covid19 Archives

January 24, 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that as the Omicron cases continue to fall it is time to open up the country fully for business and travel. COVID tests for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in England are being scrapped, Prime Minister – Boris Johnson has confirmed. It comes after the chief executives of the UK’s largest airlines […]

January 15, 2022

The fund is targeting high developmental impact, including job creation and income generation through SMEs and micro-entrepreneurship JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, January 14, 2022 | — Verdant Capital (www.Verdant-Cap.com) Hybrid Fund initially has USD 36 million of committed capital; Support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) through investment in financial institutions; […]

December 16, 2021

15/12/2021, Bangkok – The state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific has worsened, as more than 375 million people in the region faced hunger in 2020, an increase of 54 million over the previous year, according to a joint report just published by the Food and Agriculture Organization […]

December 11, 2021

News release: Sri Lanka – Education 8 December 2021 | Access to education during the first lockdown was high, but not without problems, survey shows A new survey shows that 85% of enrolled school-aged children had some form of education services during school closures between March and July 2020. While some received educational […]

August 24, 2021

In the US, the most popular link on Facebook in the first quarter of 2021 was a story about a doctor who died after receiving the vaccine Covid-19. In response to a report, the piece – updated to indicate there was no correlation with the vaccine – became popular among vaccine skeptics. […]

August 23, 2021

In response to a call of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, from the Chief of Naval Staff of India, Admiral Karambir Singh, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Shakti was rushed to Sri Lanka with a batch of medical-grade oxygen, ordered from India. Accordingly, the ship which left the Visakhapatnam […]

August 14, 2021

The key observations and recommendations indicated below represent the consensus achieved by the national experts at the meeting and do not necessarily reflect those of WHO. Global WHO guidance is available if needed. The current situation : Sri Lanka The Experts noted with great concern the current surge in COVID-19, nearly overwhelming […]

July 3, 2021

Joint Statement by the Heads of the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization 30 June 2021 : who.int The Heads of the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization today convened for the first meeting of the Task Force […]

July 2, 2021

Tourism News | Economic losses are mounting in developing countries due to the absence of widespread COVID-19 vaccinations. The crash in international tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic could cause a loss of more than $4 trillion to the global GDP for the years 2020 and 2021, according to an UNCTAD report published on 30 […]

July 2, 2021

1 July 2021 : Statement | Geneva/New York/Oslo | Reading time: 5 min (1260 words) COVAX was built on the principle of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect the health of people all across the globe. That means protecting their lives and livelihoods, including their ability to travel and conduct trade. As travel […]

COVID-19 tests for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in England to be scrapped, Boris Johnson, confirms

Verdant Capital and KfW establish new fund to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) growth in Africa

Number of hungry in Asia-Pacific swells by more than 50 million since the arrival of COVID-19

Access to education during the first lockdown was high, but not without problems, survey shows

Covid 19: Most popular Facebook link in US spreads vaccine doubt

INS Shakti with a batch of medical-grade oxygen arrives at Colombo harbour

WHO: 5th Independent Expert Group Meeting on the current COVID-19 situation and way forward

First Meeting of the Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries

Global Economy could lose over $4 Trillion due to Covid-19 impact on Tourism

Joint COVAX Statement on the Equal Recognition of Vaccines