Researchers zero in on longer lockdowns to crush COVID-19
A team of ANU modellers, economists and public health experts have shed light on whether to relax current restrictions because of the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
6 July 2021
The NSW Government is under pressure to relax those restrictions, but decisions must be based on the facts on the ground.
The NSW Government faces a high-pressure decision this week about whether to relax current restrictions because of the latest COVID-19 outbreak, according to an expert from The Australian National University (ANU).
Research just published by a team of modellers, economists and public health experts from the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, and the University of Melbourne sheds light on lockdowns.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 19: Travellers in the International departures lounge at Sydney Airport before departing for New Zealand on April 19, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The trans-Tasman travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia begins on Monday, with people able to travel between the two countries without needing to quarantine. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)
The resurgence of COVID-19 positive cases from local and community transmission in Fiji has dealt a swift blow to the economic optimism around our travel bubble with New Zealand and Australia.
Opening of international borders is essential to economic recovery due to the importance of Fiji’s tourism sector. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, travel and tourism contributes to 26.3 per cent of total employment in Fiji.
The proposed Bunder diamond block in Madhya Pradesh has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The diamond mine project, which is now with Aditya Birla Group, is facing protests over ecological concerns.
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Ahead of summit, more than 100 economists call on G7 countries to commit to shift their finance out of all fossil fuels this year, to enable a green pandemic recovery
On June 11-13, world leaders will gather at the G7 summit. There, they plan to adopt an agenda to
“build back better from coronavirus and create a greener, more prosperous future”. We, the undersigned economists, believe that this means decisively shifting finance out of fossil fuels, and into clean alternatives worldwide. We welcome the decision taken last month by G7 environment ministers to end international finance to coal-fired power in 2021. We call on G7 leaders to go further and shift their finance out of all fossil fuels in 2021.