JMSC6041 Health and climate change reporting
Hong Kong’s night lights test city’s net zero targets
Neon signs advertising the “MING COURT HOTEL,” “RUBY TUESDAY” and “THE STUDIO” hang over the streets of central Hong Kong and Tsim Sha Tsui, lighting up the city’s night sky, but also polluting it with carbon emissions. In 2013, University of Hong Kong’s physics...
The advantages of the vaccine outweighs risks-WHO
AstraZeneca introduces new safe vaccine at preventing coronavirus infection, by Marco Verch Professional Photographer / https://www.flickr.com/photos/30478819@N08/50714724757By Xue Xiaodong The benefits of Covid vaccines are far greater than the risk attached to...
EU threatens export ban on AstraZeneca Covid vaccine
European Union Chief Ursula von der Leyen ithreatened on Thursday to ban exports of Astra Zeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, if the EU did not receive the promised deliveries from Astra Zeneca. The warning came during a virtual summit of 27 EU leaders who raised concerns ...
Mayors from developing countries worried about ‘further inequality’
, Mayors from developing countries said on Friday that the inequality in the distribution of vaccine would further reinforce economic and other disparities. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, said the disparity in vaccine rollout would result in...
Amidst the pandemic WHO calls for more women leaders in health
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more women leaders in the health care workforce, at a time when they have played key roles in saving lives and delivering care during the pandemic. Speaking in the context of International Women's Day, The WHO...
A student’s experience of lockdown and mandatory testing without notification
By Xue XiaodongA group of police officers turned up at at Sai Ying Pun on the night of March 13 to execute the government’s lockdown order, taking residents by surprise. The lockdown was prompted by the cluster of cases at the Ursus Fitness gym.Police put roadblocks...
