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Global developments over the past year have reshaped all aspects of daily life for most people and initiated some structural changes in how society operates. Lockdowns and travel restrictions have led to the rise of remote working and altered the way people make use of their free time. The coronavirus pandemic
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A sense of relief has begun to emerge as COVID-19 vaccinations continue to be administered across the world. While hopeful, a new challenge remains: distinguishing between individuals vaccinated and those unvaccinated. Various statistics claim that very little of the world’s population has been fully vaccinated as of the start of March 2021. While this number is
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The vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson has varying efficacies as shown by FDA documents. In the United States, efficiency is at 72%, 66% in Latin America, and about 64% in South Africa.The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the single-shot
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With travel and tourism being one of the hardest-hit industries by the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdowns, several stakeholders are increasingly prioritizing digital and contactless solutions.In this vein, Air France has partnered with MedAire, SGS, International SOS, and the International Chamber of Commerce to test a blockchain-based COVID-19 travel system.Beginning from March
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The new applications and measures being implemented by public health authorities across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked debate over how to balance biosurveillance with individuals' right to the privacy of their personal information.In California, the Collaborative Charter Services Organization, which provides administrative support services to public charter schools,
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United States President Joe Biden has rejected a Republican proposal for a COVID-19 relief bill that would have seen $618 billion allocated to struggling American households and businesses. Biden and newly appointed Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, dismissed the sum — just under the size of Bitcoin’s entire market capitalization —
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Covid-19 has devastated countries, economies, health systems, industries, financial markets, and personal and emotional health. The pandemic has resulted in the loss of untold numbers of jobs and to date, killed more than 2 million people. Covid has already scarred all of us, and it’s hard to imagine a time
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Welcome to Forkast Forecasts 2021. In this series, leaders, innovators and other visionaries in crypto and blockchain-related fields tell Forkast.News what they see as the most noteworthy industry developments over the past 12 months and their predictions for the new year. Jim Nasr Jim Nasr is the founder and CEO of Acoer,
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Early on in the pandemic, the heightened need for various biosurveillance measures sparked interest in the relevance of privacy-enhancing technologies such as blockchain that could protect public health data amid the crisis. An individual Twitter user claimed last week that Frankfurt Airport's Corona testing center appeared to be using IOTA blockchain
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Gather Network offers users new streams of income as the world is forced to live online The continued grip of CoronaVirus has seen the majority of the world’s population locked down at least once in the last year. As 2021 gets underway, we are more reliant on a stable internet connection
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