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The backlash to the bans ratcheted up after Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the strictest abortion law in the nation last week. It makes performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 99 years even in cases of rape or incest. An abortion is only legal if a mother's health is in danger.
The bill seeks to amend the current vaccination law and comes on the heels of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in his first policy speech in parliament since taking office last month delivered a day earlier saying that the government will make sure that it secures enough vaccines for all people in Japan.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closed 0.26 percent higher at 3386.46 points, while the Shenzhen Component Index fell by 0.7 percent to 13863.13 points. However, the total trading volume on both bourses stood at 1.29 trillion yuan (5.7 billion).
The bill aims to provide a legal guarantee for a centralized, unified, authoritative and highly efficient state-level supervision system, and is scheduled for deliberation at the National People's Congress Standing Committee for the first time in June.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index was down by 3.1 percent on Monday at 2660.17 points. The ChiNext Index in Shenzhen, which tracks technology-focused startups, declined by 4.59 percent to close at 1827.05 points. The value of onshore-traded yuan weakened to 7.12 per dollar as of Monday afternoon.
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The bill has become law 59 years in a row.
The average age of those infected is 41, while that of those who have died from the disease is 64, Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez said.
The biggest uncertainty faced by the global economy is not the COVID-19 pandemic itself or the related economic recession, but the rising political uncertainties, Zhu said, citing that different economies seem to be less willing to cooperate with each other than during previous crises.
The authorities and schools should monitor the pandemic's impact on the mental health of teachers and students, and arrange for experts to offer targeted counseling services to them after careful analysis, the ministry said.