Reducing CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants (CFPPs) to meet the Target: Net Carbon Footprint of Zero by 2050

REDUCING CO2 emissions is a key task of modern society to attenuate climate change and its environmental effects. Coal-fired electricity generation plants emit billions of tonnes ............
Research develops rapid test to identify e ectiveness of antibodies against Covid-19 variants
THE research has been published in the ‘Science Advances Journal’. This test could potentially tell doctors how protected a patient is from new variants and those currently circulating ............
COVID-19 laid bare barriers faced by 1 billion people with disabilities
“ COVID-19 has laid bare the persistent barriers and inequalities faced by the world’s one billion persons with disabilities”, he said.
WHO warns of ‘toxic mix’ as EU chief mulls mandatory Covid jabs
THE new variant, first reported to the World Health Organization by South Africa a week ago, has quickly popped up across continents, darkening economic forecasts and deepening fears of another difficult winter in the northern hemisphere.
Japan stops flight bookings despite WHO Omicron travel ban warning
BRAZIL reported the first cases in Latin America of Omicron, which has pushed dozens of countries to impose travel restrictions — mostly targeting southern African nations.
Pandemic to cost global tourism $2.0 trillion in 2021: UN
THE coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN’s tourism body said Monday, calling the sector’s recovery “fragile” and “slow”.
WHO updates guidelines on COVID-related organ in ammation in children
CHILDREN who have developed organ inflammation linked to COVID-19 infection should be given steroid treatment in hospital, the World Health Organization, (WHO), said on Tuesday.