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According to reports, which cited a leaked government document, the changes would pull back on private sector and local involvement in the health service, giving the Secretary of State for Health more responsibility as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. In 2012, then-Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley, working under Prime …

The vaccine was approved for emergency use for one year, the Tunisian Health Ministry said in a statement. Tunisia became the third country in Africa to approve Sputnik V in Africa, following its larger neighbor, Algeria, and Guinea. Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which funded …

The company will ramp up production of four models, including Sophia, and its new ‘Grace’ robot which will be sold for use in the healthcare sector. “The world of Covid-19 is going to need more and more automation to keep people safe,” founder and chief executive David Hanson claimed.  Hanson …

“I regret to inform you that I am infected with COVID-19,” the 67-year-old Mexican leader, perhaps better known by his initials AMLO, said in a tweet. Despite the diagnosis, however, he remains optimistic and will proceed working from his residence. On Monday, AMLO has a scheduled phone call with Russian President …

The UK government plans to prohibit supermarkets from displaying unhealthy snacks and drinks at checkout areas, entrances, and at the end of aisles, in an effort to combat obesity. The new rules – planned for rollout in early 2022 – will also ban unhealthy special offers, restaurant soda free refills, …

Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday that the government had “no plans” to roll out an ID that could be used to determine if someone had received a coronavirus jab, and added there was no discussion about imposing penalties on those who choose not to be inoculated.  “I think …

Anyone who may have entertained hopes that planet Earth might escape the insanity of 2020 without any more mind-blowing stories may wish to fasten their seatbelts for a hard landing.  At a time when a global pandemic has swept away millions of jobs, and transformed a handful of global capitalists …

The analysis, published on Wednesday, argued that Moscow engages in “assertive policies and aggressive action,” which has “negatively impacted the security of the Euro-Atlantic area.” “In the long term until 2030, Russia is likely to remain the main military threat to the North Atlantic Alliance,” the authors of the report say. …

Founded in 2001, the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a pro-Palestinian political campaign group, dedicated to the use of nonviolent protest. ISM has chapters around the world, which regularly train and dispatch volunteers to Palestine, to assist locals with activities such as protests, chaperoning and olive-picking. Despite the movement’s peaceful …

Immediately after the announcement, politicians began falling over themselves to hand fat checks over to the Big Pharma giants, hoping that the news would inspire hope in their public. Many parts of the media treated it likewise as a crushing blow to the coronavirus; the Economist called it “the beginning …