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class=name-100>Herd immunity against the
coronavirus is unlikely to take effect until the
end of 2021, and the global community must avoid
falling into complacency as vaccines are
deployed, warned World Health Organization chief
scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan as the agency
reported a record increase in its seven-day
count of new cases. A lack of access to vaccines
in developing countries could prompt resurgences
of the virus in wealthy countries for years to
come, according to Mark Lowcock, United Nations
Under-Secretary-General of the Office for the
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target=_blank>Former official: Addressing
harassment at UN not prioritized</A> </DIV>
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class=name-100>Purna Sen, who led efforts
through her role at UN Women to address
harassment, assault and discrimination was not
renewed this year, says the agency is not
prioritizing the fight against workplace abuses.
"There was a big drive to tackle sexual
harassment in 2017-2018, but these issues appear
to have been put on the back burner," Sen
says.</DIV><SPAN
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and
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class=name-100>Global carbon emissions are
warming waters around the world, which is
driving an increase in carbon bleaching and
threatening to wipe out all coral reefs by the
end of the century, a report from the United
Nations Environment Programme's Marine and
Freshwater branch says. "Humanity must act with
evidence-based urgency, ambition and innovation
to change the trajectory for this ecosystem,
which is the canary in the coal mine for
climate's impact on oceans, before it's too
late," says program head Leticia
Carvalho.</DIV><SPAN
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