The law makes it mandatory for companies to have sufficient financial reserves to prevent potential spills or clean them up if they occur. The financial reserves can take various forms, including an insurance contract or a letter of guarantee to pay the damage from a given accident.The law also requires companies handling hydrocarbons to draw up plans to prevent and clean up spills by Jan.1, 2024.

Moderna Phase 1 results show coronavirus vaccine safe,induces immune response

Jul 15, 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whose researchers developed Moderna’s vaccine candidate, called the results “good news,” noting that the study found no serious adverse events and the vaccine produced “reasonably high” levels of virus-killing or neutralizing antibodies.

Afghanistan faces ‘catastrophe’ as COVID-19 cases grow: Red Crescent

Jul 15, 2020

Red Crescent Secretary General Nilab Mobarez said acute protective equipment shortages and difficulties in accessing remote regions were hampering its COVID-19 response. But it was expanding mobile health teams and adding thousands of community volunteers to try and detect and prevent the disease, which it said it expected to spread over coming weeks

Tokyo Olympics at risk if coronavirus mutates, gets stronger:Japan adviser

Jul 15, 2020

“I think the virus is mutating all the time … it may be a much stronger virus that triggers a second wave,” Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese government adviser,told Reuters. “The Olympics may be postponed again, but I can’t predict.”

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