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Tomorrow, America inaugurates a new president. With the transfer of power comes the transfer of responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic. On the eve of Joe Biden’s inauguration, the toll of the pandemic stands at 23.9 million cases and 392,428 deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project at
The Atlantic. There are 123,820 people hospitalized. Today alone, states reported 144,047 cases and 2,141 deaths.
Ron Klain, the incoming president’s chief of staff, has warned that, by the end of February, COVID-19 may have taken 500,000 American lives. To reach that marker, the country would have to average 2,689 deaths every day until then, all too plausible a scenario. The seven-day average of deaths in the U.S. first surpassed that number on January 7. It’s currently at 2,988.
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January 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Shibli Faraz Monday said the newly-formed cabinet committee could only give recommendations after identifying the characters involved in the Broadsheet scam.
Speaking in Geo News programme ‘Aj Shahzeb Khanzada Ke Sath’, he said those who sabotaged a serious effort for accountability would be exposed. He said the committee would submit its recommendations by Tuesday evening, or maximum by Wednesday. Faraz said that past rulers, whether he was Pervez Musharraf, gave NROs under pressure to save their governments. The Government of Pakistan included the clause in the agreement with Broadsheed that the accord cannot be terminated by a single party. They misused their offices and sabotaged the investigations. He said that the cabinet committee will probe the matter in the line with London court verdict and not the interviews. Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, speaking in the programme, said that under th