Even kids know the value of washing hands, pestered as they are by parents to use soap and water before dinner or after playing outside. COVID-19’s mounting death toll has […]
Category: Global Health
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EU Ambassador: Coronavirus Is Proving European Solidarity, Testing Global Unity
Editor’s note: Atlanta’s European consulates and chambers have joined together to host a “Europe Day” webinar featuring local diplomats and business leaders as well as the head of the trade […]
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Taiwan’s Donation of 100,000 Medical Masks Arrives in Georgia
A donation of 100,000 medical masks from Taiwan arrived this week in Georgia, the only state in the Southeast to get a portion of the 1 million units in the island’s latest […]
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A View From China: Bungled COVID-19 Response Eroding U.S. Leadership
The bungled U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic is giving China ample ammunition for anti-democratic propaganda and further eroding American leadership in the world. That’s the view of the Beijing […]
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Top U.S. Diplomat: COVID-19 Could Devastate Venezuela, Unseat Maduro
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s claims about testing capacity and preparedness for COVID-19 are fabrications that belie how “completely unprepared” the beleaguered country is for the pandemic’s spread, a top U.S. […]
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Pandemic Speeds Up Launch of Global Health Crisis Center in Atlanta
A center tasked with deepening the collaboration between the private sector and Atlanta’s growing global health community launched this week, its timeline accelerated and relevancy accentuated by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
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Opinion: ‘Taiwan Model’ Offers Lessons for Pandemic Fight, Despite WHO Exclusion and Accusations
Editor’s note/background: Taiwan has been lobbying for more than a decade for membership in the World Health Organization, a U.N. sub-organization that admits only sovereign states. China views self-ruled Taiwan […]
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Korean General Praises His Country’s Anti-Viral Policies but Fears Future Pandemics
In a follow-up Zoom conference to members of the Southeast U.S. Korean Chamber of Commerce, Lt. General (Ret.) In-Bum Chun warned on April 13 that for the coronavirus to be […]
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Korea Benefits From Testing in Combating COVID-19 but the Fight Isn’t Over
While South Korea has managed the COVID-19 pandemic adroitly, Lt. General (Ret.) In-Bum Chun warned at the end of a Zoom-based conference call members of the Southeast-U.S. Korean Chamber of […]
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Job Retention Key to Recovery, JP Morgan Chase Economist Tells Korean Chamber
While not entirely sanguine about the recovery of the U.S. economy, Jim Glassman, managing director and head economist for commercial banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., maintained a fairly reassuring […]