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Acknowledgments: We thank all health care workers, Slovak armed forces, and countless volunteers who helped with the execution of the mass testing campaign. Further, we thank all participants who contributed their time to help curb the pandemic and particularly those who had to quarantine as a result of their or their household’s or contact’s test result.
Funding: This work was supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society 208812/Z/17/Z (to S.Fl.); Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship (to S.Fu., S.A., and K.S.); and Elrha’s Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme funded by the UK Government (DFID), the Wellcome Trust, and the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (K.V.-Z.). The following funding sources are acknowledged as providing funding for the working group authors: BBSRC LIDP BB/M009513/1 (to D.S.); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-001754 (to M.Q.); INV-003174 (to K.P., M.J., an
Nitrogen for Climate and Green Recovery”, held on 27 – 29 April 2021, in Colombo.
The event launched the #Nitrogen4NetZero initiative, to widen engagement on sustainable nitrogen management in this crucial year for climate action.
#Nitrogen4NetZero is an initiative launched in partnership between the British High Commission, Colombo and the Government of Sri Lanka, championed by H.E. the President of Sri Lanka. The two key messages are that Net Zero will be impossible to achieve without action on nitrogen, and that action on nitrogen will offer multiple co-benefits for health, nature and economy.
Delivering a statement to the event, on behalf of His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena emphasised that:
Covid-19’s devastating impact on news industry in Sierra Leone revealed in new national survey
Covid-19 has had a devastating psychological and financial impact on journalists in Sierra Leone, a new study released today has found.
Impact of Covid-19 on journalism in Sierra Leone was released by Madam Mamadi Gobeh-Kamara, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at the headquarters of Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) in Freetown.
The national survey, published by SLAJ and led by researchers at Bournemouth University in the UK, had responses from more than 600 journalists across the country. It reveals that the pandemic affected almost every aspect of news production as well as the individual wellbeing of a majority of journalists.
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Vital coronavirus research, including a project tracking variants in India, has had its funding reduced by up to 70% under swingeing cuts to the UK overseas aid budget.
One of Britainâs leading infectious disease experts said the UK government cuts were certain to damage attempts to tackle the virus and track new variants.
Oliver Pybus, a professor of evolution and infectious disease at the University of Oxford and part of the team that identified the Kent and Brazilian Covid variants, said: âA 70% cut for a huge international consortium with a budget of £20m and over 80 employees â this is devastating.â