NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA HACKERS ‘TARGETING VACCINE’: MICROSOFT

Sat 14 November 2020: Microsoft said on Friday that State-backed hackers from North Korea and Russia have been targeting organisations working on a coronavirus vaccine. Microsoft said that it has witnessed efforts by state-backed Russian and North Korean hacking groups to target and steal valuable data from pharmaceutical companies and coronavirus vaccine researchers. “In recent […]

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THIRD WAVE: IRAN SET TO ANNOUNCE TWO-WEEK NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN

Fri 13 November 2020: The Iranian government is set to announce a two-week nationwide lockdown to contain the third wave of the pandemic. According to the Health Ministry officials, the plan will be finalized during a meeting of the National Headquarters for Corona Disease Management on Saturday as the situation has turned catastrophic. Iran’s death […]

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PFIZER SOLD $5.6 MILLION IN STOCK SAME DAY OF VACCINE ANNOUNCEMENT

Fri 13 November 2020: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold $5.6 million of his stock in the US pharmaceutical company on the same day it announced promising results for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, filings showed Wednesday. The company, however, has reportedly said the sale was part of a pre-arranged periodic divestment plan when the stock reaches […]

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“SOMETHING BOGUS GOING ON”: ELON MUSK ON RESULTS AFTER 4 COVID TESTS

Fri 13 October 2020: Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk questioned the accuracy of COVID-19 tests on Thursday after claiming that results showed he tested positive twice and then negative twice all on the same day. “Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, […]

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RICHEST COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT 80% PFIZER VACCINE, CAMPAIGNERS WARN

Fri 13 November 2020: Over 80% of vaccine doses bought by governments with only 14% of global population The vast majority of US pharma giant Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine has already been bought by the richest governments in the world, Global Justice Now warns today. Over 1 billion doses have already been sold to rich governments, […]

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UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY SHIFTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER CONTRACTING CORONAVIRUS

Thu 12 November 2020: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been hospitalised after he contracted coronavirus earlier this week, a presidential official says. “He first went home but decided to move to Feofania (hospital). To accurately isolate and not expose anyone,” a presidential spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency. “There are better conditions for patients. Nothing […]

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TURKEY BANS SMOKING IN PUBLIC AREAS AMID SURGE OF COVID-19

Thu 12 November 2020: Smoking will no longer be allowed on crowded streets and other public areas in Turkey starting Thursday, officials have announced. In a circular to the governors of the country’s 81 provinces, the Interior Ministry declared Wednesday that a smoking ban would be introduced in “areas like avenues, streets and stops where […]

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EU SEEKS POWER TO DECLARE HEALTH EMERGENCIES UNDERMINING WHO

Thu 12 November 2020: European Union is seeking a major shift in powers towards the EU’s health agencies, warning that Europe’s faltering approach to the coronavirus pandemic has caused “confusion and distrust”. The EU commissioner for health, Stella Kyriakides, said the bloc’s lack of readiness for the crisis had meant substandard care for patients and […]

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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS IS ONLY GETTING WORSE IN AMERICAS, WHO WARNS

Thu 12 November 2020: UN health agency says region saw average of 150,000 daily new coronavirus cases last week, as US breaks records. COVID-19 cases are still surging in the Americas, averaging 150,000 a day in the last week, the World Health Organization’s regional office said on Wednesday. The United States continues to report record-breaking […]

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