Selasa, 06 April 2021

Chile virus surge shows vaccine rollout may not end lockdowns, says Chris Whitty - The Independent

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  1. Chile virus surge shows vaccine rollout may not end lockdowns, says Chris Whitty  The Independent
  2. Lockdown warning after Covid cases rise in Chile despite vaccine rollout  The Times
  3. Chile's Covid surge shows even a quick vaccine rollout may not avert more lockdowns  Telegraph.co.uk
  4. Chile sees Covid cases rise despite 'remarkable' vaccine effort - CMO says there are lessons to learn  Manchester Evening News
  5. State reports lowest amount of COVID-19 cases in one week  WBAY
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2021-04-06 09:54:57Z
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North Korea pulls out of Tokyo Olympics - Financial Times

North Korea has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, dashing Seoul’s hopes of using the event to improve inter-Korean relations and revive nuclear talks.

The decision to skip the Games, scheduled to begin in July, was made by North Korea’s Olympics committee on March 25, a website run by the country’s sports ministry said, citing the need to protect its athletes from the global health crisis.

Pyongyang’s withdrawal also coincided with deteriorating inter-Korean relations, which have been put under additional strain by North Korea’s recent missile launches and a stalemate in its nuclear talks with Washington.

Seoul’s unification ministry on Tuesday expressed its regret over the decision, saying it had hoped the Olympics would provide another chance to “foster peace and reconciliation between the two Koreas”.

North Korea took part in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Kim Jong Un, the North Korean dictator, sent a delegation led by his sister, Kim Yo Jong, which was accompanied by hundreds of red-clad North Korean cheerleaders who captivated global audiences.

At the Pyeongchang Olympics, athletes from the two Koreas marched together under a unified flag in the opening ceremony and fielded their first combined Olympics team in women’s ice hockey.

The Olympics detente led to historic summits between Kim and then-US president Donald Trump, where the North Korean leader pledged to denuclearise his weapons arsenal.

But talks have since stalled. Kim has cut off engagement with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Washington has refused to ease sanctions against Pyongyang.

Kim has continued to develop nuclear weapons technology and rebuffed the latest US entreaties while the Biden administration completes a review to determine its North Korea policy.

Analysts said a change in North Korea’s stance was unlikely in the near future as the pandemic, coupled with sanctions, flood damage and Kim’s economic policies, had aggravated its economic woes.

North Korea has insisted that it is free of coronavirus but outside experts doubt its claim, as the country has quarantined tens of thousands of people who have shown symptoms. Pyongyang has shut down land, sea and air routes and limited domestic movement, describing its antivirus efforts as a “matter of national existence”.

“It is hard to expect any breakthrough in inter-Korean relations and nuclear talks as Biden is unlikely to lift sanctions while Kim continues to push for nuclear weapons,” said Kim Jae-chun, a professor at Sogang University and former government adviser.

“North Korea is not Biden’s top priority although its economy is in real bad shape and it’s unclear how long it can withstand the situation.”

North Korea was the first country to withdraw from Tokyo 2020, marking the latest setback for a Games dogged by allegations of corruption in the bidding process, a sexism scandal that brought down its former president, and a one-year postponement because of Covid-19.

Seiko Hashimoto, the head of Tokyo 2020, told national broadcaster NHK that she had learnt of North Korea’s withdrawal from the morning news. “Neither the International Olympic Committee nor the Japanese Olympic Committee has been told of a decision not to participate,” she said.

“Participation in the Olympics is at the invitation of the IOC. As the organising committee, we’re still working to deliver a safe and secure Games for every country that attends.”

 

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2021-04-06 07:09:08Z
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Australia and New Zealand to start quarantine-free travel - BBC News

Brisbane Airport in April as people flew out of the city prior to its lockdown
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Australian and New Zealand residents will be able to travel between the two nations without having to quarantine from 19 April.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move on Tuesday.

Since October, New Zealand travellers have been allowed to enter most Australian states without quarantine, though this had not been reciprocated.

Both nations have since contained Covid outbreaks and kept infection rates near zero.

The countries shut their borders in March last year and brought in compulsory quarantine for returning nationals.

When outbreaks have emerged, both Australia and New Zealand have instated snap lockdowns to halt the virus from spreading.

Ms Ardern praised such aggressive responses as key to opening the travel bubble.

"I cannot see or point to any countries in the world that are maintaining a strategy of keeping their countries completely Covid-free, whilst opening up to international travel between each other," she said.

"That means that, in a way, you know, we are world-leading."

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed Ms Ardern's decision, while noting that his country's border had been open to New Zealanders for close to six months already.

"We have ensured that both our countries have... not suffered the same types of virus impacts that we have seen in so many other countries," he said.

"The fact that we can now combine again will mean more jobs, will mean people reunited."

Australia has recorded 909 deaths since the pandemic began, while New Zealand has reported 25.

How would the bubble work?

New Zealand will bring in "green zone" conditions similar to those that its citizens face entering Australia.

Passengers travelling to New Zealand will be required to have spent the 14 days before the flight in Australia only. Airline crews must have only worked on low-risk routes.

A passenger from New Zealand arriving at Sydney Airport terminal last October
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Those with cold or flu symptoms will not be allowed to travel, and all passengers must wear masks and give details to New Zealand authorities of where they will be staying.

Ms Ardern warned that travel arrangements could change "if there is an outbreak" - similar to how Australia has on two occasions briefly halted travel from New Zealand.

But she said New Zealand would view cases in Australia "as a region of our own when making decisions on restrictions".

If multiple cases of an unknown origin emerged "we would likely suspend flights for a set period of time", she added.

Other conditions may be brought in too, including pre-departure testing for people from affected areas.

"These precautions are all part of our preparation to keep Covid out," she said.

"Both countries have had border incursions and I know neither one of us wishes to export Covid to the other country."

About 1.5 million Australians used to visit New Zealand annually prior to the pandemic - about 40% of that nation's international visitors.

Ms Ardern said she expected most travellers taking early trips would be going to see family and friends - but added the upcoming ski season would also be an attraction.

Australia's national carrier Qantas said it would resume 122 return flights to New Zealand per week once the bubble came into operation.

This travel bubble is believed to be the second in the world, after one opened up between the islands of Taiwan and Palau last week.

Australia and New Zealand have also previously raised the idea of separate travel bubbles with low-risk places like Singapore, Taiwan and several Pacific island nations.

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Ivanka Trump blasted as ‘mediocre child of legacy wealth’ after GAO report - Daily Express

The former First Daughter created at least 19 new women's empowerment campaigns in 2019, including her renowned Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. However, a new report by the GAO has shone light on the programs’ failures, sparking backlash from critics.

The document confirmed that “there were at least 19 new women's empowerment programs launched in 2019 as part of the program, but Politico explained that 'there were extensive failures in both the targeting of the money, and the measurement of its impact.'"

Reacting to the report, Daily Beast columnist Erin Gloria Ryan wrote in the news website that Ms Trump had achieved nothing during her four years as advisor to President Donald Trump.

She wrote: “All this time, I'd been thinking of her as a deeply mediocre child of legacy wealth, a veritable American princess of unearned stature, who emerged from a four-year stint in the Trump White House with one sort of cool piece of legislation to show for it.

“In reality, she has emerged from her four-year stint in the Trump White House with nothing to show for it.

“I regret the error and have learned my lesson."

The writer went on to highlight Ms Trump’s program’s biggest issues, such as entities failing to disclose how the money they received from the program was used.

She wrote: “The embarrassing report made six harsh recommendations to USAID, among them 'identify the total funding,' define what women-owned businesses are, and make sure that the data reported on the program is reliable in the future.

“In some cases, according to the report, money was distributed to programs that never reported on how the funds were used.

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Senin, 05 April 2021

George Floyd: Minneapolis police chief says Chauvin violated policy - BBC News

The police chief of Minneapolis has testified that ex-officer Derek Chauvin violated the agency's policy on force during the arrest of George Floyd.

Chief Medaria Arradondo said the way Mr Chauvin restrained Mr Floyd was not in line with training and "certainly not part of our ethics and our values".

The chief had fired Mr Chauvin and the three other officers involved days after Mr Floyd's death last May.

Mr Chauvin is on trial for murder and has denied the charges against him.

Footage of Mr Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on African-American Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last year sparked global protests against racism.

Monday marks the sixth day in Mr Chauvin's trial, which is expected to last for at least one month.

What did the police chief say?

Prosecutors, who are seeking to prove that Mr Chauvin's actions violated his training, focused their questions on departmental guidelines and strategies taught to help officers de-escalate situations.

Mr Arradondo told the court Mr Floyd should not have been restrained in the manner used by the officers after he stopped resisting, "and certainly once he was in distress".

He said the type of restraint Mr Chauvin, 45, was using came "once there was no longer any resistance and clearly after Mr Floyd was no longer responsive - and even motionless".

"That is, in no way, shape or form, by policy, is not part of our training, and is certainly not part of our ethics and our values."

Mr Arradondo also noted it would be rare for officers to take into custody a suspect accused of passing a counterfeit bill, as Mr Floyd was.

The police chief said "talking your way out of a situation" was always better than using force, adding that officers may seek the "community's help" when available.

Defence lawyer Eric Nelson questioned Mr Arradondo about officers brandishing a weapon to defuse a situation, as Mr Chauvin did by holding up pepper spray to onlookers.

"Sometimes an officer has to take out his gun, and say hey if you don't listen to me I'm going use force," Mr Nelson said.

The chief agreed it was in line with policy to sometimes gesture in such a way to get a suspect to back down.

When shown different angles of footage of the arrest by Mr Nelson, Mr Arradondo also noted that right before the paramedics arrived, it appeared that Mr Chauvin had shifted his knee onto Mr Floyd's shoulder blade.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo
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Who is Chief Arradondo?

Mr Arradondo joined the force in 1989. He became the city's first African-American police chief in 2017.

Last June, Mr Arradondo said that Mr Floyd's "tragic death was not due to a lack of training - the training was there". He called Mr Floyd's death "murder", and said Mr Chauvin "knew that Floyd was nonresponsive" during the last few minutes.

This is not the first time that Mr Arradondo has testified against a former officer. As assistant chief, he testified against patrolman Mohamed Noor for the killing of Australian woman Justine Damond in 2017.

Earlier in his career, he successfully sued the Minneapolis police department along with four other officers, accusing the force of tolerating discriminatory practices.

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Analysis by Tara McKelvey, BBC News, Minneapolis

Police officers are allowed to use violence; it is part of their job. When a suspect ends up dead, officers are rarely convicted.

Between 2005-2014, only about 40 officers were convicted of murder or manslaughter, according to Bowling Green State University's Philip Stinson, out of thousands of police shootings.

On Monday, prosecutors tried to beat the odds. The appearance of a key witness, Chief Medaria Arradondo, was itself a rarity: he is one of the few police chiefs to speak out against a former officer.

Even with Mr Arradondo's testimony, though, the odds are against the prosecutors.

Jurors understand that police use force routinely, and it is hard to convince them that an officer has crossed a line.

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What else happened in court?

On Monday, the court also heard from Dr Bradford Wankhede Langenfeld, who pronounced Mr Floyd dead 30 minutes after he arrived at the Hennepin Country Medical Center.

Dr Lagenfeld said he believes that Mr Floyd's death was caused from a lack of oxygen, called asphyxia.

Prosecutors have suggested that asphyxiation was the cause of Mr Floyd's death - contrasting the ruling of the medical examiner who said Mr Floyd died of "cardiopulmonary arrest", which means a person's heart and lungs have stopped.

Mr Chauvin's defence team has contended that alleged drug use and an underlying heart condition contributed to Mr Floyd's death.

The physician's appearance in court follows testimony from two paramedics who said that Mr Floyd had no pulse and did not appear to be breathing when they arrived at the scene.

Why is the case so important?

Footage of Mr Chauvin kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck was viewed around the world and sparked mass demonstrations against racism and police brutality.

As police officers are rarely convicted or charged at all for deaths that occur in custody, the verdict in this trial is being seen as an indication of how the US legal system will treat such cases in future.

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George Floyd: Minneapolis police chief says Chauvin violated policy - BBC News

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The police chief of Minneapolis has testified that ex-officer Derek Chauvin violated the agency's policy on force during the arrest of George Floyd.

Chief Medaria Arradondo said the way Mr Chauvin restrained Mr Floyd was not in line with training and "certainly not part of our ethics and our values".

The chief had fired Mr Chauvin and the three other officers involved days after Mr Floyd's death last May.

Mr Chauvin is on trial for murder and has denied the charges against him.

Footage of Mr Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on African-American Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last year sparked global protests against racism.

Monday marks the sixth day in Mr Chauvin's trial, which is expected to last for at least one month.

What did the police chief say?

In court, Mr Arradondo described the training police officers receive regarding use of force on suspects who are being uncooperative.

"Once Mr Floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalise that, that should have stopped," he said referring the restraint officers applied during the arrest.

He said the type of restraint Mr Chauvin, 45, was using came "once there was no longer any resistance and clearly after Mr Floyd was no longer responsive - and even motionless".

"That is, in no way, shape or form, by policy, is not part of our training, and is certainly not part of our ethics and our values," he continued.

Last June, Mr Arradondo said that Mr Floyd's "tragic death was not due to a lack of training - the training was there". He called Mr Floyd's death "murder", and said Mr Chauvin "knew that Floyd was nonresponsive" during the last few minutes.

This is not the first time that Mr Arradondo has testified against a former officer. He also testified against patrolman Mohamed Noor for the killing of Australian woman Justine Damond in 2017. He was the assistant chief at the time.

Earlier in his career, he successfully sued the Minneapolis police department along with four other officers, accusing the force of tolerating discriminatory practices.

Mr Arradondo joined the force in 1989. He became the city's first African-American police chief in 2017.

What did the lawyers argue?

Chief Arradondo was asked several questions by prosecutor Steve Schleicher about de-escalation - strategies that allow officers to defuse situations without using force.

He said talking "your way out of a situation" was always better than using force, adding that officers may seek the "community's help" when available.

Mr Arradondo was also asked about bystanders who film police on the job, as Mr Chauvin's defence team had earlier suggested the crowd may have influenced the course of events that day.

As long as they do not obstruct police, onlookers "have the absolute First Amendment rights to record", he said, referring to the freedom of expression outlined in the US Constitution.

He was also asked by defence lawyer Eric Nelson whether brandishing a weapon, as Mr Chauvin did when he held up his pepper spray to onlookers, was unacceptable.

"Have you ever heard the phrase 'you got to escalate to de-escalate'?" asked Mr Nelson. "Sometimes an officer has to take out his gun, and say hey if you don't listen to me I'm going use force," he continued.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo
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Mr Arradondo said he was not familiar with the phrase but agreed that it is in line with the department's policy to gesture with a weapon in an attempt to get a suspect to back down.

He also noted it would be rare for officers to take into custody a suspect accused of passing a counterfeit bill, as Mr Floyd was.

When shown different angles of video footage by Mr Nelson, Mr Arradondo also noted that right before the paramedics arrived, it appeared that Mr Chauvin had shifted his knee onto Mr Floyd's shoulder blade.

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The thick blue line

Analysis by Tara McKelvey, BBC News, Minneapolis

Police officers are allowed to use violence; it is part of their job. When a suspect ends up dead, officers are rarely convicted.

Between 2005-2014, only about 40 officers were convicted of murder or manslaughter, according to Bowling Green State University's Philip Stinson, out of thousands of police shootings.

On Monday, prosecutors tried to beat the odds. The appearance of a key witness, Chief Medaria Arradondo, was itself a rarity: he is one of the few police chiefs to speak out against a former officer.

Even with Mr Arradondo's testimony, though, the odds are against the prosecutors.

Jurors understand that police use force routinely, and it is hard to convince them that an officer has crossed a line.

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What else happened in court?

Earlier on Monday, the court heard from Dr Bradford Wankhede Langenfeld, who served as Mr Floyd's primary caregiver on the night he died.

Then a senior resident at the Hennepin Country Medical Center, Dr Lagenfeld testified on Monday that he pronounced Mr Floyd dead some 30 minutes after beginning treatment.

Dr Lagenfeld told the court he believed that Mr Floyd's death was caused from a lack of oxygen, called asphyxia.

This may help prosecutors, who have suggested they will argue that asphyxiation was the cause of Mr Floyd's death - contrasting the ruling of the medical examiner who said Mr Floyd died of "cardiopulmonary arrest", which means a person's heart and lungs have stopped.

Mr Chauvin's defence team has contended that alleged drug use and an underlying heart condition contributed to Mr Floyd's death.

Mr Floyd's heart was not beating enough to "sustain life" at any point after his admission to the hospital, Dr Lagenfeld said.

The physician's appearance in court follows testimony from two paramedics who said that Mr Floyd had no pulse and did not appear to be breathing when they arrived at the scene.

Why is the case so important?

Footage of Mr Chauvin kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck was viewed around the world and sparked mass demonstrations against racism and police brutality.

Former US President Barack Obama said the protests represented a "genuine and legitimate frustration over a decades-long failure to reform police practices and the broader criminal justice system".

Police officers have rarely been convicted - if they are charged at all - for deaths that occur in custody, and the verdict in this trial is being seen as an indication of how the US legal system will treat such cases in future.

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George Floyd: Minneapolis police chief says Chauvin violated policy - BBC News

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The police chief of Minneapolis has testified that ex-officer Derek Chauvin violated the agency's policy on force during the arrest of George Floyd.

Chief Medaria Arradondo said the way Mr Chauvin restrained Mr Floyd was not in line with training and "certainly not part of our ethics and our values".

The chief had fired Mr Chauvin and the three other officers involved days after Mr Floyd's death last May.

Mr Chauvin is on trial for murder and has denied the charges against him.

Footage of Mr Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on African-American Mr Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last year sparked global protests against racism.

Monday marks the sixth day in Mr Chauvin's trial, which is expected to last for at least one month.

What did the police chief say?

In court, Mr Arradondo described the training police officers receive regarding use of force on suspects who are being uncooperative.

"Once Mr Floyd had stopped resisting and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalise that, that should have stopped," he said referring the restraint officers applied during the arrest.

He said the type of restraint Mr Chauvin, 45, was using came "once there was no longer any resistance and clearly after Mr Floyd was no longer responsive - and even motionless".

"That is, in no way, shape or form, by policy, is not part of our training, and is certainly not part of our ethics and our values," he continued.

Last June, Mr Arradondo said that Mr Floyd's "tragic death was not due to a lack of training - the training was there". He called Mr Floyd's death "murder", and said Mr Chauvin "knew that Floyd was nonresponsive" during the last few minutes.

This is not the first time that Mr Arradondo has testified against a former officer. He also testified against patrolman Mohamed Noor for the killing of Australian woman Justine Damond in 2017. He was the assistant chief at the time.

Earlier in his career, he successfully sued the Minneapolis police department along with four other officers, accusing the force of tolerating discriminatory practices.

Mr Arradondo joined the force in 1989. He became the city's first African-American police chief in 2017.

What did the lawyers argue?

Chief Arradondo was asked several questions by prosecutor Steve Schleicher about de-escalation - strategies that allow officers to defuse situations without using force.

He said "if you could take your way out of a situation", that was always better than using force, adding that officers may seek the "community's help" when available.

Mr Arradondo was also asked about bystanders who film police on the job, as Mr Chauvin's defence team had earlier suggested the crowd may have influenced the course of events that day.

As long as they do not obstruct police, onlookers "have the absolute First Amendment rights to record", he said, referring to the freedom of expression outlined in the US Constitution.

He was also asked by defence lawyer Eric Nelson whether brandishing a weapon, as Mr Chauvin did when he held up his pepper spray to onlookers, was unacceptable.

"Have you ever heard the phrase 'you got to escalate to de-escalate'?" asked Mr Nelson. "Sometimes an officer has to take out his gun, and say hey if you don't listen to me I'm going use force," he continued.

Mr Arradondo said he was not familiar with the phrase but agreed that it is in line with the department's policy to gesture with a weapon in an attempt to get a suspect to back down.

Mr Arradondo was also asked if he had personally ever handcuffed a suspect, to which he responded "several times". He also said it would be rare for officers to take into custody a suspect accused of passing a counterfeit bill, as Mr Floyd was.

When shown different angles of video footage by Mr Nelson, Mr Arradondo also noted that right before the paramedics arrived, it appeared that Mr Chauvin had shifted his knee onto Mr Floyd's shoulder blade.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo
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What else happened in court?

Earlier on Monday, the court heard from Dr Bradford Wankhede Langenfeld, who served as Mr Floyd's primary caregiver on the night he died.

Then a senior resident at the Hennepin Country Medical Center, Dr Lagenfeld testified on Monday that he pronounced Mr Floyd dead some 30 minutes after beginning treatment.

Dr Lagenfeld told the court he believed that Mr Floyd's death was caused from a lack of oxygen, called asphyxia.

This may help prosecutors, who have suggested they will argue that asphyxiation was the cause of Mr Floyd's death - contrasting the ruling of the medical examiner who said Mr Floyd died of "cardiopulmonary arrest", which means a person's heart and lungs have stopped.

Mr Chauvin's defence team has contended that alleged drug use and an underlying heart condition contributed to Mr Floyd's death.

Mr Floyd's heart was not beating enough to "sustain life" at any point after his admission to the hospital, Dr Lagenfeld said.

The physician's appearance in court follows testimony from two paramedics who said that Mr Floyd had no pulse and did not appear to be breathing when they arrived at the scene.

Why is the case so important?

Footage of Mr Chauvin kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck was viewed around the world and sparked mass demonstrations against racism and police brutality.

Former US President Barack Obama said the protests represented a "genuine and legitimate frustration over a decades-long failure to reform police practices and the broader criminal justice system".

Police officers have rarely been convicted - if they are charged at all - for deaths that occur in custody, and the verdict in this trial is being seen as an indication of how the US legal system will treat such cases in future.

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