November 21, 2020

Wealthy countries block Covid-19 drugs rights waiver at WTO: sources

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 21 November, 2020 Reuters, Geneva Wealthy nations on Friday reiterated their opposition to a proposal to waive intellectual property rules […]
November 21, 2020

Daily Covid-19 deaths in US reach highest level since May

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 21 November, 2020   The overall US death toll has reached about 254,000, by far the most in the world […]
November 21, 2020

Toronto ordered into Covid-19 lockdown starting November 23

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 21 November, 2020   The lockdown will last at least 28 days and violators can be fined CAN$750 ($570) Canada’s […]
November 20, 2020

Why the United States can’t defeat the coronavirus

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 20 Nov 2020 As Thanksgiving approaches, some conservatives in the United States are boasting online of the mass gatherings they […]
November 20, 2020

WHO advises against Gilead’s remdesivir for all hospitalised Covid-19 patients

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 20 November, 2020   “In practice we have been saying for some time that it is not use for much,” […]
November 20, 2020

Europe’s Covid-19 cases surpass 15 million mark: Reuters tally

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 20 November, 2020   While it took the region nearly nine months to record its first 5 million cases, the […]
November 20, 2020

WHO welcomes Covid-19 immunity study, gives hopes for vaccines

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 20 November, 2020   A British study that found people who have had Covid-19 are unlikely to contract the disease […]
November 19, 2020

Vaccine diplomacy is the new space race

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 19 Nov 2020 The space race was the ultimate symbol of Cold War technological competition between the US and the […]
November 19, 2020

UN recruits 40 airlines to deliver vaccine to poorest states (Unicef)

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 19 November, 2020   Unicef held call with carriers about mass airlift, IATA says. United Nations humanitarian relief agency Unicef […]