February 3
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UK: Capt. Tom Moore, 100, Dies of COVID-19
Captain Tom Moore has died at the age of 100 after a battle with Covid and pneumonia.
The veteran inspired a nation when he raised more than £32 million for the NHS, walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday during the first national lockdown last April.
He was admitted to Bedford Hospital on Sunday having been treated for “a few weeks” for pneumonia at home and Captain Tom – as he has become universally known – contracted coronavirus some time in mid-January.
Due to the medication he was on for pneumonia, it was not possible for him to receive a Covid jab.
On Monday night, his family gathered at his bedside. Captain Tom died on Tuesday afternoon, and The Queen was among the thousands to pay their respects to the man dubbed a “Great British hero”.
‘A genuine old-fashioned hero’
Dylan Jones, editor in Chief of GQ, said: “Captain Tom was one of the heroes of 2020, and he was the first person we thought of celebrating when we started planning last year’s Men Of The Year Awards.
“Not only was he the oldest person ever to grace our cover, he was one of the most gracious. He was a hero, a genuine old-fashioned hero, and I feel blessed that we were in his orbit, albeit for a very brief time.”
Captain Sir Tom Moore was honoured with the magazine’s Inspiration award at their annual GQ Men Of The Year Awards last year.
He also made history, aged 100, as the oldest British GQ cover star in the magazine’s 33 year history.
‘I will never forget his undaunted optimism’, says Home Secretary
Home Secretary Priti Patel tweeted: “An inspiration to millions, not just in the United Kingdom, but around the world. A bright, kind light in the darkest of times. A British hero.
“I will never forget his undaunted optimism and how it helped us all to keep going. Rest in peace, Captain Tom Moore.”
Sir Tom tested positive for Covid after discharge
Information released on behalf of Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family revealed he tested positive for Covid-19 on January 22 after returning home from hospital where he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
The statement said Sir Tom was tested regularly for Covid-19 between December 9 and January 12 and each test returned negative.
“He was admitted to hospital on January 12. Whilst in hospital he received a pneumonia diagnosis. In addition, as with other patients, he was tested regularly for Covid-19.
“On January 22, Tom was discharged from hospital back to the family home where he felt most comfortable. Unfortunately he was left still fighting pneumonia and tested positive for Covid-19 that day.
“He remained at home, cared for by family and medical professionals, until he needed additional help with his breathing. He was taken by ambulance to Bedford Hospital on Sunday January 31.
“Tom was able to have visitors to say goodbye to him at the end of his life. Yesterday evening his daughter Hannah and grandchildren Benjie and Georgia were able to be by his side and his daughter Lucy was able to speak to him on FaceTime.”
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