Sun 22 November 2020: Moderna will charge governments between $25 and $37 per dose of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered. “Our vaccine therefore costs about the same as a flu shot, which is between $10 and $50,” Chief Executive Stephane Bancel has told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS). On Monday, […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China is ready to step up global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, and called for better international coordination on policies to facilitate movement of people. Pharmaceutical companies and research centers around the world are working on potential COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: Airlines will need $70-80 billion in aid to survive the coronavirus crisis, or another half again of the amount already received from governments, their global industry body warned, as many countries tighten restrictions to confront another wave of coronavirus infections. “For the coming months the industry is estimated to need $70-$80 […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: US President Donald Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., tested positive for coronavirus earlier this week, according to his spokesman Friday. “Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result,” the spokesman said. “He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: China is starting mass testing on 3 million people in a section of the northern city of Tianjin and has tested 4,015 others in a hospital in Shanghai after the discovery of a pair of cases there. The National Health Commission recorded seven new domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 Saturday, with […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging African countries to be on high alert for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases. This comes as nearly 20 countries in the region experienced an uptick in cases since early October after reporting a downward trend, then a plateau. “Unlike the first wave of […]
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Fri 20 November 2020: India’s coronavirus cases crossed the 9 million mark early Friday after it recorded over 45,000 new infections, Health Ministry figures show. According to a Health Ministry update, the number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at over 9 million. Some 584 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said Wednesday that the international health body was planning to vaccinate at least 20% of the continent’s population for COVID-19. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said in a teleconference that all African countries should prepare themselves for the COVID-19 vaccinations, adding the WHO planned to […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: In the first three quarters of 2020, global debt increased by $15 trillion to reach $277 trillion by the end of the year as governments and companies continue to spend in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Institute of International Finance said in a report on Wednesday. After a large surge […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin on Thursday said that the delivery of his firm and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine could begin before Christmas if the companies get emergency approval in the second half of December. The vaccine was found to be 95% effective in a phase-3 study. The vaccine’s efficacy was found […]
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