Relief has arrived for the struggling NSW landside freight supply chains which have been battered by workers falling prey to Omicron-Delta and to being forced to isolate by NSW government rules. An amendment that entered into force today (Friday 14 January 2022) makes it abundantly clear that freight workers have an exemption from the isolation rules that enables them to go to work.
Empty supermarket shelves and extensive...
The pandemic’s global scope has brought groups together from around the world as never before, says an article published in Nature.
“Maybe I’ll get ten more people and some more data points,” says Jay Van Bavel a psychologist at New York University.
Survey data collectionDuring the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, he wanted to identify the social factors that best predict a person’s support for public-health measures, such as physical distancing or closing restaurants. He had a handful of...
https://mfame.guru/how-covid-is-changing-the-way-scientists-study-public-health/
The International Chamber of Shipping has called for governments to prioritise seafarers and frontline maritime shore workers for COVID vaccinations so as to avoid a repeat of the 2020 ‘crew change crisis’.
ICS is demanding that governments, who are once again restricting travel as a reaction to new COVID-19 mutations, recognise the vital role seafarers play in the global supply chain.
Uninterrupted international trade is particularly important...
According to an article published in the Daily Mail UK, people previously...
https://mfame.guru/study-finds-previous-covid-infection-provides-same-immunity-as-vaccines/
After 10 months of the COVID-19 crises and plenty of uncertainty over the management of maritime workers and seafarers, medical care, seafarer crew changes and access to medical care real consultation started yesterday. NSW public health officials, other transport and maritime officials and industry representatives met to tackle some of these tricky public issues confronting the...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/nsw-officials-and-maritime-sector-meet-to-tackle-covid/
An article published in the South China Morning Post, written by Agence France-Presse details about the wearing masks outdoor if Covid-19 is mostly transmitted indoors. Experts explain in a more detailed manner. Let us...
https://mfame.guru/experts-explain-on-wearing-masks-indoors-and-outdoors/
According to a Business Standard report, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic, as he called on countries to invest in public health.
More than 27.19 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 888,326 have died, according to a Reuters tally, since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
Not the Last Pandemic“This will not be the last...
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As the cruise industry struggles to win approval to start sailing again, two major players, Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., have set up a panel of public health experts. The aim is to ensure that plans submitted to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other regulators apply the best available public health, science and engineering insights. The work of the panel will be shared with the entire cruisw industry and regulators.
The companies...