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WHO believes 2022 should be the year the pandemic ends

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6 months ago

December 21, 2021

2022 should be the year when “the pandemic will end,” the leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) stressed today, urging the parties to be careful.

“We are all tired of this pandemic. We all want to be with our families, but in order to better protect them and protect ourselves, in some cases this means canceling the event, ”said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Speaking at a press conference at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, the WHO spokesman urged families and people planning to be together at the end of the year to think twice: “A canceled event is better than living less.”

On the other hand, next year “WHO is committed to doing everything in its power to end the pandemic,” he said.

As the fifth wave of the covid-19 pandemic hits many countries, and the emergence of the Omicron variant puts the planet in a state of emergency again, the WHO leader, now one of the most famous faces in the fight against coronavirus, said. : “2022 should be the year of the end of the pandemic.”

He again called for improved access to vaccines in disadvantaged countries.

“If we want to end the pandemic next year, we must end inequalities by getting 70% of the population in every country vaccinated by mid-year,” he said.

Tedros reiterated that WHO has no objection to booster doses, but stressed that they should be reserved for people at risk or over 65.

The WHO director believes that countries that are administering booster doses to adults and children in excellent health would be better off sharing these vaccines or persuading unvaccinated people to stick to them.

“We are faced with a very harsh reality, but we must show solidarity,” he insisted.

Covid-19 has caused more than 5.35 million deaths worldwide since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest report from Agence France-Presse.

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Zelensky says Kremlin has “already decided” that Belarus will enter the war and is calling on the population to revolt – Obozrevatel

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5 hours ago

June 27, 2022

Herb Adkins

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this Sunday denounced that Belarus is being “dragged into a war” in Ukraine. In an address to the Belarusian population, the head of state said that “the Kremlin has already made a decision” on Minsk’s participation in the offensive.

In his address to the country, Vladimir Zelensky called for an uprising of the Belarusian population, which “is neither a slave nor cannon fodder.” “You don’t have to die. And you can prevent them from deciding for you what awaits you next,” he said, adding that “everything depends on the citizens of Belarus.”. “I know that they may refuse to participate in this war. Your life belongs to you, not to the Kremlin.” pointed out what is the insult to the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

“I know that the people of Belarus support Ukraine, they support us, not the war,” the Ukrainian president said. “Therefore, the Russian leadership wants to take all Belarusians to the war, wants to sow hatred among us,” he warned.

Volodymyr Zelensky assured that Ukraine “will defend itself against attacks from any direction and from any weapon.” “I am sure that we will stand and restore everything,” the President of Ukraine stressed, noting that “any person, any normal person in any country, in particular in Belarus, can contribute to the defense of life.”

On Saturday, the President of Belarus met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The leaders of the two countries discussed security issues in Europe, and the head of the Russian state promised to send combat-ready missile systems to the territory of Belarus.

“Please help us.” Putin responds to Lukashenka’s request and sends nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus

Regarding the attack on Kyiv, Vladimir Zelensky ridiculed what happened: “The second largest army in the world triumphantly” defeated “a kindergarten and a residential center.” The President of Ukraine said that as a result of the attacks, a 37-year-old man was killed, and a seven-year-old girl, whose mother is a “Russian citizen”, was also injured. “In our country, she was not threatened by anything, she was completely safe until Russia decided that everything was hostile – women, children, kindergartens, hospitals, railways.”

“Missiles also hit the Mykolaiv region, Chernihiv region, Odessa, Cherkasy,” said Volodymyr Zelensky, who called on the international community to send “modern and effective” air defense systems capable of protecting Ukraine from air attacks.

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Five killed and 500 injured when bench collapses during bullfight

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13 hours ago

June 27, 2022

Herb Adkins

At least five people were killed and 500 injured when a bench collapsed in a bullring in Tolima, Colombia. The incident happened during a traditional race held during San Juan celebrations called “corraleja” where civilians fight bulls.

Tolima Governor Ricardo Orozco assured broadcaster Blu Radio that five people, including a minor, were killed in today’s tragedy.

“We deeply regret what happened in our bullring, Gilberto Charri, I want to ask the citizens who are in the arena to leave the territory, the control authorities are responding to the emergency, and the victims have already been taken to hospitals,” he wrote . for his part, the mayor of El Espinal, Juan Carlos Tamayo.

I hope that all the people affected by the collapse of the Plaza de El Espinal will be able to come out of their wounds unharmed.

This has happened before in Sinselejo.

I ask the mayors not to sanction any more shows with the death of people or animals. pic.twitter.com/dMAq6uqlKX

– Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) June 26, 2022

Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro said on the social network Twitter: “I hope that all the people affected by the collapse of El Espinal Square will be able to recover from their wounds.”

A horrific video that emerged from Colombia tonight, where a grandstand collapsed during a bullfight in El Espinal, with local reports of several dead and possibly hundreds injured (from WRadioColombia) pic.twitter.com/Whn8Fz7ugn

— Manuel Bojorquez (@BojorquezCBS) June 26, 2022