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COVID-19

January 13, 2021

A global stockpile of the Ebola vaccine has been established

Ebola vaccines have made one of the most feared diseases on earth preventable, says the World Health Organisation.
January 7, 2021

Essential workers face COVID-19 risk because of outdated safety rules, says TUC

Health and Safety Executive inspections must increase dramatically, to root out dangerous practice that spreads the virus, says the TUC.
January 6, 2021

Food aid network calls for 'cash first' approach to hunger

Emergency food parcels cannot address worsening poverty, and their provision could contribute to the spread of COVID-19, says the Independent Food Aid Network.
January 5, 2021

Children in Afghanistan 'face illness, even death', in freezing conditions

Plastic sheeting may be all that separates children from temperatures which can drop to minus 27 degrees Celsius, says Save the Children.
January 4, 2021

Education union calls for all primary schools in England to move learning online

The goverment has taken an indecisive and reckless approach to their central duty to safeguard public health, says the National Education Union.
January 3, 2021

Mercy as watchword for post-pandemic world, say Lutherans

The General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, responds to the COVID-19 pandemic in a New Year message to its member churches.
January 1, 2021

National Education Union says government is ignoring SAGE advice

It is clear from SAGE documents that school pupils and school staff are infecting each other, and that school age children have the highest rates of infection, says the National Education Union.
December 31, 2020

Public invited to write their own record of pandemic and its effects on mental health

A Year in Our Lives 2020 invites people to reflect and write about what the year has been like for them.
December 30, 2020

Teaching union calls for schools and colleges to delay January opening

Teaching union asks Government to release its own modelling of what might happen to cases amongst pupils, parents and staff given the best current understanding of the new variant of the virus.
December 29, 2020

UN calls first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

The first ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, called for by the United Nations General Assembly advocates the importance of the prevention of, preparedness for and partnership against epidemics.