7 October Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 35,865,000 with over 1,050,000 deaths and 25,004,000 recoveries. The US, India, and Brazil account for over 53% of the world’s total confirmed cases and about 44% of total confirmed deaths. While many US states report increases in daily confirmed cases, the number of …

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7 October The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has awarded Purdue University-affiliated company Continuity Pharma a $1.5m grant to support the agency’s efforts to fill supply chain gaps for critical drug products. The company will develop continuous manufacturing technology to move generic drug production to the US. Purdue professor of organic chemistry and …

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7 October Global: The global coronavirus death toll is 1,050,188 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Covid-19 infections exceed 35.8 million world wide. US: Covid-19 infections exceed 7.5 million, meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is 210,909 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Top US military chiefs are quarantining after a senior coast …

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7 October The long discussions between the Republicans and Democrats on the next round of economic stimulus for the US ended abruptly, without hopes for additional aid for businesses and households. Claudia Sahm, a policy analyst, shared an article on the comments made by Federal Reserve chair, Jerome H. Powell, after US President Donald Trump …

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6 October Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 35,527,000, with over 1,044,000 deaths and 24,783,000 recoveries. The US, with over 7,459,000 total confirmed cases and over 210,000 deaths, remains the most affected country in the world. In contrast, India reports a similar number of over 6,685,000 total confirmed cases, but reports …

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6 October Global: The global coronavirus death toll is 1,044,490 according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Covid-19 infections exceed 35.5 million world wide. Some 10% of the world’s population may have been infected with Covid-19, according to Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization’s emergencies program. US: Covid-19 infections exceed 7.4 million, meanwhile, …

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6 October Wonkmonk, an economic policy activist, shared an article on the IMF’s call to developed economies to increase public investment to enable a strong economic recovery from the Covid pandemic. The IMF noted that advanced economies should not worry about public debt but rather take advantage of low borrowing costs to increase spending particularly …

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6 October The US Army Contracting Command in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland has awarded AstraZeneca a firm-fixed-price contract to produce AZD7442, a combination antibody product. AZD7442 is intended to prevent or treat clinical effects of SARS-CoV-2. Under the contract, the company will manufacture a minimum of 100,000 treatment courses. Work on the contract will be …

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5 October UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the military will play an active role in the distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine. At the virtual Conservative party conference, Hancock was quoted by The Guardian as saying: “The plans are in train, a combination of the NHS and the armed forces are involved in …

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1 October Globally, the total confirmed cases of Covid-19 have reached over 34 million with more than 1,014,000 deaths and 23,662,000 recoveries. The US, India, Brazil and Russia, remain the top four most affected countries in the world. With more than 6,300,000 confirmed cases, India is fast approaching the number of infections in the US. …

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