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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has wreaked havoc in the west of the Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 630. At least 15,000 people have been displaced by the quake, which struck 6 kilometres north-east of the city of Majene, at a depth of 10 kilometres, toppling buildings in the area. UNTV CH

As the COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed two million lives, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video message, “Sadly, the deadly impact of the pandemic has been made worse by the absence of a global coordinated effort. In the memory of those two million souls, the world must act with far greater solidarity. Now is the time.” UNIFEED

Refugees in Jordan began receiving vaccinations against COVID-19 on Thursday in Jordan as part of a government initiative that includes all citizens, refugees and residents in a comprehensive national health response. UNHCR

The WHO’s international team is expected to arrive on Thursday in the Chinese city of Wuhan to search for the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the source of the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO

“The main objective of the United Nations in 2021 is to build a true global coalition for carbon neutrality,” the UN secretary-General said at the One Planet Summit for Biodiversity on Monday. GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE

“The work of the General Assembly has helped to boost global health, literacy, and living standards, and to promote human rights and gender equality,” the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a virtual event marking the 75th anniversary of the world body. UNIFEED /FILE

The WHO urged “countries that have contracted more vaccines than they will need” and those who control the global supply of the Covid-19 vaccines “to donate and release them to COVAX immediately, which is ready today to roll them out quickly. " WHO

“Vaccinating health workers and those at high risk of serious disease is the fastest way to stabilize health systems,” said the WHO’s Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, as more than 30 countries have started vaccinating their high-risk populations with various COVID-19 vaccines. WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said “this virus has exposed our societies, exposed us, exposed the problems that we have. The level of inequity, the level of poverty, the level of exclusion,” adding that “health alone will not be a solution. We have to address the root cause of the problem too: the inequity in our society.” WHO

A new study by the WHO and a research consortium led by Ghent University and the University of Copenhagen, including almost 30 thousand migrants and refugees in close to 200 countries found that “people living on the streets and in asylum centers are less likely to seek care if they have symptoms of COVID-19.” WHO