Advisory board suggests emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Advisory board suggests emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

A U.S. government advisory board on Thursday recommended emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus. This means Americans could start getting vaccinated as early as this weekend. This Wednesday the country recorded more than 3,100 deaths in a single day, a peak since the start of the pandemic. Patsy Widakuswara, VOA White … Read more

New York revises its police budget

New York revises its police budget

The city of New York adopted on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday an annual budget reducing the funds allocated to its police services, illustration of the impact of anti-racist demonstrations even if the measure has been criticized from all sides. – The budget of the first American metropolis for the fiscal year 2021, which … Read more

awareness-raising below expectations in Kinshasa

awareness-raising below expectations in Kinshasa

KINSHASA — In the opinion of experts, awareness around the fight against HIV / AIDS is overdue in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, while this pandemic continues to wreak havoc in silence. “For this year 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic, we tend to forget a little about HIV, while it continues to be the major concern”, … Read more

Checkpoints in New York to enforce covid-19 quarantine

Checkpoints in New York to enforce covid-19 quarantine

Visitors from 35 states with a sharp resurgence of the epidemic, such as the highly populated states of Florida and Texas, are currently subject to a two-week quarantine upon arrival in New York. In order to try to better enforce this measure, the mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the police would install “check-in points … Read more

Rob Kenney, the virtual dad from New York

Rob Kenney, the virtual dad from New York

Rob Kenney is not an actor or a celebrity per se. But his YouTube channel called “Daddy, how can I …?” Made him incredibly popular and his videos went viral. What made this father of two so popular is that he answers many questions from children and adolescents who live or have lived far from … Read more