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Covid-19: Mastercard sets sights on digital health pass 12 March 2021
2 Mastercard is joining forces with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to offer up its technological skills in the creation of digital health pass solutions that can help accelerate the global recovery from Covid-19. The partners say that governments are currently mostly relying on a range of paper-based processes to determine the Covid-19 test results and vaccine status of travellers. In many cases, these paper certificates can be easily falsified, are difficult to validate, and inconvenient for people to use, they argue.
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COLUMBIA - Thursday officially marked the one-year anniversary of the global pandemic, and the restaurant industry has been one of many to adjust their business.
Ernie s Cafe and Steakhouse, a local favorite in downtown Columbia, was not prepared to temporarily close its doors last March, but the owner knew what was coming. I totally disagree with those saying no one imagined it would last this long, Ernie s owner Tom Spurling said. I didn t know then if we were coming back, I didn t know what the picture would look like, but I felt like we were headed for a year. A global reset.
The candidates for the County Legislatureâs special election to fill the open seat in district two faced off in a virtual debate on March 11, hosted by the League of Women Voters. Leslie Schill and Veronica Pillar each got the chance to tell voters a bit more about their platforms, as well as answer questions about affordable housing, tax rates, public transportation and reimagining public safety.
Schill explained that her platform is focused on public health, and that her first priority will be supporting the countyâs department of health through the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pillar is an activist and grassroots organizer who said sheâs running to be the bridge between the community and local government.
Lawmakers from both parties said that the General Assembly should have some say in how the state spends the $7.5 billion in federal funds that Illinois expects to receive from