28 July Service members of the US Army and Marine Corps have delivered an additional $230,600 in personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to hospitals in 11 cities across the Philippines. The deliveries were made in collaboration with the Philippine Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard. With the new donation, the total US government …

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27 July The US Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is offering a choice between returning to campus or registering for virtual school online to parents and students as it prepares to welcome students back to a safe and Covid-free environment. Schools of DoDEA will follow CDC and DoD Covid-19 recommendations to mitigate risks to …

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24 July The US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) has secured approval to administer Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma (CCP). The US Army Medical Research and Development Command has certified the carrier as an authorised site. The vessel received 20 units of CCP from Naval Hospital Guam as part of an effort by the …

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23 July The Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed the delivery of a field hospital to Accra, Ghana. An RAF C-17 transport aircraft carried around 130 metric tonnes of material required for the construction of the UK aid-funded field hospital. The nearly 130ft field hospital will have the capacity to care for up to 92 …

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22 July Leonardo DRS is donating $80,000 to support the relief delivered to the citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic. Out of the total funding, the company offered $50,000 and its employees raised the remaining $30,000 amount. Leonardo DRS has selected the American Red Cross to receive the funds. The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded …

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21 July The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to Duality Technologies to develop a privacy-preserving Machine Learning (ML) capability for Covid-19 research. The development is based on a privacy-enhancing technology, Homomorphic Encryption (HE). The new machine learning capability will run on encrypted data and enable researchers to build predictive …

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17 July The US Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) has opened for field training at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) in Alabama this summer. About 1,152 cadets are attending the training that is held annually. It is an assessment tool considered essential by Air Education and Training Command to help assess a cadet’s …

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16 July Indiana National Guard medical personnel are supporting state-wide Covid-19 testing. Over 47,000 employees at 520 long-term care facilities are being tested with an aim to reduce asymptomatic viral spread. The guard are assisting OptumServe under an initiative by the Indiana State Department of Health. Kansas National Guard are helping in packing boxes of …

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The Australian Government is deploying additional defence personnel to Victoria to support the state’s Covid-19 response efforts. The extra 1,000 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will focus on areas such as contact tracing data management and analysis, support supply and logistics, testing in metro, regional/rural and tourist locations, assist in expanding Ambulance Victoria’s response capabilities …

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14 July Global: More than 13 million people around the world have now been confirmed to have had the coronavirus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The five most affected countries include United States (3,361,042), Brazil (884,967), India (878,254), Russia (732,547) and Peru (330,123). Australia: In the Australian state of Victoria, 270 new …

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