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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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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Wed 29 April 2020: Gold loves a crisis, the old adage goes. And with prices up 13% this year to their highest since 2012 and many predicting further gains as investors search for safe places to put their money, it looks true for the coronavirus crisis so far. But, as individuals and countries alike see […]
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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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Wed 29 April 2020: Continent has reported 33,566 cases and 1,469 deaths so far, according to Africa CDC The death toll from the novel coronavirus rose in several African countries Tuesday as the continent continued to grapple with the pandemic. The number of fatalities in Algeria rose to 437, with Egypt’s rising to 359, South […]
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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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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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Tue 28 April 2020: While more than 3M people infected by virus, Johns Hopkins counts nearly 212,000 deaths The global coronavirus recoveries exceeded the 900,000 mark on Tuesday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data showed a total of 902,129 people won their battle against the pandemic. The […]
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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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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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