Nickel, as a raw material for electric vehicle batteries, has recently come into the spotlight, after featuring in the Indonesian vice-presidential candidate debate on Sunday, 21 January.
December 27 has been designated by the United Nations (U.N.) as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. On December 27, 2020, the UN General Assembly, which has 193 members, in an online meeting, agreed with the idea of the then-Vietnamese Ambassador to the U.N., Dang Dinh Quy, to commemorate December 27 as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.