Health – Sector.Africa

COVID-19: Avoid these hand sanitizers that are recalled in Canada

August 12, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorCanada, Companies, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dam, Government, Hand sanitizer, Health, Over, Pandemic, Protective gear, Respirator, Safe, Test, Virus, who0 comment

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, it was all hands on deck. Many manufacturers had to re-tool and pivot to produce personal protective gear and cleaning supplies to help in the fight against the coronavirus. Among those are a number of companies who received temporary approval to begin producing hand sanitizers. But not all hand sanitizers are created equal – and some have even been recalled. Beginning in June, Health Canada began posting recall notices, with more issued or updated in July and August. Some hand sanitizers available on the…

Covid19 Europe

New York City Will Now Have COVID-19 Checkpoints That Remind Me Of The ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Interrogations From WWII Nazi Germany

August 11, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorApple, Bill de Blasio, Coronavirus, Deliv, Edu, Garbage, Governor, Health, IG, Infection, Law, Law enforcement, Mayor, Military, New York, New York City, Public health, Quarantine, Travel, Virus0 comment

New York City, has decided to take a page from the Nazi Playbook from WWII, and set up military-style checkpoints at all bridge and tunnel crossings. There is a whole litany of things that they will do to you if you do not comply, not the least of which is a $10,000 dollar fine, and they are saying they intend to be as aggressive as possible under this new regime. Under a Democratic governor and mayor, the once-bustling New York City, the “big apple”, the “city that never sleeps”, has…

Covid19 Europe

Georgia schools just reopened and kids are already catching COVID-19

August 10, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorClosure, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Distancing, Face mask, Facebook, Football, Formal, Georgia, Health, High School, IG, Infection, kid, Learning, masks, Over, Pandemic, Patient, president, Quarantine, Safe, Safety, Social distancing, Social media, students, Test, Trump, Twitter, UN, Virus, who0 comment

School reopenings during the novel coronavirus pandemic continue to be a problem, and reports from Georgia’s first week of school aren’t reassuring. A second-grader tested positive on the first day of school, forcing the closure of a classroom. 20 other children and the teacher are now forced to quarantine at home. A photo of a crowded high school hallway revealed that schools seem more concerned with punishing students who criticize them than they are with imposing stricter safety measures that protect the students and teachers. The reopening of schools remains…

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World Bank approves $114.3m grant for Nigeria to boost COVID-19 response

August 9, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorBank, Business, COVID-19, Disease, Economy, Federal Capital Territory, Finance, Government, Health, Health care, healthcare, Hygiene, International Development Association, Loans, Medical equipment, Medicine, Nigeria, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NIgerian, Over, Pandemic, Patient, Prevention, project, Public health, Sanitation0 comment

The World Bank Board of Directors, on Friday, approved a $114.28 million financing package to help Nigeria effectively respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 to the country’s economy. The grant includes $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and $14.28 million from the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility to prevent, detect and respond to the threat with a specific focus on state level responses. Through the COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project (CoPREP), the World Bank said the Nigerian government would provide grants to the 36 states and the Federal…

Covid19 North America

Congress Put the Brakes on Cuba Relief to Protect Front-Line Democrat

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorBank, Banks, Coal, College, Coronavirus, Cuba, Democrats, Disease, Economy, Florida, Health, Health care, IG, Illinois, Law, Lawyers, Life, Medical equipment, Medicine, Money, Organizations, Pandemic, president, Tourism, Trump, Trump administration, Virus0 comment

several House Democrats quietly killed an attempt to roll back aspects of the Trump administration’s sanctions on Cuba, which have exacerbated the economic fallout of the pandemic and hit the country with severe food and medicine shortages to protect a front-line Democrat. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill had proposed two Cuba-related amendments to the appropriations bill, aimed at alleviating the Trump administration’s efforts to strangle the country’s economy and returning to Obama-era policy. One of the measures would have prohibited officials from blocking food and medicine exports to Cuba, while the…