Published 26 August 2021
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Starting Nov. 1, unvaccinated Delta Air Lines employees will be charged more to stay on the company health plan. Credit…Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
Published 24 August 2021
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FDA NEWS RELEASE
FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
Approval Signifies Key Achievement for Public Health
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals.
What’s going on with shipping rates?
Published 23 August 2021
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McKinsey’s Steve Saxon and Jaana Remes discuss why container shipping costs are surging and give their take on what lies ahead for the industry.
It now costs up to six times more to ship a container from China to Europe than it did at the start of 2019. Yet global demand for shipping has increased only by around 5 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic. So what’s causing the spike?
In this video conversation, Steve Saxon, McKinsey’s Shenzhen-based partner leading the Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice in China, and Jaana Remes, a partner with the McKinsey Global Institute, discuss this puzzling phenomenon.
Watch the video to learn more about:
- how changing consumption patterns in the United States are driving up demand for shipping and causing congestion in ports and the surrounding hinterland infrastructure
- how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to port lockdowns and container ships being taken out of service, resulting in an overall reduction in shipping capacity
- why the industry’s response of aggressively adding supply may not be the wisest move
- the longer-term implications of the boom-and-bust cycle of shipping rates and when rates could be expected to normalize
In addition, to learn more about the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer spending, download our report The consumer demand recovery and lasting effects of COVID-19.
An increase in Covid-19 cases and hospitalization related to circulation of Variant of Concern (VOC) Delta in the Eastern Caribbean Countries
Published 11 August 2021
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An increase in Covid-19 cases and hospitalization related to circulation of Variant of Concern (VOC) Delta in the Eastern Caribbean Countries
Bridgetown, Barbados – August 9, 2021 (PAHO) -The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Office for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries is advising the public and health authorities to continue to take appropriate and urgent public health and social measures (PHSM) to safeguard lives due to an increase in cases and hospitalization related to circulation of SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern (VOC) Delta in the Eastern Caribbean.
Longtime New Mexico lawmaker focus of criminal investigation
Published 3 August 2021
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In this March 20, 2021, file photo, House Majority Floor Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton speaks following the end of New Mexico’s annual legislative session in Santa Fe, New Mexico.