“Within 24 hours, maybe at most 36 to 48 hours, from the approval, the vaccine can be in people’s arms,” Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive who is overseeing the vaccine portion of the U.S. program, said at an event conducted by The Washington Post newspaper

New Zealand declares climate emergency, promises carbon neutral govt by 2025

Dec 2, 2020

In her first term she passed a Zero Carbon Bill, which sets the framework for net zero emissions by 2050 with an exemption for farming, and banned new offshore oil and gas exploration.

Nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane.

The government on Wednesday promised the public sector will achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. Government agencies would have to measure and report emissions and offset any they can’t cut by 2025.

Markel Singapore appoints Marine Underwriter

Dec 2, 2020

Before joining Markel, she was an underwriter at MS Amlin where she was responsible for underwriting a P&I portfolio. Prior to that, she was at Charles Taylor developing its P&I portfolio

UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, first in the world

Dec 2, 2020

“The vaccine will be made available across the UK from next week.”

Britain’s vaccine committee will decide which priority groups will get the jab first such as care home residents, health and care staff, the elderly and people who are clinically extremely vulnerable.

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