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Closer cooperation needed as global COVID-19 cases top 100 mln Jiang Chao,Yang Yi,Li Binian,Yang Yiran,unreguser,Shui Jinchen,Qu Yan,Liu Meizi,Ji Xiaozhuang,Yu Guoqing,Pan Zhiwei,Yue Wenwan,Li Aibin,Zhang Mocheng,Xie E
Closer cooperation needed as global COVID-19 cases top 100 mln
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 100 million on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The global case count reached 100,032,461, with a total of 2,149,818 deaths worldwide, as of 2:22 p.m. local time (1922 GMT), the CSSE data showed.
31 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 80 military medical personnel from across the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force, will deploy to Texas as part of a Department of Defense COVID-19 response operation. U.S. Army North, the Joint Force Land Component Command of U.S Northern Command, will oversee the military COVID-19 response in support of federal efforts and the state.
“This is the fourth time Department of Defense medical assets have deployed to support our home state,” said Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson, ARNORTH and JFLCC commander. “While COVID-19 continues to challenge communities here and across the U.S., we remain steadfast in our support of our local, state and federal partners.”
Joe Biden s First Week in Office: What He s Done Vs. What He Promised
On 1/27/21 at 7:00 AM EST
President Joe Biden has been in office for one full week, and he has already signed a wave of new executive orders meant to reverse the actions of Donald Trump and reshape the nation s most pressing policies.
Before taking office, Biden promised to introduce new measures to combat the coronavirus crisis, reform immigration and climate policies, and push for economic relief.
Here s how Biden s first week in office compares with what he promised to get done in the early days of his administration.
Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board, Robert Rosner and Suzet McKinney, reveal the 2021 setting of the Doomsday Clock: It is still 100 seconds to midnight.
Photo: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists/Thomas Gaulkin
Ineffectual Response to Pandemic Seen As Evidence of Government, Institutions and Public Lack of Readiness to Deal with Threats of Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 27, 2021
– The COVID-19 pandemic will end up killing well over two million people around the globe. The mishandling of this grave global health crisis is a “wake-up call” that governments, institutions, and a misled public remain unprepared to handle the even greater threats posed by nuclear war and climate change. Given this and the lack of progress in 2020 in dealing with nuclear and climate perils, the Doomsday Clock remains as close to midnight as it has ever been – just 100 seconds to midnight.