Moderna jab protective against variants as global borders tighten
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US biotech firm Moderna said Monday its vaccine should remain protective against key coronavirus variants while the unrelenting pandemic led to tightened border restrictions worldwide.
In the face of deepening fears over new virus strains, Moderna offered some good news from lab studies of the variants first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa. We are encouraged by these new data, which reinforce our confidence that the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine should be protective against these newly detected variants, said CEO Stephane Bancel.
However, out of caution, Moderna will carry out more tests adding a second booster of its vaccine to make three shots in total.
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GENEVA - The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
In a fresh study, the UN s International Labour Organization (ILO) found that a full 8.8 percent of global working hours were lost in 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
That is equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, or approximately four times greater than the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis, the ILO said in a statement.
Global Covid virus cases cross 100 million as world battles new strains
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New variants spread across the world as nations scramble to vaccinate populations.
Worldwide coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Monday, according to global counters, as nations around the globe scramble to procure vaccines and continue to extend or reinstate lockdowns to fight new coronavirus variants.
The new Covid-19 variants discovered initially in the United Kingdom and South Africa are rapidly spreading globally.
The total number of recoveries as on January 25 are 72 million while the death toll has risen to 2.1 million. Global total active cases stand at nearly 26 million.
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(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world must urgently swap promises for action in the drive to end child labour as the coronavirus pandemic threatens decades of progress in combating the practice, United Nations agencies and a Nobel peace laureate said on Thursday.
Several organizations and activists spoke at an event to mark the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, a U.N. resolution aimed at boosting awareness and activity to end child labour worldwide among governments and other actors.
“We cannot afford to lose all the achievements and progress we have made over the last few decades,” said Indian Nobel laureate and anti-child labour advocate Kailash Satyarthi.