Tag: COVID-19

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  Brazil's health regulator open to approving Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use

  

  Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday it was open to approving COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use and outlined the requirements for companies looking to do so.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  WHO receives data from the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had received data from Pfizer and BioNTech on the Covid-19 vaccine and was reviewing it for “possible listing for emergency use”, a benchmark for countries to authorize national use.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:46 UTC

  Putin orders to begin mass voluntary vaccination against Covid-19 next week

  

  President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian authorities on Wednesday to begin mass voluntary vaccinations against Covid-19 next week as Russia recorded 589 new daily deaths from the coronavirus.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  PM Johnson admits to be vaccinated on television show, “but will not jump the queue”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson might be persuaded to take a COVID-19 vaccination on television to show it is safe but he would not have one before those in greater need, his press secretary said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  US expects to have immunized 100 million people against Covid-19 by March

  

  The United States hopes to have immunized 100 million people against Covid-19 by the end of February, a top official said on Wednesday, which is approximately 40% of the country's adult population.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  China becomes the EU's top trade partner, ahead of US in nine months of 2020

  

  China pushed past the United States in the third quarter to become the European Union's top trade partner, as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the US while Chinese activity rebounded.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  RRS James Clark Ross in South Georgia after seven weeks sailing

  

  The RRS James Clark Ross has arrived at King Edward Point, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, after seven weeks sailing south from the UK. For the staff disembarking at King Edward Point, this represents the culmination of a journey that started in quarantine in the UK in October to enable safe travel.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  The S&P 500 index at record high, while US congress debates a relief for the US economy

  

  The S&P 500 climbed to a record high close on Wednesday and the Nasdaq Composite Index dipped as investors weighed upbeat vaccine developments and a potential coronavirus fiscal package against a bleak private jobs report.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  French former president Giscard d'Estaing dies at 94 of Covid-19 complications

  

  Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing died on Wednesday from complications linked to Covid-19, his foundation said. “In accordance with his wishes, his funeral will take place in the strictest family intimacy,” the Foundation Valery Giscard d'Estaing said on Twitter.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 13:45 UTC

  UK steps forward and approve Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for rollout ‘next week’

  

  The United Kingdom steps forward the United States and Europe and became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use as it announced on Wednesday a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug from next week.