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Coronavirus pandemic: Paramedics struggle to find hospital beds, oxygen in virus-hit Mexico

For paramedics dealing with a surge in #coronavirus infections in , finding an available bed for patients in overwhelmed hospitals has become a daily lottery. Mexico’s official Covid-19 death toll, the fourth highest in the world, now stands at nearly 134,000, with more than 1.5 million cases registered.

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Wealthy tourists return to Maldives for maskless holidays

Money can’t buy you a pass on Covid-19 getting it or passing o to others. Self-delusion and “me, me, me” are powerful narcotics!

It’s a chance to catch some winter sun in a stunning tropical location and temporarily forget the coronavirus pandemic. After months of closure, the Maldives has reopened to visitors again, or at least those with a negative Covid-19 test and quite a bit of cash to spare. Wealthy visitors are flocking to the South Asian islands for a luxury getaway and the opportunity to take off their face masks at last. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell.

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Chicago Stay-at-Home Advisory Extended to Jan. 22 – NBC Chicago

Avoid all non-essential, out-of-state travel; if travel is essential, quarantining or testing negative prior to travel is required, depending on which state a traveler is originating from.

• Indoor gatherings within private residences cannot exceed six non-household members

• Per Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s executive order, all restaurants and bars must suspend indoor dining and service

• Non-essential businesses must be closed to the public between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Bars, restaurants and other establishments with a Tavern or Consumption on Premises-Incidental Activity license can sell alcohol onsite or to-go until 11 p.m.

Source: Chicago Stay-at-Home Advisory Extended to Jan. 22 – NBC Chicago

Vavilon

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Drevni Vavilon, izuzetno važan antički, vjerski i kulturni centar, prostire se na obje obale Eufrata, koji grad dijeli na dva dijela povezana mostom. S arheološkog stanovišta, malo se zna o kasitskom periodu, a pretpostavlja se da su bedem utvrđenja ispod unutrašnjeg novovavilonskog zida, sagradili Asirci, možda za vrijeme Sargona II, kao i jezgro zigurata od pečene opeke, izgrađenog u vrijeme obnove grada pod Asarhadonom, pošto ga je Senaherib surovo razorio 689. godine prije nove ere.

Iskopavanja koja je obavio R. Koldevej, uglavnom na površinskom sloju, pored toga što su identifikovala kasnije periode na lokalitetu (ahemenidski, seleukidski i parćanski), iznijela su na svjetlost dana i novovavilonski arheološki sloj. To je donijelo prilično jasnu sliku o gradu koji je prvi put opsežno obnovljen za vrijeme cara Nabopolasara. On je posebnu pažnju posvetio utvrđivanju, rekonstrukciji nekoliko hramova i izgradnji kompleksa palate. U mnogim slučajevima Nabopolasarovu graditeljsku djelatnost nastavili su i dovršili njegovi nasljednici…

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