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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

COVID: Germany extends lockdown until March

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Leaders of Germany’s 16 states and the federal government have agreed to extend lockdown measures until at least March 7. However, schools and hairdressers can open earlier.

Myanmar protesters return to streets in huge numbers amid police defections

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Protests swell across country, with dozens of police officers choosing to join protesters in call for reversal of coup

Protesters have turned out in huge numbers across Myanmar, a day after police instigated the most violent scenes yet in demonstrations against a military coup that removed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

An estimated 100,000 people gathered in the commercial capital Yangon on Wednesday, according to witnesses, with many more marching across the country.

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Tokyo governor to boycott Olympics meeting over sexism row

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Yuriko Koike says attending meeting with under-fire Games chief would not send positive message

The governor of Tokyo has said she will not attend a key meeting of Olympic officials next week, as the row over sexist comments made by the head of the 2020 Games’ organising committee intensifies.

Yuriko Koike, who became the city’s first female governor in 2016, said she saw no merit in attending the meeting between the committee head, Yoshiro Mori, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, and Japan’s Olympics minister, Seiko Hashimoto.

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Did Japan Throw Away Millions of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses? – VAXOPEDIA – (earlier story on wires not entirely accurate)

Yes, but the real story is likely different from what you are imagining from the above headlines. After all, they aren’t throwing out vials of COVID-19 vaccines! Instead, they aren’t able to take advantage of the fact that those vials contain an extra dose of vaccine if you use specialized, low-dead space syringes. Source: Did Japan Throw Away Millions of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses? – VAXOPEDIA