HONIARA, 22 May 2020: As Pacific nations face the threat of coronavirus to their health and economic growth, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has taken action to continue to monitor and control fishing of the world’s largest tuna stocks. A key tool in FFA Member’s efforts for monitoring, control and surveillance of fishing […]
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Asia-Pacific countries endorse UN resolution for concerted regional action against COVID-19
Bangkok (ESCAP news) – Governments of Asia and the Pacific meeting today at their annual regional assembly agreed to pursue coordinated and decisive actions, as well as reinforce regional and global cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.Endorsing a resolution at the 76th Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (CS76), governments declared profound […]
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K2 Gobal Industrial Development donate medical items to aide with MOH response to COVID-19
A short handover ceremony took place at the Ministry of Health last week Friday. This time the donation came from a company in Palau by the name of K2 Gobal Industrial Development Co, Ltd. The donations contained 500 testing kits, 9,000 surgical masks, 800 KN95 masks, 100 coveralls, 48 hand sanitizer, and 30 testing temperature. […]
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Coronavirus lockdown cut energy-related CO2 emissions 17 percent, study finds
BONN, 21 MAY 2020 (CLIMATE HOME) — Daily carbon dioxide emissions from energy use and heavy industry fell by 17 percent globally in early April, under peak coronavirus lockdown, scientists have estimated. As governments restricted travel to curb the spread of Covid-19, emissions from aviation were slashed by up to 75 percent and road transport […]
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‘We’re expendable’: Russian doctors face hostility, mistrust
MOSCOW (AP) — There are no daily public displays of gratitude for Russian doctors and nurses during the coronavirus crisis like there are in the West. Instead of applause, they face mistrust, low pay and even open hostility. Residents near the National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology, a Moscow hospital now treating virus patients, complained […]
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Top HIV scientist says he wouldn’t count on a vaccine for coronavirus soon
WASHINGTON, 21 MAY 2020 (REUTERS) — A top U.S. scientist said on Wednesday that governments should not count on a successful vaccine against COVID-19 being developed anytime soon when deciding whether to ease restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic. William Haseltine, a groundbreaking researcher of cancer, HIV/AIDS and human genome projects, said the better approach […]