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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jason Lary stole <keyword id="12048013" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic-relief" source="Orion">pandemic relief</keyword> funds for personal use, private businesses, and associates, per DOJ.</li><li>The former mayor also distributed checks to businesses, churches, and nonprofits of his choice.</li></ul>A former mayor of a <keyword id="11931393" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="georgia" source="Orion">Georgia</keyword> city was sentenced to prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds, the Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/former-mayor-stonecrest-sentenced-prison-stealing-covid-19-relief-funds">announced</a> on Wednesday. Jason Lary, the 60-year-old former mayor of Atlanta suburb Stonecrest, used his office to obtain federal funding meant for small businesses and public health expenses during the early days of the pandemic. The Justice Department said Georgia's DeKalb County gave Stonecrest a $6.2 million grant, which was eventually redirected into private companies formed by Lary. "Lary betrayed the trust placed in him by the citizens of Stonecrest by stealing the very funds meant to help his constituents weather the COVID-19 pandemic," US Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in a statement. He continued: "The people of Stonecrest deserved better, and corrupt officials can expect severe consequences for using their offices to commit crimes."In the release, the Justice Department outlined an elaborate scheme in which Lary set up a private business to collect $6 million from the <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">Coronavirus</keyword> Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act that was supposed to go towards masks, testing, public health expenditures, and grants for small businesses in the city.The former mayor set up a private company, Municipal Resource Partners Corporation, Inc., to collect the checks with the help of his co-conspirator Lania Boone.The city then entered a partnership with MRPC to help distribute the aid. But in practice, federal authorities said that some of the funds were used for personal expenses.In one case, Lary used $108,000 to pay off a mortgage for his lakefront home, according to the Justice Department. He then used an additional $7,600 to pay off Boone's son's college tuition and rent.When a church was set to receive relief funds, Lary placed conditions around the aid. For example, one church was given $150,000 on the condition that $50,000 be given to a company that Lary controlled. Lary also lied that the money would be used on home repairs for those who could not afford them during the pandemic. "In reality, he used the money for his own purposes, including to pay off his outstanding federal, state, and local tax liabilities," federal authorities said.Lary pled guilty in January to conspiracy, wire fraud, and federal program theft.He was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay nearly $120,000 in restitution."This sentencing holds Lary accountable for abusing his position of trust and blatant disrespect for the law," FBI special agent Keri Farley said in a statement. In the past few years, federal aid programs have become a ripe target of fraud and criminal schemes to misappropriate funds that were intended to help some of the most hard-hit Americans and small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General estimated that at least $163 billion were paid improperly "with a significant portion attributable to fraud," <a href="https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Testimony-Turner-2022-03-17-REVISED.pdf">according to the agency's report from March 17</a>. Just $4 billion have been reclaimed by the US, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/05/15/unemployment-pandemic-fraud-identity-theft/">The Washington Post reported</a>. <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3906395">Another study conducted last year by the University of Texas's Department of Finance</a> found that around $76 billion could have been improperly taken out of the $800 billion in loans provided by the Paycheck Protection Program. Federal authorities have made efforts to clamp down on fraudulent unemployment claims. By March 26, 2021, the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-takes-action-against-covid-19-fraud">Justice Department charged 474 people</a> for fraud claims that amount to over $569 million. In June, 19 people were charged by the DOJ for their alleged involvement to steal over $24 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Weeks later, federal authorities announced that a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rapper-nuke-bizzle-covid-19-unemployment-benefits-to-plead-guilty-2022-7">Los Angeles rapper Fontrell Antonio Baines, who goes by Nuke Bizzle, pleaded guilty to fraud</a> after making 92 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims that resulted in losses of over $700,00 and attempted losses of about $1.25 million.This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

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<ul><li><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ino-stock">Inovio Pharmaceuticals</a> reported quarterly earnings results Monday that missed Wall Street's expectations. </li><li>Shares of the pharmaceutical company shed 12% in premarket trading Tuesday. </li><li>The company also said its <keyword id="8904563" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19-vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</keyword> candidate will begin phase 2/3 clinical trials in the US in September, not over the summer as it had previously announced. </li><li><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ino-stock">Watch Inovio Pharmaceuticals trade live on Markets Insider. </a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Read more on Business Insider. </a></li></ul>Shares of <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ino-stock">Inovio Pharmaceuticals</a> shed as much as 12% in premarket trading Monday after the company reported quarterly results that missed Wall Street's expectations and said the next phase of trials for its <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> <keyword id="24209" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="vaccine">vaccine</keyword> candidate will begin later than previously announced. Here are the key numbers: <ul><li>Adjusted loss per share: 83 cents reported, versus 17 cents (expected) </li><li>Revenue: $267,000 reported, versus $2.6 million (expected) </li></ul>Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-picks-to-buy-cheap-small-mid-cap-companies-jpmorgan-2020-8">JPMorgan says buy these 19 'diamond in the rough' stocks that have plunged from yearly highs, but are spring-loaded for huge gains ahead</a>In the second quarter, Inovio's net loss was $128.7 million, up from $29.4 million in the same period last year. The increase was primarily driven by "the change in fair value of the derivative liability related to the embedded conversion feature in our August 2019 Convertible Bonds, which is revalued at each reporting period," the company said in a statement. Without that expense, the company's net loss would be 20 cents per share, instead of the 83 cents per share reported. Inovio also gave a timeline update on the status of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, INO-4800. The company said it will begin its phase 2/3 clinical study in the US in September, and plans to expand manufacturing capacity to produce 100 million doses by 2021. Inovio had previously said that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate <a href="http://ir.inovio.com/news-releases/news-releases-details/2020/INOVIO-Announces-Positive-Interim-Phase-1-Data-For-INO-4800-Vaccine-for-COVID-19/default.aspx">would enter the next phase of trials this summer. </a>The pharmaceutical company is up <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ino-stock">475% this year through Monday's close. </a><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/stocks/ino-stock"><div type="image" title="Screen Shot 2020 08 11 at 8.28.35 AM" height="1198" width="1564" msid="77486083" hostid="261"></div></a>

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As the coronavirus brings the international sports calendar to a grinding halt, AFP Sport looks at three long-standing habits which could change forever once competition resumes. Saliva to take shine off swing bowling It's been a tried and trusted friend to fast bowlers throughout the history of cricket. But the days of applying saliva to one side of the ball to encourage swing could be over in the aftermath of COVID-19. "As a bowler I think it would be pretty tough going if we couldn't shine the ball in a Test match," said Australia quick <keyword id="783062" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pat-Cummins">Pat Cummins</keyword>. "If it's at that stage and we're that worried about the spread, I'm not sure we'd be playing sport." Towels in tennis - no touching Tennis players throwing towels, dripping with sweat and blood and probably a tear or two, at ball boys and girls, has often left fans sympathising for the youngsters. Moves by officials to tackle the issue took on greater urgency in March when the coronavirus was taking a global grip. Behind closed doors in Miki, ball boys and girls on duty at the Davis Cup tie between Japan and Ecuador wore gloves. Baskets, meanwhile, were made available for players to deposit their towels.Back in 2018, the ATP introduced towel racks at some events on a trial basis, but not everyone was overjoyed. "I think having the towel whenever you need it, it's very helpful. It's one thing less that you have to think about," said Greece's <keyword id="4174609" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Stefanos-Tsitsipas">Stefanos Tsitsipas</keyword> when he was playing at the NextGen Finals in Milan. "I think it's the job of the ball kids to provide towels and balls for the players." Let's not shake on it Pre-match handshakes were abandoned in top football leagues just before the sports shutdown. <keyword id="52458" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Premier-League">Premier League</keyword> leaders Liverpool also banned the used of mascots while Southampton warned against players signing autographs and stopped them posing for selfies. Away from football, the NBA urged players to opt for the fist bump rather than the long-standing high-five. "I ain't high-fiving nobody for the rest of my life after this," NBA superstar <keyword id="112378" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="LeBron-James">LeBron James</keyword> told the "Road Trippin' Podcast". "No more high-fiving. After this corona shit? Wait 'til you see me and my teammates' handshakes after this shit." Basketball stars were also told not to take items such as balls or teams shirts to autograph. US women's football star <keyword id="2890306" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Megan-Rapinoe">Megan Rapinoe</keyword> says edicts to ban handshakes or even high-fives may be counter-productive anyway. "We're going to be sweating all over each other all game, so it sort of defeats the purpose of not doing a handshake," she told the New York Times in March. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/india/news/hcl-turns-one-of-its-offices-in-noida-into-a-coronavirus-control-room/articleshow/75002632.cms">HCL turns one of its offices in Noida into a Coronavirus control room</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/a-tiger-at-the-bronx-zoo-tested-positive-for-covid-19-after-coming-into-contact-with-an-asymptomatic-caretaker/articleshow/75000701.cms">A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for COVID-19 after coming into contact with an asymptomatic caretaker</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/delhi-chaat-and-panipuri-vendors-have-started-selling-vegetables-amidst-coronavirus-lockdown/articleshow/75003010.cms">Delhi's chaat and panipuri vendors have started selling vegetables amidst coronavirus lockdown</a>

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Strongly hitting out at Pakistan, India has said it is taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to enhance support to cross-border terrorism and has resorted to "unbridled hate speech" to try and create divisions among India's religious communities. Addressing an interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Ashish Sharma on Monday said the hate speech by Pakistan is not merely directed towards one community in India but also against organisations, individuals and even against high ranking political leaders. "While the world has come to a standstill due to the pandemic, Pakistan has only enhanced support to cross-border terrorism taking advantage of the pandemic," he said. Pakistan has resorted to "unbridled hate speech trying to foment violence and intolerance in our country," he told the UN forum. India strongly hit out at Pakistan for abusing the UN platform to forward its "nefarious political agenda." Sharma said that Pakistan is trying to "create divisions among our religious communities as well. Fortunately, their provocation is falling on deaf ears since India has had a tradition of pluralism and co-existence where all communities live in harmony under a democratic framework. India called on Pakistan to practice co-existence in their own country and eschew all sectarian violence, discrimination and intolerance against their own people. Sharma said the world today is confronted not only by the challenge of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the challenge of "infodemic", which in many cases has been responsible for rise in hate speech and seeding hatred within communities. In June, India along with 12 countries co-sponsored the Cross-Regional Statement on "Infodemic" in the Context of COVID-19 - a first of its kind statement by UN Member States to counter the increase in hate speech and misinformation during the pandemic. "India is fighting <keyword id="8764728" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID 19</keyword> pandemic in the most transparent manner with equal access to medical facilities to all citizens," Sharma said at the Third Committee meeting of the General Assembly, adding that special efforts have been taken to ensure that vulnerable communities are provided adequate medical support. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/mukesh-ambani-slips-to-the-9th-spot-in-forbes-billionaires-list-as-he-loses-7-billion-in-a-single-day/articleshow/78997341.cms">Mukesh Ambani slips to the 9th spot in Forbes billionaires list as he loses $7 billion in a single day</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/former-hdfc-bank-ceo-aditya-puri-joins-carlyle-group-as-senior-advisor/articleshow/78991270.cms">Former HDFC Bank CEO Aditya Puri joins Carlyle Group — will advise the global investment firm on Asia bets</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/future-retail-reliance-deal-bse-to-consult-sebi-after-amazons-request-heres-all-that-has-happened-so-far/articleshow/78949099.cms">Future Retail-Reliance deal: Kishore Biyani's group tells bourses that Amazon's contention is 'misconceived' — Here’s all that has happened so far</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11910489" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jen-psaki" source="Orion">Jen Psaki</keyword> was asked about President <keyword id="99719" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joe-biden" source="Orion">Joe Biden</keyword>'s "<keyword id="11896136" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic" source="Orion">pandemic</keyword> of the unvaccinated" characterization.</li><li>Peter Doocy of <keyword id="11937547" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fox-news" source="Orion">Fox News</keyword> implied it was inaccurate because vaccinated people could still be infected.</li></ul>The <keyword id="11896084" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="white-house" source="Orion">White House</keyword> press secretary, Jen Psaki, on Monday clashed with a Fox <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword> reporter over <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/04/remarks-by-president-biden-before-meeting-on-covid-19/">President Joe Biden's characterization of the COVID-19 crisis</a> as a "pandemic of the unvaccinated."Peter Doocy, who returned to the White House briefing room on Monday after recovering from a <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword> infection, suggested that Biden's <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/04/remarks-by-president-biden-before-meeting-on-covid-19/">characterization of the pandemic</a> didn't take into account the high number of fully vaccinated Americans who had contracted the virus."I understand the science says that vaccines prevent death. But I'm triple vaxxed, still got COVID. You're triple vaxxed, still got COVID," Doocy told Psaki, referring to when the fully vaccinated press secretary <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-press-secretary-jen-psaki-tests-positive-covid-19-2021-10">contracted</a> the virus in October. "Why is the president still referring to this as a pandemic of the unvaccinated?"Psaki said unvaccinated people infected with the coronavirus were much more likely to be hospitalized or die of <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> than those who were vaccinated. "I had been triple vaxxed," Psaki said, meaning she received two vaccine doses and a booster. "I had minor symptoms. There's a huge difference between that and being unvaccinated."Psaki cited data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying: "You're <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#covidnet-hospitalizations-vaccination">17 times more likely to go to the hospital</a> if you're not vaccinated, <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status">20 times more likely to die</a>."The <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status">CDC also found</a> that through the end of October, unvaccinated people in the US were 10 times as likely to test positive for the virus as people who had received a booster dose."Those are significant, serious statistics," she added. "So yes, the impact for people who are unvaccinated is far more dire than those who are vaccinated."Doocy kept pressing Psaki on Biden's messaging."Will the president update his language at some time to be more reflective of the fact that people who are triple vaccinated are catching and spreading COVID?" he asked.Psaki said the White House had made clear that vaccinated people could still test positive for the coronavirus, reiterating the "significant difference" between the unvaccinated and vaccinated in terms of the severity of COVID-19.Biden has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/09/09/remarks-by-president-biden-on-fighting-the-covid-19-pandemic-3/">repeatedly</a> called the public-health crisis a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" and pointed to the significantly worse health outcomes among unvaccinated people. COVID-19 vaccines have for months been widely available to Americans in most age groups, but about 15% of adults in the US were still unvaccinated as of two weeks ago, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/25/us/omicron-unvaccinated.html">reported</a>.Monday's exchange came with the US facing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant. The daily average of newly admitted COVID-19 hospital patients for the week that ended January 4 was 16,458, according to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html">CDC</a>. The CDC says vaccination is the best way to prevent severe illness and death from the virus.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>If you want to <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-to-plan-attend-a-wedding-during-covid-19-wedding-advice-2021">postpone or cancel your wedding</a>, try to do it 60 days before the original date.</li><li>The 60 days gives your guests time to change their plans and you might avoid some vendor payments.</li></ul>When do you and your partner need to make a decision about whether or not to <a href="https://www.insider.com/making-wedding-guests-send-proof-of-covid-test-vaccine-advice-2021-11">change your wedding plans</a>?Here's my advice as a professional <keyword id="11896825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wedding" source="Orion">wedding</keyword> planner:<h2>Mark your calendar for 60 days out — this is usually a solid time to change plans </h2><div type="image" title="A wedding ceremony with two denim Mrs. and Mrs. jackets draped over chairs" height="1400" width="2108" msid="88721192" hostid="261"></div>My ultimate, you-really-need-to-decide deadline is 60 days out from the wedding. I have spent the past two years road testing this advice, and 60 days holds up.This is because 60 days is close enough to the wedding that we have a pretty good idea of what the world will look like but far enough out from the <a href="https://www.insider.com/answers-to-wedding-questions-guests-too-scared-to-ask-2021-6">wedding that guests can still make plans</a> and most vendors aren't asking for final payments yet. <h2>There are two times the 60-day rule might not work</h2>The first is if you have payments due before 60 days. Check your contracts for this information and, when in doubt, ask the vendor in question.The second is if you can't or don't want to wait until 60 days before your date. I see this feeling of urgency most often among couples who have a lot of people traveling for their wedding and those who have guests who are particularly vocal with questions. Personally, I think that in nearly all situations those requests are the minority — the vast majority of people involved in your wedding do not need a final decision sooner than 60 days — and thus those situations can be handled on a one-by-one basis. For example, you can tell your uncle who is traveling internationally what the deal is without notifying the rest of your 125 guests and thus signing yourself up to update all 125 guests if/when things change. That said, I also understand if this idea doesn't fit who you and your partner are. Do what serves you two best.<h2>Use the time leading up to 60 days to make a plan</h2><div type="image" title="A bride and groom looking out into water and trees" height="3456" width="5184" msid="88721193" hostid="261"></div>Often, couples change or delay their wedding plans <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-to-plan-attend-a-wedding-during-covid-19-wedding-advice-2021">because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic</a>.So, <a href="https://www.insider.com/wedding-planner-best-and-worst-trends-for-next-year-2021-11">long before your wedding date</a>, you and your partner should discuss the health and safety boundaries of your wedding. To help, I have a template for <a href="https://www.elisabethkramer.com/unwed/covid-19-wedding-policy-template">a COVID-19 safety policy</a> that you can reference yourselves or share with vendors and guests.The most successful couples return to the policy multiple times leading up to their 60-day out mark so, when the decision day arrives, they are (literally) on the same page about what they want to tell their guests and vendors. To help facilitate those conversations, I also have <a href="https://www.elisabethkramer.com/unwed/covid-wedding-guest-invite-template">templates for communicating with guests</a> and <a href="https://www.elisabethkramer.com/unwed/covid-wedding-vendor-vaccine-test">vendors</a> during the pandemic. <h2>Remember: Planning a wedding needs to serve you</h2><a href="https://www.insider.com/wedding-planner-shares-trends-that-will-be-popular-and-unpopular-2022">Planning a wedding</a> is nearly always optional.I don't say this to discount the emotional, financial, and physical effort that is <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-to-know-before-you-do-popular-wedding-trends-advice-2021-8">wedding planning</a> but to remind you that this process must serve you and your partner. If it stops serving you, stop doing it — at least for a little bit.The important thing is that you and your partner are communicating with each other with a deadline where you two will share that information with others.

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<ul><li><keyword id="45830" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bill-Gates">Bill Gates</keyword> warned the world that the next global crisis to hit the world, wouldn’t be a war, but a highly infectious virus.</li><li>During a Ted Talk in 2015, Gates pointed out that a <keyword id="8920001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="global-healthcare-system">global healthcare system</keyword> needs to be put in place to come out ahead of the problem.</li><li>He suggested five ways in which the world can prepare itself for when the next epidemic takes place.</li></ul>Five years before the coronavirus outbreak — when the world was recovering from the Ebola epidemic — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned the world that another healthcare disaster could be on its way. “If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades, it’s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war — not missiles but microbes,” he said during a 2015 Ted Talk. Unlike Hollywood, where a group of handsome epidemiologists fly into a crisis and save the day — the reality on the ground is very different, Gates had said. However, preparing for an outbreak isn’t all that different from preparing from a health crisis. “We can build a really good response. We have the benefits of all the science and technology that we talk about. We’ve got cellphones to get information from the public and get information out to them. We have satellite maps where we can see where people are and where they’re moving,” he said. According to Gates, we already have the tools — we just need to put them into the overall global health system. His company has already demonstrated one way of doing that. Microsoft Bing <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/microsofts-new-coronavirus-map-lets-you-track-the-number-of-covid-19-cases-in-countries-around-the-world-and-every-state-in-the-us/articleshow/74661953.cms">released an interactive map tool</a> that lets people follow the spread of the infection online. Here’s what Microsoft co-founder suggests are the key pieces to fight off an epidemic:

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Dr. Anthony <keyword id="11933279" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fauci" source="Orion">Fauci</keyword> said the US is "out of the pandemic phase" with <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword>, but he's still taking some precautions.</li><li>He later said his words could have "lead to some misinterpretation" and clarified that he was talking about an "acute, fulminant phase."</li></ul>Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, wants Americans to know "the pandemic is not over," after he <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/dr-fauci-on-why-the-u-s-is-out-of-the-pandemic-phase-2">told PBS</a> on Tuesday that the <keyword id="11894425" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-states" source="Orion">United States</keyword> is "out of the pandemic phase" with COVID-19."I want to clarify one thing," Fauci <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094791782/why-are-masks-such-a-big-deal-for-so-many-psychologists-have-thoughts">told NPR</a> on Wednesday afternoon. "I understand how that could lead to some misinterpretation. I was talking about the acute, fulminant phase, and everyone agrees we're not there. We're not getting 900,000 infections a day. Is the pandemic still here? Absolutely."Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, had cited the current "low level" of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths nationwide as his reasoning for the bold "out of the pandemic phase" statement, arguing that the country is out of crisis mode with the <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword>, at least for now. "When I said 'phase' I probably should have said 'the acute stage of the pandemic phase,'" he told NPR 1A host Jenn White. <h2>Entering a new 'phase' of 'starting to learn to live with the virus' </h2>What Fauci said he was trying to express is the idea that the country is "transitioning" into a phase of the outbreak where the level of infection is low enough that "people are starting to learn to live with the virus, still protecting themselves by vaccination, by the availability of antivirals, by testing."In other words, as scientists have developed vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics against COVID-19, it has become a more manageable, less life-threatening foe.Still, "the pandemic is not over, don't anyone think that," Fauci said on NPR, echoing his remarks on PBS, where he emphasized that "if you look at the global situation, there's no doubt this pandemic is still ongoing."His remarks reflect a change in scientific attitude that's been adopted in many countries in recent months — acknowledging the virus is not going to go away, but that there are many layers of different measures people can use to fight against it now. The European Commission, similarly, <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_2646">released a statement on Wednesday</a> saying the EU is "transitioning out of the acute COVID-19 phase."That doesn't mean that things are totally carefree, COVID-wise. Fauci, who is 81, <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/04/27/fauci-pulls-out-of-whcd-is-biden-next-00028131">recently backed out of the White House Correspondents' dinner</a>, telling <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/us/politics/white-house-correspondents-dinner.html">the New York Times</a> he decided not to go to the event that many Washington insiders call "nerd prom" because of "individual assessment of my personal risk."<div type="image" title="cdc chart showing cases up a lot, deaths down, and hospitalizations only up slightly" height="412" width="744" msid="91130520" hostid="261"></div>COVID-19 cases in the US, which are now all attributable to the hyper-infectious <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-infectious-omicron-subvariants-ba2-xe-what-to-know-2022-4">Omicron variant</a>, are still on the rise — up more than 22% in the last week according to CDC data — but Fauci told PBS that "we're not going to eradicate this virus" and that people will have to be routinely vaccinated to keep the rates of severe illness and death low. "I don't know how often that would have to be," Fauci said of vaccination. "That might be every year, that might be longer, in order to keep that level low."Independent disease pros agree it's not clear yet exactly when we might need more shots, because the ones we have are still very effective at preventing severe disease and death. "For most of the population, what we have right now — a primary series and one booster dose, appears to be protective," Dr. Beth Bell, a <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/members/bios.html#Beth-Bell">leading infectious disease expert</a> and professor at the University of Washington, told the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at a public meeting last week. Other public health experts, both within the Biden Administration, and independent of it, agree that getting rid of COVID-19 entirely is neither feasible, nor paramount."We have a very, very contagious variant out there," White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Tuesday during a briefing. "It is going to be hard to ensure that no one gets COVID in America. That's not even a policy goal. The goal of our policies should be, obviously, minimize infections whenever possible, but to make sure people don't get seriously ill."The nation's supply of antiviral <a href="https://aspr.hhs.gov/TestToTreat/Pages/default.aspx">drugs against COVID-19 (like Paxlovid)</a> is improving, and there is also a prophylactic called <a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-new-long-acting-monoclonal-antibodies-pre-exposure">Evusheld</a>, which immunocompromised patients can take, if they don't respond well to vaccines. This story has been updated with Dr. Fauci's remarks to NPR.

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<ul><li>Communicating through a crisis can be tricky for a lot of organizations. There needs to be a change in approach and a focus on compassion and empathy.</li><li><keyword id="6680911" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="neha-yaduvanshi">Neha Yaduvanshi</keyword>, Founder and CEO, <keyword id="6680912" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="vastada-consulting">Vastada Consulting</keyword> speaks about a few stages of communicating through a crisis and a few steps that can help in navigating adverse times.</li></ul>The <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">Coronavirus</keyword> pandemic appeared to be far away when we saw the start of spring in March. But when you look at it now, the entire world is battling to eradicate the virus. Our country itself has announced its third lockdown. The best thing for us to do right now is to stay home, practice social distancing. Talking about <keyword id="1769840" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Crisis-Communication">crisis communication</keyword> during these dubious circumstances, numerous pioneers face queries they may not have answers to. You have to constantly communicate early and regularly with your key constituencies all through an emergency. Approach the circumstance with compassion. Look at the situation from your client’s perspective to comprehend their nervousness. You will at times hit the nail on the head, and you will regularly miss the point, however it is still better to be as straightforward and transparent as possible. Here is a look at some of the key stages you should go through. Stage 1: Create a Team for Centralized Communication Decentralized interchanges or communication is justified and even encouraged in huge, complex organizations. Yet, in a crisis or quick moving circumstance, you need a crisis reaction group. With the coronavirus, we are seeing this event at all levels: For instance, Intel has a standing pandemic initiative group set up, as a major aspect of its business progression planning. Preferably these groups ought to be little, five to seven individuals. You have to incorporate an individual from the leadership group, somebody from corporate interchanges, a HR official, and a specialist in the territory of concern. This group should: <ul><li>Be the fundamental wellspring of information about the emergency i.e should know everything and anything about the crisis.</li><li>Try and meet regularly to screen the circumstance intently as it keeps on advancing.</li><li>Give customary updates to the key members.</li><li>Be brief. Long bloated messages composed by wellbeing experts or legal advisors won't be perused or effectively comprehended.</li><li>Be as straightforward as could be expected under the circumstances. Clarify what you know, what you don't have the foggiest idea, and your wellsprings of data. </li></ul>Stage 2: Proper Communication with Employees Employees are your most significant asset and work as ministers to the network. In the event that they aren't educated and don't comprehend what is happening, communications outside of the association will be progressively troublesome. The organization needs to demystify the circumstance for employees, set everybody's psyche straight, and give want to what's to come. Studies have demonstrated that leaders, specifically, have a unique job lessening employee uneasiness. Numerous employees in a survey depicted that it was so essential to hear the voice of the leader, regardless of whether live or through email, telephone messages, or web based life. Now that this coronavirus emergency has hit, employees would want to know how the business will be affected and what future plans you hold. This boosts up their productivity and facilitates everybody's uneasiness and gives hope naturally. To communicate with employees, organizations should: <ul><li>Post information routinely in a profoundly unmistakable area. This can be a physical area or virtual — email, the organization intranet, or a Facebook or social media channel.</li><li>Depict how choices were made about issues, for example, travel, telecommuting, and so on.</li><li>Try and maintain communication every other day.</li><li>Attempt to give timely data and information as opposed to holding up until you know the entirety of the appropriate responses.</li></ul>Stage 3: Regular updates to Clients/Customers It is obvious that clients require an unexpected methodology in comparison to employees. Hence you should: <ul><li>Concentrate on what is critical to the client.</li><li>Give alleviation whenever the situation allows. </li><li>Concentrate on compassion and empathy as opposed to attempting to make selling openings. Organizations should re examine publicizing and selling methodologies to be more in accordance with the present zeitgeist.</li></ul> Do you remember the Tylenol Crisis? Johnson and Johnson handled the crisis by regularly keeping their customers updated. Someone who has never identified infected capsules of Tylenol with cyanide! 7 people died after consuming the painkiller. The company immediately asked customers to stop buying the product and recalled over 30 million supplies. The organization spoke directly to people and issued a national alert also. Stage 4: Communicate with Shareholders The pandemic has caused extreme instability in the financial markets over the most recent two weeks and transformed what was an extraordinarily positively trending market into a potential downturn. With profit season practically around the bend, publicly listed organizations have an extraordinary obligation to convey the effect of the infection on their tasks. Reassure the shareholders how you are planning to deal with the epidemic and be transparent; instead of turning questions down, answer them. Stage 5: Being Proactive with Communities What occurs inside organizations around the coronavirus influences everybody in the networks around them. At any rate organizations ought to put forth a valiant effort to ensure their activities don't contrarily influence individuals from the network, however you can likewise consider an emergency an opportunity to upgrade associations with the nearby networks wherein you work by: <ul><li>Giving resources , for example, cleaning supplies or nourishment for those in isolation. </li><li>Giving information to the neighborhood media to assist with quieting the networks down and keeping in mind that additionally improving your organization’s validity. </li><li>Giving straightforward info about what's going on inside the organization as opposed to going silent. </li></ul>When managing a crisis, leaders and pioneers need to take a gander at communication from the viewpoint of the audiences and have compassion for them as opposed to dread of doing an inappropriate thing. This expects organizations to impart info when they don't have the exact data, to uncover as much as they can about sensitive data, and to be careful about revising mistakes without agonizing over the repercussions.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a "window" into how a <keyword id="9033617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="bio-terrorist-attack">bio-terrorist attack</keyword> might unfold across the world, UN chief <keyword id="300649" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Antonio-Guterres">Antonio Guterres</keyword> said, issuing a strong warning that non-state groups could gain access to "virulent strains" that could pose similar devastation to societies around the globe. The Secretary-General listed pressing risks to the world due to the pandemic as he addressed the powerful <keyword id="55859" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="UN-Security-Council">UN Security Council</keyword>, which for the first time discussed the coronavirus crisis in a closed video-conference session on Thursday under the Presidency of the Dominican Republic. Guterres described the battle against COVID-19 as the "fight of a generation -- and the raison d'être of the United Nations itself." "While the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a health crisis, its implications are much more far-reaching. The pandemic also poses a significant threat to the maintenance of international peace and security -- potentially leading to an increase in social unrest and violence that would greatly undermine our ability to fight the disease," Guterres said in his briefing to the UNSC. "The weaknesses and lack of preparedness exposed by this pandemic provide a window onto how a bio-terrorist attack might unfold – and may increase its risks. Non-state groups could gain access to virulent strains that could pose similar devastation to societies around the globe," he said. Voicing strong concern that the threat of terrorism remains alive, Guterres said, "terrorist groups may see a window of opportunity to strike while the attention of most governments is turned towards the pandemic." Further, in some conflict settings, the uncertainty created by the pandemic may create incentives for some actors to promote further division and turmoil. "This could lead to an escalation of violence and possibly devastating miscalculations, which could further entrench ongoing wars and complicate efforts to fight the pandemic," Guterres said. According to estimates from Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre, there are more than 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases across the world and over 95,000 people have died so far of the disease. The UN chief stressed that the crisis has hindered international, regional and national conflict resolution efforts, exactly when they are needed most. Another significant risk posed by the pandemic is that it is triggering or exacerbating various human rights challenges and refugees and internally displaced persons are particularly vulnerable. "We are seeing stigma, hate speech, and white supremacists and other extremists seeking to exploit the situation. We are witnessing discrimination in accessing health services... And there are growing manifestations of authoritarianism, including limits on the media, civic space and freedom of expression" he said. The coronavirus crisis has unleashed ruinous social and economic impacts, as governments around the world struggle to find the most effective responses to rising unemployment and the economic downturn. Last month, Guterres had called for an immediate global ceasefire, urging all warring parties to silence the guns in order to help create conditions for the delivery of aid, open up space for diplomacy and bring hope to places among the most vulnerable to the pandemic. He said he is encouraged by the support his call for global ceasefire has received from Heads of State and Government to regional partners, civil society activists and religious leaders. "From South America to Africa and from the Middle East to Asia we have seen conflict parties take some initial steps to end violence and fight the pandemic," he said. Two weeks ago, the UN chief also launched the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan, focusing on needs in countries already facing a humanitarian crisis. The Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated USD 75 million and so far the Plan had received USD 396.5 million. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/before-and-after-pictures-show-the-coronavirus-travel-ban-brought-airlines-to-a-grinding-halt-since-march/articleshow/75074376.cms">Before and after pictures show how the Coronavirus travel ban brought airlines to a grinding halt since March</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/assam-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-confirmed-cases-reach-28/articleshow/75075636.cms">Assam reports first Coronavirus death as confirmed cases reach 28</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/sports-stadiums-are-being-converted-to-quarantine-centres-blood-donation-camps-and-more-to-handle-the-surge-of-covid-19-patients/articleshow/75063043.cms">Iconic sports stadiums in India are being converted to quarantine centres, blood donation camps and more to handle the surge of Covid-19 patients</a>

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