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Pitfalls of vaccine nationalism
Workers unload a pickup van that carries Oxford-Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines which arrived from India as a gift to Bangladesh, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 21, 2021. Photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic brought the world literally to a standstill, with infections in the millions and deaths of more than 1.8 million people. But then, another one million died in the next three months. The number of Covid-19 deaths now stands at 2,887,039 as of April 7, 2021, and the number keeps increasing every day.
This, of course, may not be a very high figure compared to some other pandemics, like the Black Death or the Spanish Flu. The former killed as many as 225 million people in four years in 1347-1351, while the latter killed 50 million people in 2 years in 1918-1919. In recent times, the Swine Flu killed between 151,700-575,400 people in 2009-2010, while the Ebola virus killed only 11,300 people in 2014-2016. The Asian Flu (H
Russia is boosting its military efforts in the Arctic Circle in an effort to expand its presence in the polar region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently hailed the country s military performance during drills and weapons testing in the Arctic.
The region is reported to hold up to one-quarter of the Earth s undiscovered oil and gas and Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark, and Norway have all tried to assert jurisdiction over northern areas.
The dramatic decrease of sea ice has opened new opportunities for tapping into resources, as well as opening key shipping lanes from Asia to Europe. The Arctic still holds the large share of Russia s strategic submarines, so it contributes to nuclear deterrents, said Katarzyna Zysk, Professor of International Relations at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies.
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