8 January According to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the number of active Covid-19 cases among Israeli soldiers reached 1,004 in the first week of January 2021. According to the US Forces Korea (USFK), an additional 21 US soldiers and four civilians tested positive for the coronavirus on their arrival to South Korea. The 25 …

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8 January Steve Keen, an economist and author, shared a Project Syndicate article on Rwanda has set a shining example of how to fight the coronavirus pandemic and safeguard public health as against other advanced economies who have been struggling to battle the virus spread and associated morbidities. The article notes how low and technologically …

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7 January Global: Global coronavirus infections pass 87.2 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,884,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. China has attempted to downplay concerns over its refusal to authorise a fact-finding mission to the country by the World Health Organization to study the origins of Covid-19, saying it …

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7 January Jason Schenker, an economist and chairman of The Futurist Institute, shared an article on how the economics of the stomach is a real thing. In a LinkedIn post, Schenker explains how 20 million people in the US still remain without jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic, which is likely to result in some …

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US Military bases in Japan reported 34 new Coronavirus cases in the first week of January. However, some of the cases date back to 25 December. According to the NHK, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 1,278 new Covid-19 patients with the number of extremely ill patients reaching 111, the highest recorded in the city. The …

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6 January Global: Global coronavirus infections pass 86.4 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,868,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The WHO team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 virus has been temporarily prevented from entering China because of visa issues, according to Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Tedros said he …

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6 January Konstantina Beleli, an economist, re-tweeted about how the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for a massive, immediate, and round-the-clock effort to vaccinate the public in a TV address. He challenged UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ensure that the UK is the first country in the world to vaccinate its entire population …

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5 January Global: Global coronavirus infections pass 85.7 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,853,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.  US: Covid-19 infections have passed 20.8 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 353,621 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. New York State has found its first case …

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According to the US Forces Korea (USFK), approximately seventeen more US soldiers and six civilians had tested positive for coronavirus in South Korea. The individuals have been transferred to an isolation facility at US Army Garrison Humphreys and Osan Air Base. Approximately 43 new coronavirus cases were reported at US military bases in Japan and …

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5 January Gregory Daco, chief US economist at Oxford Economics, re-tweeted about home prices rising faster in the middle of the US as the coronavirus pandemic forces people out of the large cities on the coasts. Historically, these cities have witnessed a sharp price rise in housing due to leaner supply and high demand. However, …

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