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April 29, 2021
Prensa Libre (Guatemala)
El Salvador and Honduras will receive $ 70 million from the World Bank to purchase coronavirus vaccines
The World Bank has approved an amount of $ 70 million for El Salvador and Honduras to purchase covid vaccines- 19 and thus strengthen their immunization systems. The additional funding is $ 50 million for El Salvador and the remaining $ 20 million for Honduras: "These resources will help purchase and distribute covid-19 vaccines, to strengthen immunization systems and health services."
Michel Kerf, Director of the World Bank for Central America, said: "Broad and accessible vaccination is essential to protect lives and promote an inclusive and sustainable economic recovery (...). This support will allow the two countries access fair and cheap to vaccines and will be essential to strengthen their capabilities. "
According to the World Bank, the additional funding "will help finance the acquisition of vaccines, enable key vaccination activities, such as the purchase of medical supplies, personal protective equipment, cold chains and communication support, human resources. and information systems ". The additional resources, he stressed, are part of a broader health response to the pandemic, coordinated by the government of El Salvador with the support of multiple development partners, such as the Inter-American Development Bank (BDI), the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (OPS / WHO) and Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE).
On the other hand, the amount of $ 20 million "will provide Honduras with resources to help the government acquire vaccines and strengthen health systems for successful vaccine distribution." The loan also, the source added, "will support activities such as purchasing supplies, hiring and training staff, improving monitoring systems, evaluating vaccinations and communication efforts."
El Salvador records 67,249 coronavirus infections, of which 1,621 "active" cases, 2,068 people died and 63,560 recovered. Since mid-February, when the immunization process began, 410,810 Salvadorans have been vaccinated. Meanwhile, in Honduras, with 4,929 deaths and 198,975 positives, 2 have been vaccinated. 684 people.
kommersant.ru
US intelligence will intervene to counter foreign interference
The US intelligence service has initiated the creation of a center designated to counter hostile foreign influence. Analysts at the new facility will receive information on foreign interference in US internal affairs, analyze it and provide conclusions to the country's leadership.
The purpose of the center is to effectively counter the influence of different countries which, according to Washington, represent a threat. Russia is among them. The center will focus on the coordination and integration of intelligence related to hostile influence, integrating specialists with relevant and different skills to better understand and monitor the situation, explained the functions of the new entity created the office of the director of intelligence national.
According to the statement, the center must include analysts from every branch of the intelligence community, including those related to international relations and security. The center will investigate hostile influence on the US by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.
In March, National Intelligence, led by Avril Haines, released a comprehensive report on states that attempted to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election. "We believe President Putin and the Russian state supported and campaigned to influence elections of 2020 ", it reads. The purpose of this campaign was to discredit Biden and the Democratic Party, support Trump, undermine public confidence in the electoral process and exacerbate social and political divisions in the United States, the document says. At the same time, it is argued that there was no direct cyber attack on the infrastructure by Moscow, Russia was only engaged in information gathering. The report also states that theIran tried to influence the elections (to undermine the position of Republican candidate Donald Trump), while China evaluated the feasibility of the interference and abandoned it, having realized that there were no good candidates for it in the American elections.