Tag: COVID-19
[Watch] A Self Assessment Tool for the Shipping Industry
There is an urgent need to tackle the systemic challenges creating human rights and welfare risks for the world’s nearly 2 million seafarers.
The COVID-19...
IMO’s Seafarer Crisis Action Team Makes A Difference in Seafarer’s Life
The COVID-19 pandemic has put seafarers around the world in precarious situations. As of July 2021.
It is estimated that 250,000 seafarers are...
Champagne Sales To Hit 4-year High This Year Amid Strong Exports
Champagne sales are set to reach a four-year high this year, driven by strong exports to the United States and Australia, reports Reuters quoting...
Risk of Biofouling Grows Amid Idle Ships, Study Says
Covid pandemic and port congestion coupled with warming waters means ships are at increased risk from biofouling.
Percentage of ships subject to ‘fouling...
Why Do Some People Get ‘Covid Toe’ Conditions?
According to a study published in the Guardian, the skin ailment known as Covid toe may be a side effect of the immune system's...
Was NIH Aided Research Project In China Responsible For The Covid-19...
A multimillion-dollar bat coronavirus research grant, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), revealed that researchers based in Wuhan, China had manipulated coronaviruses...
Efficacy of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid Vaccine Wanes To 47% After 6 Months
Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are 90% effective against COVID-19 hospitalization for at least six months but only 47% effective against infection after...
The Six Steps To A Global Shipping Catastrophe
pandemic strands shipping containers around the world
lack of passenger flights adds extra pressure
the 200,000-ton Ever Given ship got stuck
COVID-19 triggers...
This Drug Can Reduce Covid-19 Deaths By Nearly Half
CTV News disclosed that the use of blood thinners by COVID-19 patients, either before being infected with the disease or afterward, can reduce deaths...
Notwithstanding Pfizer’s Full Approval, Why Some Remain Vaccine Hesitant?
Despite hopes that full approval of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine would convince large numbers of vaccine-hesitant Americans, a federal government analysis provided to CNN suggests...