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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
Kolkata/Bangalore (India), Jan 16 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Piyal Adhikary/Jagadeesh Nv) India on Saturday launched what has been dubbed as the world's largest vaccination campaign against Covid-19, with some 3,000 centers in the country looking to administer the first dose to more than 300,000 health workers on its first day.The campaign, which began in all states and territories of the country, was launched in the morning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video conference from New Delhi.FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION CENTRES IN KOLKATA AND BANGALORE.
Healthcare workers in Buenos Aires test residents for the new coronavirus at a drive-through testing site, as the world nears 2 million Covid-19 deaths. IMAGES
Images of the Covid-19 monument opposite Madrid's Cibeles Palace in memory of the victims, as the global coronavirus death tolls nears two million. IMAGES
In less than three months, Israel expects to have immunized all its citizens who are over 16 against the novel coronavirus. Business Insider reports achieving that goal would likely make Israel the world's first to immunize the vast majority of its population. Israel has far outpaced the rest of the world with its vaccination campaign. In fact, it has already administered the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to about one in five of its citizens. Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a deal with Pfizer to secure enough doses to immunize its adult population by the end of March.
As if the end of the year weren't hard enough, the December jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics said 140,000 jobs were lost last month. According to Business Insider, the data shows all of those lost jobs were held by women. Among the newly-unemployed, Black and Latina women working in retail and education sectors were hit the hardest. The US posted a surprise decline in payrolls in December and all of the 140,000 jobs lost were held by women. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, the US economic recovery has been mostly stagnant. Small businesses nationwide have been hit particularly hard. Many are being forced to lay off staff or close altogether to curb the pandemic's spread.
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