Vaccine giant to apply for pandemic licence in 'two weeks'
AFP - India - 29/11/2020
The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume said Saturday it would apply for an emergency licence for a coronavirus vaccine within two weeks, and that confusion over the efficacy would not delay its distribution
Serum Institute of India chief executive…
Covid-19: Italian study raices suspicions about the birthplace of the virus
Plataforma - Macau - 21/11/2020
A new study by the Italian National Cancer Institute revealed data that can counter the origin of the virus in Wuhan.
WHO had previously admitted that the virus could have circulated silently around the world until it was detected in Wuhan. Now, with the new study by the…
Brazil may close year by losing fewer jobs than in 2015 and 2016
Agency Brazil - 20/11/2020
In an event, the minister defended the exemption of the payroll.
The generation of jobs in the second half of the year could make the country close 2020 losing fewer jobs than in the recession of 2015 and 2016, said the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, yesterday. The…
LAG2021: Macau government predicts 60.9% of GDP to contract in 2020
Lusa - Macau - 16/11/2020
The Government of Macau expects the economy of the territory to fall by 60.9% in 2020, due to the impact of the pandemic, according to the document of the Governmental Lines of Action (LAG) for 2021, presented today by the leader of the executive.
“A real contraction of…
European Medicines Agency expects vaccine distribution from January
Lusa - Italy - 14/11/2020
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) hopes to give a favorable opinion on a first vaccine against the new coronavirus “by the end of the year” to be distributed “from January”, said its director today.
“If the data is solid, we can give the…
Pfizer CEO won 4.7 million shares on the day the Covid-19 vaccine was announced
Dinheiro Vivo - Portugal - 12/11/2020
The CEO of Pfizer sold 132,508 shares on the same day it was announced that the vaccine that this pharmaceutical company is developing has shown 90% effectiveness
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold 60% of his shares in the North American pharmaceutical company, for a total of…
WHO warns of 'explosion' of virus cases in Europe
AFP - France - 05/11/2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe on Thursday said it was seeing an “explosion” of coronavirus cases in the region and warned of a “tough time” ahead as mortality rates rose
“We do see an explosion…. in the sense it only…
Covid-19: Since the beginning of May, the Portuguese were not so much at home
TSF - Portugal - 03/11/2020
More than half of the Portuguese did not leave home on the last Sunday and there were few who traveled far.
Since the beginning of May, in the first phase of the deflation after the first state of emergency and the first wave of the pandemic, there were not so many…
Portugal considers general lockdown in the first two weeks of December
TSF - Portugal - 30/10/2020
The Government is studying the possibility of enacting general lockdown in the first two weeks of December.
The measure is identical to what happened in Portugal in March and April. The news, advanced by TVI, was confirmed by TSF.
At stake is the preparation for the…
National Police raids night parties on the outskirts of Luanda
Jornal de Angola - 25/10/2020
The National Police aborted, yesterday, in Luanda, a party on Rua 21 de Janeiro, to Rocha Pinto, a few meters from the premises of the Interclube of Angola, for violation of the measures of the Situation of Public Calamity, in the framework of the fight against Covid…
