Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died of complications stemming from Covid-19.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, who had overseen the government s fight against drug gangs and guerrillas, died Tuesday of coronavirus complications. He was 69.
Trujillo is the highest-ranking Colombian official and one of nearly a dozen sitting cabinet ministers worldwide to have succumbed to the virus that has killed at least 2.1 million people since the outbreak began in China in December 2019.
Trujillo s death prompted messages of grief and sympathy from near and far, even the government of the United States and the UN.
He was hospitalized in Bogota on January 11 and admitted to intensive care four days later after suffering acute lung function deterioration, according to the defense ministry.
He was 69.
Mr Trujillo is one of about a dozen sitting cabinet ministers worldwide to have succumbed to the virus that has killed at least 2.1 million people since the outbreak began in China in December 2019.
He was hospitalised in Bogota on January 11 and admitted to intensive care four days later after suffering acute lung function deterioration, according to the defence ministry.
Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Twitter that Mr Trujillo had died at dawn from complications due to Covid-19. Thank you, friend; thank you, partner; thank you, minister, thank you @CarlosHolmesTru. Your life was the purest reflection of vocation and public service, Mr Duque wrote.
Colombian Defense Minister Dies Of Covid-19 Complications
01/26/21 AT 11:13 AM
Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died Tuesday of coronavirus complications, the country s president announced. He was 69.
Trujillo is one of about a dozen sitting cabinet ministers worldwide to have succumbed to the virus that has killed at least 2.1 million people since the outbreak began in China in December 2019.
He was hospitalized in Bogota on January 11 and admitted to intensive care four days later after suffering acute lung function deterioration, according to the defense ministry.
Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Twitter that Trujillo had died at dawn from complications due to Covid-19.
Vietnam needs $35 bln for climate change adaptation: PM
By Phan Anh January 26, 2021 | 07:30 pm GMT+7
A paddy field in Ben Tre Province is cracked and parched due to drought, March 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.
Vietnam would need $35 billion until 2030 to meet climate adaptation demands, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the 2021 Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS 2021) hosted online Monday.
At the summit, Phuc said Vietnam has restructured its economy toward a low-carbon model and reduced greenhouse gas emissions, while pledging to strengthen the resilience and adaptation of communities, economic stakeholders and the ecosystem in response to climate change.
The country would also step up disaster risk reduction, mitigate climate-related damage, invest in human resources, scientific research and the development of advanced technologies in the fight against climate change. Climate adaptation would also be further mainstreamed into national strategies and planning,