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Associated Press World View: Japan Quake Remembered, Brazil COVID, Biden Speaks to Nation, More

It’s been a year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus pandemic. We report from Geneva on how the U.N. agency is still struggling with its response to the global crisis, while in Washington, U.S. Congress has approved President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

Also this morning:

  • Japan marks the 10th anniversary of its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
  • Brazil’s hospitals buckle under the strain of the coronavirus.
  • And looking ahead to the Grammys, we talk to bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes at his Mississippi juke joint.

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GENEVA (AP) — When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting the term and maintaining that the highly……Read More

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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen death, economic hardship and anxiety on an unprecedented scale. But it has also witnessed self-sacrifice, courage and perseverance. In….Read More

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Congress riven along party lines has approved the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a major triumph on legislation….Read More

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan is marking the 10th anniversary Thursday of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern region, where many survivors’ lives are still on hold…….Read More

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s hospitals are faltering as a highly contagious coronavirus variant tears through the country, the president insists on unproven treatments and the only attempt …Read More

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EU to Gives Haiti, Caribbean $22m in Aid

The European Commission has announced today €17 million (US$20.23 million)  in humanitarian aid to address the needs of the most vulnerable in Haiti and the Caribbean, which have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, said: “The EU continues to provide life-saving humanitarian aid support directly to the most vulnerable population. In Haiti as well as in the rest of the Caribbean, recurrent natural hazards further increase vulnerabilities, while also exacerbated by the coronavirus. In this challenging time, the EU is stepping up its long-standing humanitarian assistance to those most in need.”

In Haiti, €14 million will save lives of people suffering extreme food insecurity, provide protection for migrants and victims of gang violence and increase resilience to disasters. Meanwhile for other islands of the Caribbean, €3 million  will  be allocated to disaster preparedness and resilience interventions in at-risk communities.

Background

4.4 million people or 40% of the Haitian population will need humanitarian assistance in 2021. Due to its vulnerability to natural hazards, governance issues and high levels of poverty, Haiti has limited capacity to cope with recurring emergencies. Food shortages, malnutrition, recurrent disease epidemics, and additional humanitarian needs generated by an ongoing socio-political crisis require sustained humanitarian assistance.

Haiti is the largest beneficiary of the EU humanitarian aid in Latin America and the Caribbean, with €448 million provided since 1994. The coronavirus pandemic is increasing the vulnerability of Haiti’s population, causing a sharp increase in the price of food and agricultural products, which further erodes an already strained purchasing power, therefore leading to greater insecurity. EU humanitarian aid helps in responding to the humanitarian challenges Haiti faces such as natural and epidemic hazards, through strengthening local capacities to prepare for and respond to them.

Since 1994, the European Union has provided €183 million in humanitarian aid to the Caribbean, excluding Haiti. This funding includes €50.8 million for disaster risk reduction and community resilience.

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Royal Caribbean Selling 2 Older Ships

Royal Caribbean will soon say farewell to its two oldest ships. Majesty of the Seas and Empress of the Seas have been sold and are leaving the fleet before the end of the year.

There were bought by an undisclosed Asia-Pacific based buyer. That company will ‘release details for future sailings at a later time’ Royal Caribbean said.

“Empress and Majesty made indelible marks on the cruise industry with their revolutionary design and size. They continued to make history throughout their more than three decades of service,” said Michael Bayley, president and CEO, Royal Caribbean International.

“Saying goodbye to these two beloved ships is a major moment in Royal Caribbean’s history – one that is difficult but necessary.

Empress and Majesty joined the fleet in 1990 and 1992 respectively.

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Jamaica’s PM Holness Warns of Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Crisis

A national lockdown is not off the table for Jamaica as the island continues to battle a COVID-19 crisis.

On Sunday, the island saw a massive jump in numbers, with almost 900 new cases of the virus. The ministry of health and wellness also noted that hospitalizations are on the rise, and several health facilities are now overflowing with patients.

At a press conference on Monday, March 8, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that if cases continue to rise, the death rate would also rise.

He also warned Jamaicans of stricter measures to come if the positivity rate does not decrease.

“I wish to prepare the Jamaican people that if the numbers do not improve, there are other measures that we will put in place. These measures will have an impact on the economy. It will have an even greater impact on your ability to move and gather,” Prime Minister Holness warned.

The island’s current COVID-19 restrictions, which include an 8 PM curfew, a ban on burials and the closure of public beaches, all expire on March 22.

According to the Prime Minister, it is then that Jamaicans will see even harsher restrictions if the cases have not lessened by the end of that period.

“The government has always acted in a situationally-appropriate way. So where we are now, the measures that we have put in place, we have given three weeks for them to work. If they don’t work, then there would be more measures to come. I’m being upfront with the nation to say, as I’ve always said, that a lockdown is not off the books. We’ve never been this close to it, but we are very close to it now,” Holness said.

The Prime Minister said that the government has done all it can to balance the economy and the public health crisis. Holness said now the focus has shifted to saving lives.

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Tension High Between Guyana, Venezuela Over Historic Land Claim

Guyana’s Caribbean neighbors and fellow regional community member nations are paying increased attention to a stark rise in tensions between the country and an overly aggressive Venezuelan military as Caracas steps up its decades-old claim to Guyana’s western Essequibo region.

In the past few weeks, Guyanese government officials have been forced to protest aggressive overflights by Venezuelan fighter jets, the arrest of local fishing trawlers and crews and to closely monitor a suggestion by a prominent parliamentarian that the time has come for Venezuela to constitutionally and legally incorporate the disputed area into its law books.

For decades now, Caracas has been laying claim to Guyana’s mineral-rich Essequibo region bordering Venezuela on the premise that an 1899 international boundary settlement had, through colonial era conspiracy, cheated it out of the vast land area that comprises about two-thirds of the Caribbean community nation.

The two sides have tried a plethora of methods to bring some semblance of settlement to the issue, including mediation by the United Nations and internationally brokered moratoriums on claims.

The latest attempt at a settlement has come in the form of Guyana’s approach to the World Court in The Netherlands for final settlement, a move that Caracas has bitterly opposed as if Guyana wins as widely expected, it could represent its last nonmilitary chance to annex the area.

The Guyana-Venezuelan row and the Belize-Guatemala are the two border disputes which are repeatedly monitored by Caricom governments but the Venezuelan one is by far the one with most turmoil and demands constant monitoring by governments.

In the case of the military overflights of Guyana’s western border settlements last week, the local foreign ministry said, “Guyana condemns this latest act of aggression by the Venezuelan armed forces as a violation of the sovereignty of Guyana over the air above its territory.” It called the air incursions “the latest acts of hostility.”

It also complained about a recent decree by President Nicolas Maduro establishing a maritime territory encompassing Guyana’s exclusive economic zone as well as the Essequibo Region.

Worse yet, Guyanese officials say, was the absurd suggestion by lawmaker Hermann Escarrá to incorporate the Essequibo into the country’s constitution “in order to ratify that the Essequibo territory is ours.”

Caracas has been increasingly strident about its territorial claims since mid-2015 when American supermajor ExxonMobil found world class deposits of oil and gas offshore. Nearly 20 gushing wells have since been discovered ever since, making Guyana and neighboring Suriname one of the world’s most attractive basins. Officials believe this is a major reason for the increased levels of aggression.

Earlier in the year, Venezuela gunboats had arrested and detained two Guyanese fishing vessels that authorities say were operating in undisputed Guyanese waters, holding the crew for more than a week and later releasing them without any real charges.

“The era of gunboat diplomacy and forcible acquisition of foreign territory, in particular, is past,” Guyanese adviser on borders and former vice president Carl Greenidge had told the local Kaieteur newspaper. “This is not the 19th century. Gunboat diplomacy is a doctrine with no place in modern Latin American international relations. A state cannot simply forcibly seize a piece of territory and the people of another state on some flimsy excuse, because it feels like it or because it chooses to rewrite or right imperial history of 150 or 350 years. People’s lives and livelihoods matter. This is the 21st century,” he said.

The World Court has already taken a series of preparatory steps ahead of official hearings on the actual case. Its judges have already ruled it has jurisdiction to hear the case that could once and for all settle the issue.

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Gunfight: Five Gang Members Killed by Jamaica Security Forces

FIVE gunmen were yesterday shot dead in a gunfight with members of the security forces in Bedward Gardens, St Andrew, bringing immediate relief to some residents of nearby August Town, who claimed that men from that area have been terrorising them.

A member of the Jamaica Defence Force was shot and injured during the operation which occured just after 4:00 am.

Members of the constabulary and military say they will continue targeted operations in Bedward Gardens to nab others whom they believe eluded them in yesterday’s operation.

The dead were yesterday identified as: 48-year-old Colin Mingoes, alias “Speng”; 24-year-old Oniel Dixon; 20-year-old Ackeem McLean, alias “Tilo”; Taffari Dell; and Julanie Palmer.

Police reported that three submachine guns were among seven firearms recovered following the security operation.

According to head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Corporate Communications Unit, Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, the deceased were members of the dangerous Berry Gang, based in Bedward Gardens and that there was evidence that others gang members fled the scene, based on spent shells that were found at the scene that did not match the weapons recovered.

“The Berry Gang operates in the area and in recent times they have been provoking the residents of August Town by going into the hills and firing at them. On Sunday, they fired at one of our [security] checkpoints [so] they decided to go in search of these men. The operation was planned and when they went into the area, the first contact resulted in a gunfire. Shortly thereafter, there were several other contact with criminals.

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Jamaica Govt. Reassures Public of Vaccine Safety

The Jamaican Government will accept responsibility in the unlikely event that a citizen requires additional support as a result of adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said yesterday as the country kicked off its vaccination drive.

Pointing out that the current AstraZeneca vaccine being administered across the island had undergone a rigorous approval process before getting the green light from by the World Health Organization (WHO), he expressed confidence in the safety of the jabs.

“We are very confident that these vaccines are not dangerous and are very unlikely to cause any side effects that are so bad, that would lead to that eventuality [serious medical issue or disability],” the minister explained during a virtual Gleaner Editors’ Forum yesterday.

Explaining the vaccine administration process, Tufton said that it begins with a counselling session in which questions are asked about allergies and illnesses, among other issues.

After the shot has been administered, patients are then placed under observation to see if there are any immediate adverse reactions.

“We have an observation area where persons have to sit for 20 minutes and then we give them another appointment. They also have follow-up contact, just in case something should happen,” he said.

The current Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines being administered locally require two shots for full vaccination.

OPTIONS AVAILABLE

Responding to reports that Jamaica’s Caribbean neighbour, Trinidad and Tobago, will get only a third of the doses of the vaccines expected from the COVAX Facility this month, Tufton said that the Government has been pursuing a number of options.

The COVAX Facility is designed to accelerate equitable access by countries globally to appropriate safe and efficacious COVID-19 vaccines.

“We are supposed to get a small shipment next week from COVAX, but it is a problem, in that what has been promised, to date, has not been delivered, even though there is a commitment to deliver everything,” the health minister said, adding that there are production issues globally.

He added that the Government was also looking at facilities through CARICOM, the Africa Platform, bilateral partners and specific manufacturers.

With lingering concerns globally of a “general shortage and hoarding of the vaccine” by some countries, Tufton said that Jamaica was hoping to get positive responses from these sources.

“It is a tragedy, as far as I’m concerned, that some countries have more than enough and others, like Jamaica, are facing a difficulty,” Tufton lamented.

In the weeks ahead, he expects that conversations with the WHO will get more intense as complaints are made about continued inequity in access to vaccines.

“There’s a lot of price increases because of the supply and demand issue. We have some challenges ahead, but we are working on it,” Tufton remarked.

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Race on to Stage Safe Tokyo Olympics in July

(Reuters) – The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead safely from mid-July, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday, as the postponed Games’ organisers race to overcome the challenges presented by hosting the event during a pandemic.

Bach, who is set to be re-elected on Wednesday for a second term until 2025, said Tokyo was “the best-prepared Olympic city,” in remarks at the start of a three-day virtual IOC session.

“At this moment we have no reason to doubt that the opening ceremony will take place on July 23,” he said.

“The IOC is working at full speed… to make the postponed Tokyo Games a safe manifestation of peace, solidarity and resilience of humankind in overcoming the pandemic.”

“Our shared top priority was, is and remains a safe and secure Olympic Games for everyone.”

Tokyo 2020, already delayed by 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held amid tight health measures and the likely absence of international visitors.

Thursday will mark the first time the Tokyo organisers report to the IOC membership under new chief Seiko Hashimoto, who replaced Yoshiro Mori three weeks ago. Mori was forced to resign over sexist remarks.

Two government sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday that Japan has decided to stage the Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to public concerns about COVID-19.

Before they hear Tokyo’s report, the IOC will re-elect Bach as the German lawyer and 1976 Olympic fencing champion, in charge since 2013, is running unopposed.

IOC presidents can serve two terms in office, their first one lasting eight years and a second of four years if they are re-elected.

Bach has steered the IOC through turbulent times, with the 2014 Sochi winter Games tarnished by a Russian doping scandal and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro summer Games hit by financial problems and corruption.

The pandemic has arguably posed an even bigger threat, however, with Tokyo 2020 the first Olympic Games to be postponed outside of wartime

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Alex Richardson and Hugh Lawson)

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1ST Anniversary: WHO Declared Pandemic One-Year-Ago Today, Brazil-2,000 Deaths in Day, World Stats

On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since then:

  • Over 116 million cases and 2.5 million deaths across nearly 200 countries
  • The US has the highest number of deaths, with 522,818 now recorded
  • Over 319 million vaccines have been given.

IN CHINA:

Premier Li Keqiang says China will continue to work with the World Health Organization (WHO) in trying to find the origins of Covid-19, Reuters reports.

Keqiang was speaking in response to a question on U.S. criticism that it was not transparent in sharing data on early cases with a WHO investigation earlier this year.

Speaking at a media briefing to mark the end of China’s annual session of parliament, he said China had “acted in a fact-based manner and with an open, transparent and cooperative approach”.

Keqiang also denied that the government’s 2021 goal for economic growth of more than 6% is not a low target. In 2019, China recorded 6.0% GDP growth, it’s slowest rate of increase in thirty years.

Analysts say the relatively low target will allow policymakers to curb market risks as the country’s economy moves beyond the pandemic.

Hungary reports record high 8,312 daily tally of new Covid cases

Hungary has reported a record 8,312 new coronavirus infections and 172 deaths.

There were 8,329 coronavirus patients in hospital, 911 of them needing a ventilator, putting a strain on the healthcare system, the government said on its website.

Hungary has been hit hard by the third wave of the pandemic, with infections surging since the second half of February and surpassing the country’s previous peak in December.

A new round of lockdown measures went into effect on Monday which required most shops to close for two weeks. Kindergartens and primary schools have also been closed until April 7.

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A new antibody drug “reduces hospital admission or death from Covid-19 by 85%”, the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced.

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New COVID Treatment

The drug, called VIR-7831, is a new treatment for people with mild to moderate illness, and the study has been so successful that it has been stopped early.
GSK and its partner, Vir Biotechnology, plan to immediately seek an emergency use authorisation in the United States and approval in other countries, including potentially in the UK.
Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-produced molecules that mimic human antibodies.
The global phase 3 clinical trial based its initial analysis on data from 583 patients at risk of hospital admission.
GSK said VIR-7831 works in two ways – by blocking the virus’s entry into healthy cells and also clearing infected cells.
A separate laboratory study has found that VIR-7831 is effective against the main current Covid-19 variants, including the Kent, South African and Brazilian variants, the firm said.
VIR-7831 is designed to be given as a single intravenous (IV) infusion.
Dr Hal Barron, chief scientific officer at GSK, said: “We are pleased that this unique monoclonal antibody was able to bring such a profound benefit to patients.
“We look forward to the possibility of making VIR-7831 available to patients as soon as possible and to further exploring its potential in other settings.”
An employee at work on the vaccine packing line of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
An employee at work on the vaccine packing line of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

Russia reports 9,270 new COVID-19 cases, 459 deaths

Russia reported 9,270 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 1,281 in Moscow, taking its total case tally to 4,360,823 since the pandemic began.

The government coronavirus taskforce also said that 459 people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing its death toll to 90,734.

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HEATHROW AIRPORT

UK: Heathrow’s passenger numbers have fallen to the lowest level since the 1960s, the airport has announced.

Just 461,000 people travelled through the west London airport in February, a 92% decline compared with February 2020 and is the lowest monthly total since 1966.

The airport blamed the decrease on the ban on non-essential travel, quarantine rules and the requirement for pre-departure and post-arrival coronavirus testing.

It said it is working with Boris Johnson’s taskforce to reopen international leisure travel from May 17, but warned that the “biggest single concern is the ability of Border Force to be able to cope with additional passenger numbers”.

Summary

Here are the key developments from the last few hours:

  • Brazil daily death toll passes 2,000 for first time. Brazil’s 24-hour death toll has for the first time passed 2,0000, as the world’s second worst-affected country in terms of the total lives lost sees records tumble.Another 2,286 Brazilians had lost their lives in the 24 hours to Wednesday. The latest high, which followed a record 1,972 deaths on Tuesday, took the South American country’s total death toll to more than 270,000, second only to the US.
  • Biden pledges to share surplus vaccines with rest of world. US president Joe Biden has pledged surplus vaccines will be shared with the rest of the world, after he announced the purchase of an additional 100m Johnson & Johnson doses.
  • South Korea extends AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged 65 and over. South Korea will extend vaccination for people aged 65 years and older with AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to ramp up its immunisation drive, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a government meeting on Thursday.
  • Rich, developing nations wrangle over Covid vaccine patents. Richer members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) blocked a push by over 80 developing countries on Wednesday to waive patent rights in an effort to boost production of Covid vaccines for poor nations.
  • Emirates tells staff to get vaccinated or pay for regular Covid tests. Dubai’s Emirates has told employees to take a free coronavirus vaccine or pay for tests to prove they are not infected with the deadly disease, cautioning that an unvaccinated workforce could create operational issues.
  • 3,000 nurses dead, Covid exodus looming: global federation. At least 3,000 nurses have been killed by Covid-19, the global nurses’ federation said Thursday as it warned of a looming exodus of health workers traumatised by the pandemic, AFP reports. Exactly one year on since the World Health Organization (WHO) first described Covid-19 as a pandemic, the International Council of Nurses said burn-out and stress had led millions of nurses to consider quitting the profession.
  • Five countries suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine. Austria’s national medicines regulator has suspended use of a batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine after four patients were diagnosed with dangerous blood clotting conditions after receiving the jab, PA reports.Four other countries – Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia – have suspended its use to allow time for the EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) to conduct an investigation.
  • Covid cases put Ausralian Hospital under extreme pressure. An infux of Covid-19 patients from Papua New Guinea has sparked a “code yellow” emergency at the Cairns Hospital in Australia, the ABC reports. The internal emergency declaration triggers strategies to help the hospital cope when it nears capacity. The six Covid-19 patients are all being treated in isolation, and came from hotel quarantine.
  • Taiwan in travel bubble talks. Taiwan officials have revealed they have been in talks since last year with several countries about the possibility of forming travel bubbles. It didn’t make clear whether all the discussions were still going, given some of the countries had seen recent resurgences of Covid cases.
  • October deadline for vaccinating all Australians refers to first dose only. Opposition senators are probing health department officials the government’s commitment that Australian adults would be “fully vaccinated” by October. In fact, the health department secretary, Brendan Murphy’s, evidence today is that every adult will have received the first dose of AstraZeneca, but maybe not everyone will have had the second dose.
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WORLD STATS:

Coronavirus Cases:

118,691,635

Deaths:

2,633,345

Recovered:

94,300,701
ACTIVE CASES
21,757,589
Currently Infected Patients

21,667,599 (99.6%)

in Mild Condition

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US: $1.9 Trillion Relief Deal Ready for Biden’s Signature

The House passed President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package Wednesday. The President will sign it Friday.

The bill passed in a starkly partisan 220-211 vote, sending the legislation to the White House and clinching Democrats’ first big legislative victory in the Biden era.  A key aspect of the measure will dole out single  $1.400 payments to most US taxpayers and retirees.

No Republican lawmakers backed the legislation, which will become law as much of the nation marks one year of lockdowns from the COVID-19 era. Just one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), opposed the measure.

Defense connections: The bill includes an extension of what’s known as Section 3610 authorities, which allows the Pentagon to reimburse contractors for delays and other added costs due to the pandemic. The extension goes to Sept. 30.

The bill also included a key priority for veterans by closing the so-called 90/10 loophole that incentivized for-profit schools to target GI Bill recipients. Under federal law, for-profit schools have to collect at least 10 percent of their revenue from sources other than federal education funds, but GI Bill funding wasn’t being counted toward that.

What’s next: Biden has said he will sign the measure as soon as it reaches his desk, with the White House saying he’s expected to sign it on Friday. The president is set to address the nation Thursday evening on the coronavirus pandemic.

 

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