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Monday, January 18, 2021

Brazil economy activity up in Nov, but slowest rise in 7 months
USA

Brazil economy activity up in Nov, but slowest rise in 7 months

  • This suggests the solid recovery from the worst of the COVID-19 shock earlier last year continued to slow going into the fourth quarter.
  • Compared with November 2019, activity was down 0.83%, and on an accumulated 12-month basis down 4.15%.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 07:01pm
Germany says its new COVID-19 infections are much too high
Europe

Germany says its new COVID-19 infections are much too high

  • Concern about new variants of the virus are the reason Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders have brought forward a planned meeting to Tuesday.
  • We still have a big risk ... that is the risk of mutation," Seibert told a regular news conference.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:58pm
South Africa to get 9 million J&J vaccine shots
Africa

South Africa to get 9 million J&J vaccine shots

  • The country has recorded more than 1.3 million infections and more than 37,000 deaths related to the virus, the most in Africa.
  • The J&J doses take the total number of doses that South Africa stands to receive to more than 30 million.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:56pm
Pro-gun demonstration set for Virginia capital in wake of Capitol siege
USA

Pro-gun demonstration set for Virginia capital in wake of Capitol siege

  • Gun rights activists will converge on the Virginia state capital on Monday for an annual demonstration that falls at an especially tense time this year, after the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol and two days before the presidential inauguration.
  • Nationwide pro-Trump demonstrations scheduled for Sunday largely fizzled after the FBI issued warnings and several states deployed the National Guard.
Updated 18 Jan, 2021 08:14pm
France can vaccinate 2.4mn people by end of February
Europe

France can vaccinate 2.4mn people by end of February

  • During a visit to a vaccination centre in the eastern city of Grenoble, Veran told reporters that France had now set up about 800 such centres.
  • With the acceleration of the vaccination campaign in retirement homes, we will comfortably reach our goal of 1 million French people vaccinated by the end of this month.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:08pm
Thai private hospitals reserve COVID-19 vaccines ahead of approval
South Asia

Thai private hospitals reserve COVID-19 vaccines ahead of approval

  • We ordered one million doses of the Sinovac vaccine with an option to buy nine million more," Boon Vanasin.
  • "We can't just wait for the government," Boon said, adding that it was not clear how many doses from the government's vaccine stockpile would reach private hospital workers.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:00pm
UK shopper numbers down 10.9pc last week as lockdowns bite
Europe

UK shopper numbers down 10.9pc last week as lockdowns bite

  • On Jan. 4, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system.
  • Springboard said footfall was down 14.6% in shopping centres, 11.5% lower in high streets and down 5.8% in retail parks.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 05:07pm
Will exhaust all means to protect pandemic-hit medical system: Japan PM Suga
Asia

Will exhaust all means to protect pandemic-hit medical system: Japan PM Suga

  • Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday his government will take all possible measures to protect the country’s medical system, as hospitals creak under the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Suga this month issued a state of emergency for Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures in a bid to stem a resurgence of infections.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:10pm
FBI screens troops ahead of US inauguration
USA

FBI screens troops ahead of US inauguration

  • Following the January 6 riots at the Capitol building in support of outgoing President Donald Trump, it emerged that some of those involved had current or former ties to the military.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 12:35pm
'It was a non-event': Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.
USA

'It was a non-event': Pro-Trump protests quiet amid massive police presence across U.S.

  • Law enforcement officers far outnumbered protesters at state capitol grounds on Sunday, as few Trump supporters who believe the president’s false claim that he won the 2020 election turned out.
  • Some militias and extremist groups told followers to stay home, citing the increased security or the risk that the planned events were law-enforcement traps.
Published 18 Jan, 2021 12:26pm