The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 20.7 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago and U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 14.0 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 36,451
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 693
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 78.7 doses per 100 people.
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases little changed and deaths improved
Increased transmissibility of B.1.617 variant may be impacting Covid-19 spread in India
Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode
May 12, 2021
With the upcoming World Health Assembly at the end of May, and indications that the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general plans to seek a second term in office, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS care globally, calls on the United Nations Member States to consider and address the many ways in which the WHO did not measure up to the task of protecting the world from COVID-19.
“It is now fourteen months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and the world was thrown into chaos. Vaccinations are ramping up, but much too slowly in many parts of the world – and countries like India are on ‘fire’,” said AHF President Michael Weinstein. “Coordinated international efforts to control COVID-19 have been virtually non-existent, raising the question why was the world so unprepared for this pandemic? And more importantly, why did the institution with the primary responsibility of protecting global public health,
Covid 19 coronavirus: WHO report finds crisis could have been avoided
12 May, 2021 05:19 PM
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There have been more than 388,000 vaccines administered across New Zealand. 120,000 of those have had their second doses.
There have been more than 388,000 vaccines administered across New Zealand. 120,000 of those have had their second doses.
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A damning report into the Covid-19 pandemic commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has concluded that the global disaster could have been avoided.
The independent review found that there were weak links at every point in the chain of preparedness and response and gaps in international and national responses that must be corrected .
World could have prevented COVID catastrophe, says independent global panel IPPPR
The scale of the coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel has said. A toxic cocktail of waiting and poor coordination cost many people their lives
World could have prevented COVID catastrophe
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The catastrophic scale of the coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel concluded on Wednesday.
A combination of dithering and poor coordination provided a toxic cocktail which hastened the spread of the virus that has cost well over three million lives, the independent global panel said.
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) explained that a series of bad decisions resulted in the fact that Covid-19 went on to kill at least 3.3 million people so far and devastate the global economy, reported AFP
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A health worker tries to adjust the oxygen mask of a patient at the BKC jumbo field hospital, one of the largest COVID-19 facilities in Mumbai, India on May 6, 2021. (Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool)
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GENEVA: The catastrophic scale of the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel concluded Wednesday (May 12), but a toxic cocktail of dithering and poor coordination meant the warning signs went unheeded.
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) said a series of bad decisions meant COVID-19 went on to kill at least 3.3 million people so far and devastate the global economy.