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Religious leaders take heart from London artwork created by grieving families (Left to right) Rabbi Daniel Epstein, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and Imam Kareem Farai visit the National Covid Memorial Wall in London. Getty Images The religious leaders have called for the Covid memorial wall created by grieving families to be made permanent. Reuters It’s affected a lot of people, it’s a global tsunami, so us believers we need to reflect … it should become permanent, the imam ...

By Press Association 2021 (l to r) Rabbi Daniel Epstein, Imam Kazeem Fatai and The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby visit the wall The Archbishop of Canterbury has said bereaved relatives should be allowed to decide whether the National Covid Memorial Wall in central London should be made permanent. Justin Welby spoke with people adding tributes to the wall, which features roughly 150,000 pink and red hearts representing those who hav...

On World Health Day, PAHO Director calls for equitable pandemic recovery in the Americas Format The pandemic has driven between 119 and 124 million more people globally into extreme poverty last year. Fourteen years of gains in the fight against poverty have been lost. Washington, D.C., April 7, 2021 (PAHO) – On World Health Day, observed today, Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne said that COVID-19 has exposed inequalities that are barriers to health for far too many...

COVID-19 continues to surge through the Americas, PAHO Director reports 7 Apr 2021 “Nowhere are infections as worrisome as in South America, where cases are mounting in nearly every country.” Washington, D.C., April 7, 2021 (PAHO)—“COVID infections continue to surge throughout the Americas,” with more than 1.3 million new cases and 37,000 deaths reported in the region in the last week while cases rise in nearly every country in South America, Pan American Health Organization D...

Last Updated: Bangladesh Enforces Weeklong Virus Lockdown Bangladesh began enforcing a weeklong nationwide lockdown Monday, shutting shopping malls and transportation as authorities try to stop a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. AP Bangladesh began enforcing a weeklong nationwide lockdown Monday, shutting shopping malls and transportation as authorities try to stop a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. The decision came after health authorities said that they were facing...

COVID-19 cases in the southwestern Chinese city of Ruili bordering on Myanmar have now topped 100

By The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government extended a lockdown by another week Monday after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and started to overwhelm many hospitals in the capital and outlying regions. President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces, a region of more than 25 million people, back under lockdown last week as daily infections breached the 10,000-mark. Leaders of the dominan...

The Latest: Britain eyes twice weekly virus tests for all The Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Small socially distanced groups gather in the sunshine on Primrose Hill overlooking the buildings of central London, Sunday April 4, 2021. (Kirsty OConnor/PA via AP)Kirsty OConnor/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9A health worker administers the COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 at a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, April 4, 2021.Ajit Solanki/APShow MoreShow Less 3of9 4of9Peop...

Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes get COVID vaccine at Kapolei clinic Special Olympics athletes receive their first dose of the COVID vaccine in Kapolei By HNN Staff | April 3, 2021 at 2:39 PM HST - Updated April 4 at 8:54 AM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes with intellectual disabilities received their first dose of the COVID vaccine on Saturday. Physicians and medical staff from Kaiser Permanente worked with Special Olympics Hawaii to administe...

Hundreds of Special Olympics athletes in Hawaii get vaccine April 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HONOLULU (AP) — Hundreds of Special Olympic athletes with intellectual disabilities have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a facility in Hawaii. Physicians and medical employees from Kaiser Permanente worked in tandem with Special Olympics Hawaii to administer shots at Consolidated Theatres Kapolei on Saturday. More than 250 people attended to receive their first shot of the Pf...