14 December Konstantina Beleli, an economist, re-tweeted an article on how many Europeans are sceptical about the Covid-19 vaccines. According to an Economist article, despite clinical trials revealing the safety and efficacy of coronavirus vaccines, a number of people in Europe remain hesitant about being administered with the newly developed vaccines, thereby making the fight …

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11 December Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 69,704,000, with over 1,584,000 deaths and 44,986,000 recoveries. In the majority of countries in the European, African, Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asian, and Western Pacific regions, daily confirmed cases continue to decrease, while the Americas continue to see a rise in daily cases. The …

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11 December Approximately ten United States Forces Korea (USFK) service personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in South Korea between November 26 and December 8. Four USFK service members arrived via US chartered flights at the Osan Air Base between on December 6 and 7. Six others arrived on international commercial flights on …

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11 December Global: Global coronavirus infections have passed 69.6 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,583,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. US: US Covid-19 infections have passed 15.6 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 292,179 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. A top coronavirus adviser to President-elect …

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11 December Adam Tooze, the director of the European Institute, shared an article on how the initial funding of $29bn to curb the coronavirus pandemic surged to $39bn in mid-November to support nearly 265 million of the 441 million people across 64 countries. The Global Humanitarian Overview for 2020 found that donors gave approximately $17bn …

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10 December Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 69,027,000, with more than 1,572,000 deaths and 44,518,000 recoveries. Worldwide, daily confirmed cases continue to increase. The US continues to rank highest in the world with over 15.3 million total confirmed cases, followed by India with over 9.7 million total confirmed cases, and …

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10 December The University of Louisville (UofL) has received $8.5m in funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to develop and test a nasal spray in phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate its ability to prevent viral respiratory infections such as Covid-19 using Q-Griffithsin, a drug compound developed by UofL. The US DoD announced …

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10 December Robert Palmer, a tax reform campaigner and executive director of Tax Justice UK, re-tweeted about a wealth tax to fund Covid recovery. In his views, too often during the crisis, the government has been on the back foot but that should not be the case when the next shock hits. Experts from the …

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10 December Global: Global coronavirus infections pass 68.9 million. Meanwhile, the global coronavirus death toll has passed 1,569,000 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. US: Covid-19 infections have passed 15.3 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 289,431 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University It looks like the US will again confirm …

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9 December Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 68,367,000, with over 1,559,000 deaths and 44,095,000 recoveries. Worldwide, total confirmed cases and total deaths continue to rise. The US, India, and Brazil primarily drive these increases due to the sheer magnitude of cases that consistently positions them in the top three most …

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