US panel weighs authorizing Covid vaccines for youngest children
AFP - United States - 15/06/2022
WTO seeks shot in the arm with Covid jab IP idea
AFP - Switzerland - 13/06/2022
The WTO’s search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines.
The World Trade Organization’s first ministerial meeting since December 2017 is wrestling with…
WHO defends investigation into the accident theory at the origin of covid-19
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 10/06/2022
This stance denotes a possible revision of the UN agency’s initial assessment of the origins of the pandemic and comes after critics accused the WHO of having too quickly discarded, or underestimated, the theory that the virus may have originated at the Institute of…
China's foreign trade recovers in May
Dinheiro Vivo - Portugal - 09/06/2022
China’s foreign trade recovered in May, due to the easing of epidemic prevention measures in Shanghai and other important industrial centers in the country, according to Chinese customs data.
Exports rose 16.9% year-on-year to US$308.3 billion (more than €287…
Boris Johnson and António Guterres discuss increased vaccine production
Lusa - International - 17/02/2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres spoke on the telephone today about the importance of expanding the global production of vaccines against covid-19 and ensuring access to developing countries
According to a…
New cases of covid-19 decreased 16% last week
AFP - International - 17/02/2021
The number of new cases of covid-19 recorded in the world decreased by 16% last week, to 2.7 million, announced the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday night (16)
The number of new deaths reported has also decreased 10% from the previous week, according to the WHO…
Clandestine parties gather more than 10,000 people in São Paulo
Band - Brazil - 16/02/2021
Streets taken by people without masks, crowded and with no respect for life. This was the weekend in São Paulo, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and with Carnival canceled.
In total, the Metropolitan Civil Guard task force dispersed 13,000 people in the city…
North Korea tried to hack Pfizer systems
AFP - South Korea - 16/02/2021
North Korean hackers tried to break into the systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to find information about the vaccine and treatments for the coronavirus, media reported on Tuesday, citing South Korean intelligence.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS)…
Bill Gates' plan to avoid the crisis that will kill five times more than the covid
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 15/02/2021
Tomorrow, around the world, Bill Gates’ book is released which brings together many years of research on climate change and the experience of being one of the main technological innovators of the 20th century. Keeping the Earth from ending is the goal.
It is…
Time to wear a better mask, experts say
AFP - USA - 10/02/2021
As new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus spread, experts say it’s time to consider using a medical-grade respirator, or wearing a surgical and cloth mask together
Scientists have agreed for some time the main way the virus is spread is through the air…
Virus team visits China lab as poorer nations get vaccine boost
AFP - International - 04/02/2021
International experts on Wednesday inspected a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan that some US officials had suggested was the source of the coronavirus, as plans were firmed up to distribute vaccines to poorer nations
The World Health Organization-backed Covax scheme said it…
