MONGOLIA REPORTED 1,015 NEW COVID-19 CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, BRINGING THE NATIONAL TALLY TO 34,623, SATURDAY, SILCHAR AS THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES ITS SURGE IN THE ` 6 MAY 1, 2021 GlobalChronicle COUNTRY. ‘1 bn Covid vax unprecedented Biden rolls out sweeping legislative feat, but disparities exists’ AGENCIES “It is an unprecedented scien- agenda in his 1st address to Congress tific achievement. Nobody could GENEVA: The speed at which have imagined that, within 16 AGENCIES investments we made together, ering drug prices and expanding the world has administered months of the identification of as one country, and investments Medicare benefits. one billion doses of Covid-19 a new virus, we would have WASHINGTON: US President Joe that only the government was in “I was not overly inspired,” jabs, just four months after vaccinated one billion people Biden on Wednesday night a position to make. Time again, said moderate Republican the World Health Organiza- worldwide with a variety of addressed a joint session of they propel us into the future,” Senator Lisa Murkowski. “I tion (WHO) approved the first different vaccines, using dif- Congress for the first time, Biden said. think he wanted to make sure vaccine for emergency use, is ferent platforms and made in rolling out his administra- The American Families Plan we knew all of the ins and outs remarkable, but unequal dis- different countries,” Soumya tion’s two top priorities in a will add two years of universal of his various plans. I was look- tribution of the vaccinations Swaminathan, the WHO’s chief sweeping legislative agenda high-quality pre-school for ing for more of an uplifting and highlights global disparities, scientist, based in Geneva, was -- the American Jobs Plan and every three- and four-year-old outreach on the bipartisan note say researchers. quoted as saying by the Nature. nations see. According to a UK the American Families Plan in America, increase Pell Grants that we heard from the inaugu- Just 10 countries have The world is also likely to hit study, of 1.1 million people aged -- while touting his achieve- and investment in historically ration speech.” acquired nearly three-quarters the two-billion mark much faster over 80 who were treated for ments on the eve of his 100th black universities, tribal colleg- Senator Tim Scott, who deliv- of all doses -- China and the US than it hit the first billion, but health conditions in clinics and day in office. es, and minority-serving institu- ered the Republican rebuttal to alone account for about 50 per it is important to ensure global hospitals between December and For the first time in US his- tions, provide up to 12 weeks of Biden’s address, argued that the cent of all the doses given out, vaccine equity to help curb the January, 42.5 per cent of white tory, two women were seated paid family and medical leave, administration’s plans on spend- while the entire continent of pandemic, she added. participants had been vaccinat- directly behind the president on ensure low- to middle-income ing and tax hikes would weaken Africa has received only 2 per “It’s absolutely amazing that ed, compared with just 20.5 per the dais: Speaker Nancy Pelosi families pay no more than 7 per made things worse,” the pres- the 15-dollar minimum wage, the US economy. cent of jabs. in a short time we developed cent of Black participants. The and Vice President Kamala cent of income to care for their ident continued. “Twenty mil- equal pay for women, as well as “The actions of the President Around 7.3 per cent of the multiple vaccines and gotten same study also found evidence Harris, the Xinhua news agen- children up to the age of five, and lion Americans lost their jobs expanded protections for mem- and his party are pulling us fur- world’s population of 7.79 billion a billion doses administered, of divides along socio-economic cy reported. expand the child tax credit for in the pandemic, working-and bers of the LGBTQ community. ther and further apart,” Scott have received at least one dose, but the way it’s happened has lines, the report said. The American Jobs Plan, a every child in a family. middle-class Americans. At the He also called on lawmak- said. as of April 27, but more than 75 worsened inequities around “Vaccinating only portions of planned investment of $4 tril- To finance the two plans, same time, the roughly 650 bil- ers from both parties to “find The event was limited to an per cent needs to be vaccinated the world,” said Krishna the population is not an effective lion in building climate-friendly Biden said he had no intention lionaires in America saw their consensus” and pass policing attendance of 200 people in a to bring the pandemic under Udayakumar, Associate strategy, and leaves us vulner- infrastructure such as road- of raising the deficit or imposing net worth increase by more than reform by the anniversary locked-down Capitol, instead control. This highlights the Director for innovation at the able to new variants,” warned ways and broadband, would be any tax hikes on people making $1 trillion.” of African American George of the usual 1,600, due to strict uneven distribution of vaccina- Duke Global Health Institute in Udayakumar, adding a global guided by one principle, ‘buy less than $400,000 a year. Instead, “It’s time to grow the econ- Floyd’s death next month. The security and health restric- tions, both within and between Durham, North Carolina. response is needed to fight a American, buy American,” he proposed major hikes on cor- omy from the bottom up and plans face an uphill battle and tions, media reported, adding nations. Disparities also exist within global pandemic. said Biden, pledging that the porations, investment income middle-out,” Biden announced. will require the support of at that Chief Justice John Roberts plan would create “millions of and wealthy households. However, the two plans least some Republican senators. will be the lone member of the ‘Second wife’ lodges good paying jobs” and be the “It’s time for corporate face a deeply uncertain fate in In his address, Biden touted Supreme Court on hand. B’desh approves China’s biggest increase in non-defence America and the wealthiest 1 Congress, where Democrats his achievements such as push- The address has been delayed rape case against research and development on per cent of Americans to pay hold only a slim majority in ing his $1.9 trillion coronavirus for months. Newly inaugurat- record in the US. their fair share,” said Biden, both the House and the Senate, relief package through Congress ed presidents generally deliver Sinopharm vaccine for Hefazat leader Mamunul “Throughout our history, citing a study which found that analysts say. and getting more than 200 mil- an address to Congress within public investments and infra- “CEOs make 320 times what The president urged Congress lion coronavirus vaccine shots weeks of taking office, but Biden DHAKA: A woman whom Hefa- structure have literally trans- their average workers make.” to pass legislation on immi- within his first 100 days. He has not done so due to the Covid- emergency use zat-e-Islam Bangladesh leader formed America. These are “The pandemic has only gration reform, gun safety, also pushed for actions on low- 19 pandemic, said media reports. Mamunul Haque claimed to DHAKA: Bangladesh’s drug Committee on Economic be his second wife filed a case Indonesia approves regulator has authorised the Affairs approved the proposal against the Hefazat leader with emergency use of China’s Sin- to produce the vaccines -- China’s Sonargaon police station in US to deploy additional forces to emergency use of opharm Covid-19 vaccine. Sinopharm and Russia’s Sputnik Narayanganj on Friday. Major General Mahbubur V. The country’s drug regulator ‘The woman lodged the case Chinese vaccine Rahman, Director General had earlier cleared the emer- with our police station some- of Bangladesh’s Directorate gency use of Russia’s Sputnik times after 10:00am alleging Afghanistan as withdrawal underway AGENCIES General of Drug Administration, V vaccine. that Mamunul allured her to made the announcement at a Shahida Akhter, a senior marry and had been raping her JAKARTA: Indonesia’s food press conference on Thursday, Cabinet Division official, said frequently for past two years,’ WASHINGTON: The White House Task Force will temporarily out of Afghanistan by September The US State Department on and drug authority BPOM the Xinhua news agency on Wednesday that several lead- Sonargaon police officer-in-charge has said the US military will deploy to Afghanistan to assist 11, 2021,” she added. Tuesday ordered non-essential has issued an emergency reported. ing Bangladeshi pharmaceutical Mohammad Hafizur Rahman told send additional forces to Af- with the force protection of forces The Pentagon last week said staff to leave the US Embassy in use authorisation (EUA) “We’ve issued emergency use firms in collaboration with the Our Correspondent. ghanistan to protect US and on the ground as we initiate with- that B-52 bombers and USS Kabul, Afghanistan. US Charge for the Covid-19 vaccine approval for the Chinese-made Chinese and Russian companies Mamunul, arrested on coalition forces during the drawal operations,” she noted. Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft d’Affaires to Afghanistan Ross produced by Chinese phar- jab.” will produce the vaccines. April 18 at his madrassah at withdrawal. Jean-Pierre also said Defense carrier will deploy to the region Wilson tweeted that the depar- maceutical company Sinop- Mahbubur Rahman further The decisions came days after Mohammadpur in Dhaka in sever- White House Deputy Press Secretary Lloyd Austin had to protect U.S.