IPSEs IN THE LAST 24H
  • Ursula von der Leyen
    Ursula von der Leyen “I am following the situation in Georgia with great concern and condemn the violence on the streets of Tbilisi. The European Union has also clearly expressed its concerns regarding the law on foreign influence. The Georgian people want a European future for their country.” 9 hours ago
  • Oleksandr Kozachenko
    Oleksandr Kozachenko “If we compare it with the beginning (of the Russian invasion), when we fired up to 100 shells a day, then now, when we fire 30 shells it's a luxury. Sometimes the number of shells fired daily is in single digits.” 9 hours ago
  • Abdallah al-Dardari
    Abdallah al-Dardari “The United Nations Development Programme's initial estimates for the reconstruction of … the Gaza Strip surpasses $30bn and could reach up to $40bn. The scale of the destruction is huge and unprecedented … this is a mission that the global community has not dealt with since World War II.” 9 hours ago
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Covid-19 - The new variant Omicron and travel restrictions

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“Disease outbreaks are contained at their source, not at their borders. And travel bans, though they may be easily accessible in terms of political decision-making, they are not effective in preventing spread of disease. They really are not effective.”

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Senior emergency officer at the WHO regional office for Europe
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“The disaster isn't the groups who canceled over the next two weeks. How can I convince people to come to the Holy Land after we promised them that you can come, but then the government closes the border?”

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Chief of the Arab Hotel Association
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“I well understand the concern of all countries to protect their citizens against a variant that we don't yet fully understand. But I am equally concerned that several member states are introducing blunt, blanket measures that are not evidence-based or effective on their own, and which will only worsen inequities.”

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Director-General of the World Health Organization
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“This variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. If you are vaccinated, but still worried about the new variant, get your booster. If you aren't vaccinated, get that shot. Go get that first shot. We'll fight this variant with scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed, not chaos and confusion. The point of the [travel] restriction is to give us time to get people vaccinated.”

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President of the United States
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“The notion of having a global map of where the variants are and aren't is just fantasy. I don't think the travel bans really have much of an impact, other than answering the political pressures that inevitably arise when a new variant emerges.”

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Epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University
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