Daily Archives: May 2, 2022

2022-05-02: News Headlines

____ (2022-05-02). Beijing's makeshift hospital put into use. ecns.cn Beijing has officially started to use the Xiaotangshan Hospital, which was used solely for SARS patients in 2003 and COVID-19 cases in 2020, on Sunday, in a bid to contain the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the city, said a senior official of the municipal government.

____ (2022-05-02). Newly developed COVID vaccine approved for clinical trials in China. ecns.cn Shanghai-based high-tech biotechnology company, Stemirna Terapeutics, has domestically developed a COVID-19 vaccine based on mRNA technology and has been recently approved for clinical trials.

____ (2022-05-02). The CIA Democrats and their media courtiers celebrate the "end" of the COVID pandemic. wsws.org Some 2,600 corporate journalists, capitalist politicians and Hollywood celebrities were packed into a Washington ballroom despite the worst global pandemic in 100 years.

____ (2022-05-02). Mainland medical supplies against COVID-19 arrive in Hong Kong orderly. ecns.cn Anti-pandemic medical supplies from the Chinese mainland have arrived in Hong Kong in good order and have been distributed to people in need through various channels.

Staff (2022-05-02). Feria Nacional de Artesanía Arte para Mamá abre sus puertas otra vez el próximo jueves. cubadebate.cu La Feria "Arte para mamá" regresa, del 5 al 25 de mayo, tras una pausa de dos año por el azote de la COVID-19. En la Estación Cultural Línea y 18 se desarrollará el tradicional evento, un regalo de la cultura cubana a todas las madres en la Isla. Además de las ofertas de muebles, calzado, textil, orfebrería y cerámica, ha sido organizada una programación cultural.

____ (2022-05-02). HKSAR gov't continues to provide free COVID-19 testing service for elderly, targeted groups. ecns.cn The Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced on Saturday that it continues to provide free COVID-19 nucleic acid testing service for eligible persons of high-risk or high-exposure targeted groups and all elderly people aged 60 or above.

____ (2022-05-02). Shanghai has steady decline in cases. ecns.cn Shanghai announced on Sunday that it achieved phased results of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control thanks to the joint efforts from all over the country and the city's residents in the past month.

____ (2022-05-02). Shanghai enterprises on track to resume operations. ecns.cn Enterprises in Shanghai are on a steady track to resume operations and the city's smaller businesses stand to receive more government support to withstand this round of COVID-induced lockdown.

____ (2022-05-02). Beijing ups restrictions to contain latest COVID-19 flare-ups. ecns.cn The Chinese capital city of Beijing intensified restrictive measures against COVID-19 on Saturday to best reduce cross-infection as high mobility is expected during the five-day Labor Day holiday starting from Saturday.

____ (2022-05-02). Shanghai sees continuous drop in COVID numbers. ecns.cn Shanghai has seen continued drops in the number of both confirmed and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 as it is making all efforts to transfer and quarantine as many patients as possible.

Russell L. Blaylock (2022-05-01). The COVID Pandemic and the mRNA Vaccine: What Is the Truth? Dr. Russell L. Blaylock. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history. Official lies in an unending stream led by government bureaucracies, medical associations, medical boards, the media, and UN agencies.

____ (2022-05-01). UK nurse testifies about life on a COVID ward: "There was a general feeling that we were expendable" wsws.org The following testimony to the Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic has been submitted by a Senior Health Care Assistant in a busy hospital in the north of England. The nurse normally works on a gerontology ward caring for the old and infirm and those suffering from dementia.

Paula Andalo (2022-05-01). Their Medical Bills Were Getting Too High in US, So They Went to Mexico for Care. truthout.org The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020. | That's when Jesús Fierro Sr. was admitted to the hospital with a serious covid-19 infection. He spent 18 days at Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he lost 60 pounds. He came home weak and dependent on an oxygen tank. | Then, in June 2021, his wife, Claudia, fainted while waiting for a table at the local Olive Garden. She felt dizzy one minute and was in an ambulance on her way to the same medical center the next. She was told her magnesium levels were low and was sent home within 24 hours. | The family has heal…

_____ (2022-05-01). New York And California Experiment With Giving Workers A Say In Industry. popularresistance.org Folsom, California‚Äâ-‚ÄâAfter a pharmacist tells Maria Bernal in January she probably has Covid-19, Bernal goes to the Jack in the Box fast food restaurant where she works with a fever and chills. She can barely read the order screen, she's so dizzy. To show her manager how sick she is, Bernal places her cold hands on her manager's face. | "Don't worry, everyone has it, you can still work," the manager says, according to a complaint filed January 14 with the Sacramento County Public Health department. "Just wear a mask and don't tell anyone." Bernal says she worked a double shif…

Staff (2022-05-01). Grecia e Italia abandonan algunas restricciones contra la covid. cubadebate.cu Justo antes del inicio de la temporada vacacional, las autoridades de Italia y Grecia se unieron este domingo a las de otros países que han ido relajando paulatinamente algunas de las restricciones para evitar la propagación de la covid. En Grecia, donde el turismo genera cerca del 20% del PIB, el cumplimiento de las normas ya era más laxo antes del domingo.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-05-01). Cuba celebra con marchas masivas el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores. telesurtv.net Tras dos años de aislamiento para evitar los contagios por la Covid-19, este 1 de mayo Cuba celebra con una jornada masiva de movilización.

Staff (2022-05-01). Cuba reporta 190 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y un fallecido. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este sábado 30 de abril, Cuba reportó 190 nuevos casos de COVID-19, un fallecido y 199 altas médicas. Actualmente hay 838 casos activos, informó este domingo el Minsap en su parte diario.

Staff (2022-05-01). Científicos reiteran advertencia sobre efecto del cambio climático en propagación de enfermedades infecciosas. cubadebate.cu Los crecientes efectos del cambio climático generarán la propagación de miles de nuevos virus entre las especies animales hacia 2070, lo que probablemente elevará el riesgo de que las enfermedades infecciosas emergentes pasen de los animales a los humanos, alertaron científicos en una publicación en la revista "Nature".

_____ (2022-05-01). State Drops Lawsuit Against Housing Protesters In Boise. popularresistance.org For two and a half months, unhoused protesters maintained a tent demonstration across from the capitol in so-called Boise, Idaho. In response, folks were given a printout from capitol security and Idaho state police that informed them that they would be ticketed/trespassed from the area and potentially arrested if they remained past the 28th of March (a date that the State conveniently decided to begin early lawn maintenance and sprinkler set up). | Fed up from constant state repression, and still facing a lawsuit and criminal charges, demonstrators decided to disband and scatter. The thought of further raids, ti…

2022-05-02 20:45 | 16:45 EST | jz | 21 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0