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World leaders met on Saturday to discuss preparation efforts to contain and alleviate the coronavirus pandemic in the next few months. Leaders from Germany, France, South Korea, and Argentina were scheduled to participate in the side event to the annual G20 gathering. According to Business Insider, the US has more than 11.9 million cases and 255,000 deaths from the highly contagious novel coronavirus. And despite making up the largest share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, noticeably absent was President Donald Trump. He went golfing, instead.
Madrid, Jan 29 (EFE), (Camera: EFE).- Agencia EFE presented Friday the debate 'How to achieve a Latin American post-Covid-19 Marshall Plan?' on the ocassion of the World Economic Forum 2021, which is being celebrated on these days.The debate was moderated by EFE's president Gabriela Cañas.FOOTAGE OF EFE'S PRESIDENT GABRIELA CAÑAS AND REBECA GRYNSPAN, IBERO-AMERICAN SECRETARY-GENERAL, DURING THE DEBATE. SOUNDBITES OF:-ALEJANDRO WERNER, DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF):"It is estimated that Latin America (n) (economy) contracted by 7.5% last year and that it will grow by 4.1% in 2021. On average, the region will recover its production levels by 2022 and, regarding per capita production, by 2023.""Once the pandemic is over, as I said before, the region will have to invest in infrastructure and climate change-oriented infrastructure, and also will have to strengthen its social security and education systems." -CARLOS FELIPE JARAMILLO, WORLD BANK VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION:"I personally think that we have to focus on what to do in the region in the future. There is a lot to do and we can see many opportunities, but we have to take advantage of these opportunities.""On a global level, this time we have to pay attention to the context and we see three revolutions that are affecting all of us around the globe: the digital revolution, the green revolution and the innovation revolution.""I think that the biggest challenge we face in our countries is taking advantage of this context and these three great revolutions."-MAURICIO CLAVER-CARONE, PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB):"The Marshall plan for Latin America already exists and it is called the recapitalisation of the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD).""The pandemic has affected the whole world, but we know that it has affected Latin America and the Caribbean in a disproportionate way since it is one of the most unequal regions in the world.""With only 8% of the world population, our region has registered one third of the global Covid-19 deaths."
California biotech company Vaxart is under federal investigation and is being sued by a number of investors. According to CNN, Vaxart was served with a grand jury subpoena in July from the US District Court for the Northern District of California. It's under fire for exaggerating its involvement in the US government's Operation Warp Speed program for developing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Vaxart issued a June press release saying 'Vaxart's Covid-19 Vaccine Selected for the US Government's Operation Warp Speed.' The news pumped Vaxart's stock price from $3 to $17. Hedge fund Armistice Capital, which partly controlled Vaxart, sold its shares, profiting more than $200m. A few weeks before it announced its supposed inclusion in the Operation Warp Speed program, Vaxart granted amendments to its warrants agreements. That allowed Armistice to sell almost all of their stock, which they did once the stock price skyrocketed. In July, the HHS said it had neither entered into a funding agreement nor negotiations with Vaxart.
Boris Johnson leaves a public inquiry into his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic after attending the first of two gruelling days in the witness box. The former British prime minister apologised for "the pain and the loss and the suffering" caused by the pandemic but defended his government. Johnson has faced a barrage of criticism from former aides for alleged indecisiveness and a lack of scientific understanding during the crisis. IMAGES
Fresh waves of Covid-19 cases show that the pandemic is "nowhere near over", the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns, adding: "As the virus pushes at us, we must push back." SOUNDBITE
Police direct traffic as vehicles partaking in a 'Freedom Convoy' against Covid-19 restrictions arrive in Jerusalem from 40 cities across Israel. The demonstration is inspired by the Canadian protest movement which is entering its third week. IMAGES
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