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Wall Street Charging Bull sculptor Arturo Di Modica ‘dies aged 80’

Mary Pat Campbell

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56137600

Excerpt:

The sculptor behind Wall Street’s famous Charging Bull statue has died aged 80, reports say.

Friends of Arturo Di Modica told Italian media that the sculptor died in his home town of Vittoria, Sicily. He had been fighting cancer for many years, La Repubblica reported.

The bull was originally installed in New York in 1989 without permission.

It was designed to represent the “strength and power of the American people” after the 1987 market crash.

Publication Date: 20 February 2021

Publication Site: BBC

Covid: Israel’s vaccine rollout linked to infection fall

Mary Pat Campbell

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55706855

Excerpt:

Israel’s vaccination programme is showing signs of working to drive down infections and illness in the over-60s.

The fall appears to be most pronounced in older people and areas furthest ahead in their immunisation efforts.

This suggests it is the vaccine, and not just the country’s current lockdown, taking effect.

Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) figures show 531 over-60s, out of almost 750,000 fully vaccinated, tested positive for coronavirus (0.07%).

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Author: Rachel Schraer

Publication Date: 1 February 2021

Publication Site: BBC News