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Stories for February 1st 2022
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Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Now that billions have been vaccinated, how do we manage Covid-19 health care waste challenge?
As hundreds of millions have been vaccinated against the pandemic, another challenge has emerged, tens of thousands of tons of extra medical waste from the response to COVID-19 has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report.
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Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Extreme Poverty in Latin America rises to 86 Million because of pandemic, ECLAC report
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable, and resilient social protection systems.
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Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Argentina: Máximo Kirchner resigns as Lower House majority leader
The recent deal between the Argentine Government of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking its toll on the country's political leadership front after Lower House Majority Leader Máximo Kirchner announced Monday he would resign that position.
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Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:03 UTC
Venezuelan NGO claims political prisoners risk never-ending trials
According to a Venezuelan Non-Government Organization, 13 inmates deemed to be political prisoners, have been transferred from the Ramo Verde detention center to regular jailhouses for ordinary criminals, which allegedly jeopardizes the judicial review of these cases.
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Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC
UK PM not to resign after early findings from Gray's report are published
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's remaining in office hangs in the balance following the release Monday of a report by senior civil servant Sue Gray which has supplied police investigators with over 300 photographs of the party or parties held at 10 Downing Street while COVID-19 lockdown mandates were in force.
