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COVID-19: impacts on health – reports and tools

PHE) to support the surveillance of coronavirus (COVID-19).National surveillance reports, including weekly summary of findings monitored through various systems.Added 'COVID-19: wider impacts on people aged 65 and over' under Tools and reports.Added 'National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2021 to 2022 season'.Added links to 'COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report' and 'COVID-19 Health Inequalities Monitoring in England Tool (CHIME)'.Added link to 'COVID-19 variants: genomically confirmed case numbers'.Added 'COVID-19 surge testing outcomes reports: management information'.Added 'COVID-19 vaccine monitoring reports'.Added the 'Disparities' group and links.Added 'National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports'.Added COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report.Added 'Excess mortality in English regions'.Added Excess mortality in England: weekly reports.First published.

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Covid supports stabilised labour market but inequality persists - study

Employment and social welfare supports during the Covid pandemic helped to stabilise the labour market but inequalities persist, according to a new study from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

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Wealth inequality in India at an all-time high during covid

NEW DELHI : Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report released on Tuesday showed that the Gini coefficient for India hit a peak of 82.3 in 2020 and remained the same at the end of 2021. The Gini coefficient is a measure of inequality with a higher figure denoting higher levels of inequality. The Gini remained unchanged in 2021 from 2020 even as the household wealth in India saw a sharp jump for the same period.

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Income inequality within countries got worse amid Covid, says Unilever CEO

IMF data which showed that about 120 million people have been pushed into extreme poverty as a result of COVID-19. The inflationary pressure currently that is being faced globally, is expected to only amplify the economic disparities within and between countries.

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Mortality rates fall but inequality 'a concern' - ESRI report

Research by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found that while mortality rates have fallen substantially over time in Ireland, inequalities between different groups in the population remain a concern.

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What monkeypox alarm tells us about global health inequality

Chandrakant Lahariya is a physician and infectious diseases specialist and tweets at @DrLahariya.

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Billionaires' wealth saw record growth during pandemic: Global Inequality Lab

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Did inequality really increase during the pandemic?

Justin Fox is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business. He was the editorial director of Harvard Business Review and wrote for Time, Fortune and American Banker. He is the author of “The Myth of the Rational Market."

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Saskatoon economy recovering but IMF warns of inflation, vaccine inequality

COVID-19 public health restrictions are gone and Saskatoon’s economy is recovering.At least, for now.The Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) calculates the economy of the province’s largest city is 67.8-per cent recovered from the pandemic as of Thursday (though most of the factors it takes into account are from much earlier in the month).But the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a global financial watchdog, says inequality and another wave of COVID-19 infections could threaten any gains. How the Delta variant is reviving COVID-19 surges worldwide SREDA CEO Alex Fallon told Global News that agricultural exports, the housing market and consumer and retail spending is driving the bulk of the recovery right now.

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Juneteenth: These films on race, inequality and emancipation are free to stream

LOS ANGELES - June 19 marks the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, known as Juneteenth. The subjects of race, inequality and emancipation have been explored in dozens of documentaries, some of which are available to stream for free on Tubi. On June 19, 1865, Texas became the last state to abolish slavery, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect on Jan.

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COVID-19 vaccine inequality in India causing millions to fall through gaps

coronavirus tears through India, night watchman Sagar Kumar thinks constantly about getting vaccines for himself and his family of five amid critical shortages of shots in the country. But even if he knew how to get one, it wouldn’t be easy.The main way is to register through a government website.

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Income inequality tied to more COVID-19 cases, deaths

A study yesterday in JAMA Network Open identifies an association between US county-level income inequality and higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death in summer 2020.

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Biden's corporate tax plan takes aim at income inequality

WASHINGTON – From John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, American presidents have taken aim at corporate America's tax-avoidance schemes before — and mostly missed.

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Lack of trial data exacerbates COVID-19 vaccine inequality

a call to global leaders to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for low- and middle-income countries.“The COVID-19 pandemic will not be over for us until it is over for everyone,” the authors wrote in an open letter.Now, a health expert in Argentina argues in the BMJ that, on top of supply problems, Latin American countries face an additional challenge due to a lack of publicly available data about vaccines from Russia and China. Dr.

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Gaps in how we study the impact of covid on inequality

Deepanshu Mohan is associate professor of economics at OP Jindal Global UniversityClick here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram. Join Mint channel in your Telegram and stay updated with the latest business news.

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Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?

WASHINGTON – Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes: The vast inequality that divides the richest from the rest — a gap made worse by the viral pandemic.

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Coronavirus: WHO says ‘vaccine passports’ for travel has ethical considerations due to inequality

The World Health Organization’s Michael Ryan on Monday expressed concern over using so-called “vaccine passports” for international travel, saying it isn’t fair to millions of people in part due to vaccine access not being available on an equitable basis.

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Call for Taoiseach to address global vaccine inequality

A Government spokesperson has said the Taoiseach will continue to argue for greater solidarity on vaccines when he meets virtually with European leaders tomorrow.

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Sign of inequality: US salaries recover even as jobs haven't

WASHINGTON – In a stark sign of the economic inequality that has marked the pandemic recession and recovery, Americans as a whole are now earning the same amount in wages and salaries that they did before the virus struck — even with nearly 9 million fewer people working.

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Two more studies trace COVID burden to racial, social inequality

Race and low socioeconomic status once again factor high on the list of vulnerabilities to COVID-19 infection and death in two US studies published late last week, one finding county-level inequalities and one linking ethnicity and community exposure to infections among healthcare workers (HCWs).

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Race, income inequality fuel COVID disparities in US counties

A study today in JAMA Network Open details US county-level COVID-19 infection and death inequities based on racial composition and income in the first 200 days of the pandemic, adding to mounting evidence of disproportionate burdens among racial minorities and those of lower income levels.

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Covid reinforces inequality, even in corp balance sheets

covid-19 pandemic is that size matters. Households having a large savings net have weathered the pandemic better than those that have thin incomes.

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Concerning increase in infant health inequality over the past decade

Infectious Diseases in Children, “Babies who are born prematurely are at risk of cardiovascular disease and increased high blood pressure that can persist into adulthood.” Additional research in the B.E.

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African health official blasts 'terrible' vaccine inequality

NAIROBI – “It will be extremely terrible to see” rich countries receiving COVID-19 vaccines while African countries go without, especially as a new surge in cases begins on the continent of 1.3 billion people, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday.As the world watches mass vaccinations begin Britain, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director John Nkengasong has warned that Africa might not see vaccines until after the second quarter of 2021.Nkengasong called it a “moral issue” and urged the United Nations to summon a special session to discuss the ethical, fair distribution of vaccines to avoid “this North-South distrust in respect to vaccines, which is a common good.” COVID-19 will not be defeated in the West

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reveals Battle With Prostate Cancer and Racial Inequality in Health Care

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is getting candid about his health struggle, and the struggle faced by Black Americans due to racial inequality in the nation's health care system.

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Inequality 'baked into' COVID-19 testing access as cases surge

FILE - A woman holds her one year-old son as they wait in line to get a coronavirus test at the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center's COVID-19 Testing site at 895 Blue Hill Avenue in Boston's Roxbury on Nov. 10, 2020.

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Inequality 'baked into' virus testing access as cases surge

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Covid-19, racial tension, climate disasters worsening US housing inequality

Coronavirus, racial tensions and climate disasters have combined to worsen already deep housing inequalities, with far more Black and Hispanic Americans falling behind in rents and mortgages than their white counterparts, a key report said on Thursday.The COVID-19 pandemic put people out of work, racial unrest exposed inequity and extreme weather linked to global warming is worsening, said the study by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS).More Black and Hispanic workers than white workers have lost their jobs, creating a growing inability to make their housing payments and exacerbating an already severely unequal system, it said."The big picture takeaway is that the pandemic really amplified the existing housing

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City of Orlando begins next phase to address racial inequality

Community Trust & Equity Initiativeand the city is encouraging Orlando residents to visit orlando.gov/equity to sign up for updatesand learn about future opportunities.

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‘Be the Change’ report issues calls to action to address inequality in London

Be the Change, highlights how the response to the global novel coronavirus pandemic proves that “we can act together to change systems and practices.” Coronavirus — Governments’ recovery plans should take ‘green route,’ study says The Vital Signs program involves a biennial report examining issues related to well-being and quality of life and is part of a national program from Community Foundations of Canada.The 2020 report for London focuses on housing, racial equality, gender equality, well-being, food security and education — and how all of these issues are intertwined.It also includes comments from local leaders in different community groups: London and Middlesex Community Housing, the Regional HIV/AIDS Connection, Anova, the

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Inequality may increase prostate cancer mortality in Black males

American Cancer Society. The society estimate that in 2020, there will be around 191,930 new cases of prostate cancer and 33,330 deaths from the disease.However, there are large racial disparities in annual cases and deaths.

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Activist Says Business Must Be At Forefront Of Ending “Disability Inequality Crisis.”

CNBC (8/14, Bryer) reports “disability activist, social entrepreneur and founder of The Valuable 500 initiative, Caroline Casey, has told CNBC that business needs to be at the forefront of accelerating change to end the ‘disability inequality crisis,’ as the world emerges from the coronavirus crisis.” Casey said, “This problem is too big for governments and charities alone to resolve. It needs the most powerful force on this planet, which in my mind is business.

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Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike

NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of workers rallied Monday outside the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan and the Massachusetts Statehouse to protest systemic racism and economic inequality — an effort that organizers hoped would grow into a nationwide strike in which tens of thousands of people walked off the job.Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” the protest was organized by labor unions and social and racial justice organizations, which planned a range of actions in more than two dozen U.S. cities.

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Thousands to walk off job to protest racial inequality

NEW YORK – Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” labor unions, along with social and racial justice organizations from New York City to Los Angeles, will participate in a range of planned actions.

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Aluna Calls Out the Dance Industry's 'Extreme Double Standard' of Racial Inequality in Open Letter: Exclusive

The racial disparity of the modern U.S. dance scene has been obvious to anyone taking a cursory glance at festival lineups and streaming statistics. As the Black Live Matter movement has taken center stage in the States, more artists have actually started talking about the issue in public.

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Inequality gap in India to narrow down post COVID-19: SBI report

MUMBAI : Post COVID-19 pandemic, the inequality gap in the country will narrow down, as income of rich states is likely to decline more than the poor states, according to an SBI research report- Ecowrap.At all India level, per capita income (PCI), which is a measure of the earnings per person in a nation or geographic region, will decline by 5.4% in FY21 to ₹1.43 lakh, the report said.“We expect that the inequality gap in India will narrow down post-COVID pandemic as decline in income of rich states will be much greater than the decline in income of poor states," the SBI's research report said.A similar type of experience of decline in inequality was witnessed in Germany after the collapse of the Berlin war (1989), it said.The report said

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F1 announces new initiative to tackle racism and inequality

PARIS – Formula One announced an initiative on Monday aimed at tackling racism and encouraging more diversity within the series.F1 said in a statement that “We Race As One” will also address issues surrounding inequality, sustainability and the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to four F1 races being canceled and delayed the season's start from mid-March to July.F1 intends to send a strong message about equality when the season begins on July 3 at the Austrian Grand Prix, the first of eight scheduled European races through early September.“We want our restart to show that as a sporting community we stand united against racism and we will do more to address inequality and diversity in F1,” the statement said.The announcement comes after

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Patrick Stewart and Duchess of Cornwall to speak at event on gender inequality

Sir Patrick Stewart and the Duchess of Cornwall are set to join an online festival focusing on the impact of coronavirus on gender inequality.

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Hamilton MSP promises to fight inequality among black and other minority ethnic people

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse MSP Christina McKelvie has promised to do everything she can to fight inequality among black and other minority ethnic people in Scotland.The Equalities Minister said the Scottish Government has taken steps to tackle racism but “we need to make much greater progress”.She spoke in the Scottish Parliament last week as the world continued to react to the death of George Floyd who died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when a police officer pressed down on his neck.Ms McKelvie called for more representation from ethnic minorities in Parliament, public boards and workplaces, saying: ”The people are there; we just need to make sure that we encourage that participation, then we can change some of those structural

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Powell: A stronger job market is key to combating inequality

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Tuesday that the federal government's role in strengthening the U.S. market in the face of a recession is vital in preventing a worsening of economic inequality.Powell said the the Fed would continue to deploy all its financial tools to help "get back as quickly as we can to a tight labor market.” And he reiterated his belief that Congress must avoid withdrawing its own rescue efforts too quickly or else the most disadvantaged households would disproportionately suffer.The chairman's remarks to a House committee came on the second day of his semi-annual testimony to Congress on monetary policy.

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News 6 hosts Real Talk: A Candid Conversation on racial inequality in America

ORLANDO, Fla. – The death of George Floyd, a black man whose final moments were spent with a white officer’s knee pinned to his neck, has sparked oftentimes uncomfortable but much-needed conversations about race relations in our country.Nationwide, as well as in our own backyard, we’ve seen protests and calls for change, including cries for more transparency and accountability within law enforcement agencies.But it wasn’t just Floyd.Demonstrators have also chanted the names of Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner and other people of color who, like them, died at the hands of someone wearing a badge and holding a gun.[Floyd’s death spurs question: What is a black life worth?]Activists say that list proves that Floyd’s death wasn’t a

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Ludacris Opens Up About George Floyd's Funeral & What He's Doing to Fight Racial Inequality

Taking action in more ways than one. Ludacris was working to launch Kid Nation, a platform that aims to educate the next generation about current events through music, before George Floyd's death.

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Stormzy makes £10million pledge to organisations fighting racial inequality

Stormzy has promised to donate £10million over 10 years to organisations fighting racial inequality. Amid Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the US and the rest of the world and conversations speaking out against racism hitting the mainstream, the rapper and his brand #Merky are financially backing causes dedicated to improving and safeguarding the lives of those in within the black community.

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Sarah Jessica Parker shares a powerful message about inequality as George Floyd is laid to rest

Just as George Floyd is laid to rest at his funeral services in Houston, Sarah Jessica Parker shared a powerful message about inequalityThe 55-year-old actress took to Instagram on Tuesday, just as Floyd's funeral was being held, as she hoped his death sparks some much needed change.Her message was accompanied by several photos from protests that have happened across New York City since Floyd's tragic death. Message:Just as George Floyd is laid to rest at his funeral services in Houston, Sarah Jessica Parker shared a powerful message about inequality'Today Mr.

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Taylor Swift urges her fans to vote in order to combat racial inequality

Taylor Swift is urging her fans to combat racial inequality and police brutality by heading to the polls this November.The pop star, 30, asked her Twitter followers to vote local and state leaders who will address systematic racism.'Racial injustice has been ingrained deeply into local and state governments, and changes MUST be made there,' Swift tweeted on Tuesday. 'In order for policies to change, we need to elect people who will fight against police brutality and racism of any kind.

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John Boyega says he will continue to fight against injustice and inequality

Last week, the actor joined protesters in London's Hyde Park to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement. In a footage captured by the Evening Standard, Boyega is seen delivering a powerful speech, while asserting that he is risking his career by sharing his viewsAfter his passionate speech, Hollywood stars, including JJ Abrams, Mark Hamill and Rian Johnson wrote, rose in support for Boyega.The actor took to Instagram to address the speech and thank everyone for their "love and support" for the first time."I want to thank you all for the love and support you have shared over the last few days, although nothing I have done is for praise, or is truly even enough, in the grand scheme of things.

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Jordan Brand commits to donating $100M over 10 years to organizations fighting racial inequality

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand announced on Friday that they would be donating $100 million over the next 10 years to “organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education.”RELATED: On what would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday, here is where her case standsIn a statement released by Jordan’s manager to Twitter regarding the donation, the Jordan Brand referred to itself as “the Black Community.” RELATED: Players send video message to NFL about racial inequalityFILE - Michael Jordan speaks at a press conference for the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014.“The Jordan Brand is more than one man.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0