APPLE AND GOOGLE BEGIN TESTING COVID-TRACKING APP SOON TO BE RELEASED

Thu 30 April 2020: Apple and Google would release two early versions this week of their proposed technology to slow coronavirus spread to select developers for testing purposes, the companies said on Wednesday. According to a report form The Verge, after a test phase started this week the companies are set to release a first version […]

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WHO DECLINES COMMENT ON REMDESIVIR IN COVID-19, HOPES FOR BEST

Wed 29 April 2020: (Reuters) – A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on reports that Gilead Science’s remdesivir could help treat COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, but said that further data was needed. “I wouldn’t like to make any specific comment on that, because I haven’t read […]

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NEARLY HALF OF GLOBAL WORKFORCE RISK LOSING LIVELIHOODS IN PANDEMIC

Wed 29 April 2020: (REUTERS) Some 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, representing nearly half of the global labour force, are in immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday. The U.N. agency’s latest report sharply raised its forecast for the devastating impact […]

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TURKEY RANKS THIRD WORLDWIDE IN SUPPLYING MEDICAL AID

Wed 29 April 2020: Country also provides largest amount of humanitarian aid in the world, says Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Turkey is the third biggest supplier of medical aid worldwide amid the coronavirus outbreak, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday. The country also provides the largest amount of humanitarian aid in the world, he said. […]

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COVID-19: FEAR OF NEW OUTBREAKS AND ECONOMIC DEVASTATION WORLDWIDE

Wed 29 April 2020: Excitement over partial easing of the lockdowns affecting more than half of humanity has been tempered by fear of new outbreaks and growing evidence of the economic devastation wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The US — where millions of jobs have gone — reached another grim milestone as it registered 58,351 […]

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LATIN AMERICA TO SEE SHARP INCREASE IN HUNGER, POVERTY: FAO REPORT

Tue 28 April 2020: (REUTERS) Hunger and poverty are set to spike in Latin America and the Caribbean as the impact of the novel coronavirus ravages the region´s economies and disrupts supply chains, according to a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Most countries across Latin America have been forced to […]

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WHO APPEALS FOR MORE FLIGHT CAPACITY TO STEP UP TEST SHIPMENTS

Tue 28 April 2020: (REUTERS) The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas where COVID-19 is spreading, especially Latin America. Paul Molinaro, chief of WHO operations support and logistics, said global vaccine shipments were disrupted in April and if […]

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