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18 Mar, 7 tweets, 4 min read
🇧🇷 Brazil records more than 90,000 new COVID cases in a single day aje.io/nwupx
🇵🇰 Pakistan receives second batch of 500,000 vaccines from China aje.io/2gxan

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WHO says keep using AstraZeneca vaccine as the benefits outweigh the risks aje.io/y98ay Image
The European Medicines Agency says the benefits of AstraZeneca outweigh the risks after several countries pause roll-outs amid fears over blood clots.

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Existing vaccines may protect against the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus, says Oxford study aje.io/j8ks8 Image
The White House said it will send four million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada and Mexico aje.io/xtejf Image
Iran officials worry Iranian New Year gatherings could create a fourth massive wave of COVID-19 infections aje.io/gx39j Image
“This vaccine is safe and effective.”

The European Medicines Agency says there is no increase in the overall risk of blood clots with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine.

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• The World Health Organization renews support for AstraZeneca COVID vaccine aje.io/s4x4h

• Why is India staring at a ‘second peak’ of COVID-19 cases? aje.io/tlr6v

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19 Mar
🌏 World Bank rolls out vaccine funds for poor Asian nations aje.io/k3j2m
🇺🇸 US to cross 100 million COVID shots six weeks before Biden's deadline of his 100th day as president aje.io/ddqyx

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18 Mar
It's #WorldRecyclingDay ♻️

As the world struggles to manage its waste, here's how some people are taking recycling to the next level 👇

This Egyptian designer uses egg shells to make a biodegradable material that is an alternative for plastic.
These women in India are making mattresses out of personal protective equipment scraps for patients and the homeless ♻️ #WorldRecyclingDay
Meet the Buddhist monks recycling plastic bottles into robes in Thailand ♻️ #WorldRecyclingDay
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18 Mar
"It is unacceptable. It is hateful and it has to stop."

US officials decry hate towards Asian Americans after the deadly shootings in Georgia ⤵️
White gunman charged with 8 counts of murder over the Georgia shootings that US politician Ben Nguyen says appear to be at the "intersection of gender-based violence, misogyny and xenophobia" aje.io/5wlqd Image
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17 Mar
BREAKING: Tanzanian President John Magufuli is dead, announces VP Samia Sulhu Hassan on state television aje.io/a9xzg
UPDATE: VP Samia Suluhu said Tanzania's 61-year-old president had died of a “heart condition”, which he has suffered for a decade aje.io/depbp Image
“Our country will remain in mourning for the next 14 days.”

Tanzania announces the death of President John Magufuli, after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts.
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8 Mar
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Over the last century, women’s rights have progressed significantly - but there is still much to be done.

On #InternationalWomensDay, we look at the state of gender equality in the world today 👇
In politics, while women’s representation in parliaments has more than doubled globally, it only translates into about 25% of seats. #InternationalWomensDay
The number of women running Fortune 500 companies has hit an all-time record of 37, compared with only 1 in 1998 - but that amounts to only 7% of all the CEOs on the list. #InternationalWomensDay
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