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Wednesday, 12 May 2021 - 16:12 A study conducted by the Indonesian health ministry among a group of inoculated Indonesian medical staff has found that China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine was 98% effective at preventing death and 96% effective at preventing hospitalization. The findings were based on data from 120,000 healthcare workers in Jakarta who had received the vaccine between January and March this year, lead researcher and health official Pandji Dhewantara told a briefing on Wednesday. Phase 3 trials of the vaccine, called CoronaVac, have produced varying results globally, but ...

Volunteers spruce up downtown, other Danbury area highlights Staff reports FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Western Connecticut State University students’ Bakhtawar Izzat, and Isaac Jean-Pierre are the recipients of the 2021 Henry Barnard Distinguished Student Award/ Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Latinos for Educational Advocacy in Danbury led a volunteer effort to clean up the city’s downtown on Saturday, April 17.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of5 5of5 Beekeeper to host workshop Mike Rice, a Beekeeper at Mike’s Beehives LLC,.is holding a workshop about beekeeping from 10 a.m...

Thursday, 29 April 2021 - 19:48 Born in Sri Lanka and adopted by Swedish parents and living in Germany, Mathilda Karlsso is the first qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as well as the first equestrian representing Sri Lanka in an Olympic Event. The appeal made by Mathilda Karlsson and Sri Lanka Equestrian Association to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland against the FEI, was given in favour of Mathilda, who has once again been restored to second position in the ranking from the South East Asia Oceania region, and thus secured one of the 15 Olympic slots ...

Tuesday, 27 April 2021 - 11:28 The World Bank’s Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Faris Hadad-Zervos, concluded a successful visit to Sri Lanka recently where he reiterated the World Bank’s commitment to support Sri Lanka’s efforts towards recovery and to build back better from the COVID-19 shock. Based in Kathmandu, Nepal, this latest mission followed the Country Director’s introductory visit to Sri Lanka last November after assuming his new role in July 2020. Hadad-Zervos was joined by Chiyo Kanda, the Country Manager for Maldives and Sri Lanka, based in Colombo. �...

Editorial: End this abuse of the law Times Union Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail For years, public officials have used — or, more accurately, abused — a provision in the state’s Freedom of Information Law to shield possible criminal wrongdoing in their administrations from public scrutiny. The law excludes from public disclosure records “compiled for law enforcement purposes” and whose disclosure would interfere with an investigation or court case; deprive a person of a fair trial; or reveal confidential sources or information or criminal investigative techniques or procedures,...