Huge volumes of COVID hospital waste threaten health – WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said on Tuesday. The material potentially exposes health workers to burns, needle-stick injuries and disease-causing germs, […]
Wow!: COVID and war push Yemen’s businesswomen to smash taboos
AMAL MAMOON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Taiz in Yemen on how women are defying conservative notions about gender roles to open new ventures…
Wow!: Greener PPE – Inventors tackle COVID-19 plastic waste mountain
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how entrepreneurs are developing more sustainable protective gear and initiatives to recycle it…
Criminals cash in on rush to buy coronavirus protective gear, UN says
Vienna, AustriaReuters A rush by countries to buy personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic has created an opportunity for criminal groups, which are peddling sub-standard equipment and likely to move on to medicines soon, a UN report said on Wednesday. Criminals have adapted quickly, also running scams where no equipment is supplied at all, […]