Movement during the Holiday Season after recording 993 deaths in 24 hours its the countrys highest daily death toll so far the u. N. Secretary general has called for a unified Global Response to corona virus as the number of deaths worldwide has reached 1500000 untenured terrace was speaking at a special pandemic session of the United Nations for the 1st time since 945. 00 the entire world is confronted by a common student got of this of a nationality and needs you to your face the world Us Organization provided factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basies for equality in a few Global Response unfortunately many of these recommendations were not followed and in some situations there was a rejection of facts and and a lot of those of the united. And when companies go in there dont die in action dividers goes in every then action aid workers say thousands of ringer refugees are being coerced into moving to a Remote Island off the bangladeshi coast which th
Vaccines has become even more urgent but the u. K. Which was the 1st western country to do so has come under fire from regulators who suggest said the british approach may have been hasty has more from london the regulator here is very very confident indeed it says its followed all the international stringent checks and balances to approve the pfizer. Vaccine this is an emergent sea approval so yes it is quicker than normal but the European Union has been quite critical of whats been going on here in the u. K. Saying that sir but some callers have been cut that the regulator here has been far too hasty in the e. U. Is way of doing things is the best way of doing things obviously thats hugely debateable. In other news the uns Refugee Agency says bangladesh must not force rain or refugees to move to an island off the coast which is prone to storms and flooding aid groups have expressed concern that people are being coerced into going there every official say more than 1600 ring of refuge
A unified Global Response u. S. President elect joe biden says he will make masks mandatory during his 1st 100 days in office hospitalizations and deaths have reached record highs in the wild west affected country in the 1st day im going to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask this 100 days a mask now for over 100 years and i think well see a significant reduction in recurrent everything that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers considerable considerably. More than a 1000000 people in iran have now had corona virus nearly 50000 have died but the Health Minister says the actual number is probably much higher but the government is considering easing restrictions in several areas iran is the worst affected country in the middle east aid workers say at least 1600 Rohingya Refugees are being forced to move to a Remote Island off the coast of bangladesh the u. N. Warns its prone to storms and flooding nearly 1000000 rohingya have been living in squali
Pringle, here to talk about President Bidens plan on education during the pandemic. Nora dunn sense of this tweet. The white house confirmed President Bidens goal of reopening a majority of schools in the first 100 days does not apply to high schools and there is no word of a timeline for reopening secondary schools. Becky pringle, what do you know about the plan . Guest good morning, greta. It is good to be back on washington journal. We have been so encouraged by President Bidens understanding it is absolutely essential our students, educators get back to inperson learning. As a finance teacher for 30 years, there is nothing i know i would rather do than be in front of my students doing science labs. We know and have been saying for 10 months we need the resources. Thats exactly what President Biden plan President Bidens plan starts with. He knows we have to make investments in our schools. Not just that. Is 1. 9 trillion package he sent to Congress Also includes money to states. We
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