AV 26th September 2020

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FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE

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Let noble thoughts come to us from every side

26 SEP - 2 OCT 2020 - VOL 49 ISSUE 22

WE ARE NOT READY DESPITE WARNINGS

inside: TOEIC students write letter to Prime Minister urging for an end to their deportation SEE PAGE - 8

Emotional Intelligence helps female leaders better navigate pandemic SEE PAGE - 14

Navendu Mishra

Priyanka Mehta The UK is fast approaching a second Covid-19 wave. On Tuesday 22nd September, parents, businesses and parliamentarians expressed their frustration as Boris Johnson announced fresh set of restrictions warning that these can remain in place “for as long as six months”. While Prime Minister finally acknowledged that employees should continue to “work from home where possible”, relieving working parents of their concerns around affordable childcare. He is faced with the biggest challenge of testing, tracing and tracking the virus amid shortage of testing kits, lack of testing centres and lack of trust or understanding of the usability of the NHS Test and Trace App. Now Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged Prime Minister to apologise for the lack of preparations. He said, "If I were the prime minister, I would apologise for the fact we're in this situation with testing. Throughout the summer, we were

saying 'prepare for the autumn'. Instead, we had the exams fiasco. I would make fixing testing the number one priority, and reinstate the daily press conferences so we know what's going on." A recent data published showed in the week between 3-9 September, 417,296 people have been reached by the service. This includes both those testing positive and their contacts. 86.6% of all contacts where communication details were given have been reached and told to selfisolate. Interim Executive Chair of the National Institute for Health Protection Baroness Dido Harding said, “We are working tirelessly to boost testing capacity so that everyone who needs a test can get one. Each day, around 200,000 people are successfully booking and taking tests and we are growing our capacity to 500,000 tests across the UK by the end of October, with more and more capacity being added each week. Continued on page 6

Pandemic cannot dampen the indomitable spirit of UK Bengalis SEE PAGE - 16

Indian American and UkranianAmerican Director wins Emmy Award SEE PAGE - 22

Unruly scenes in RS during passage of farm bills SEE PAGE - 26


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