Since the onset of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump has been criticised for not invoking the DPA earlier. Since March, however, the law has been used to compel General Motors to build ventilators for the US Government and mandate companies like 3M to expand their production of N95 respirator masks. The law …

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The UK Government has paused work on an Integrated Review of defence and foreign policy that was announced earlier this year. The Cabinet Office has notified the House of Commons Defence Committee that work on the review across Whitehall has been formally put on hold. Chair of the defence committee and MP Tobias Ellwood said: …

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15 April US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The country, which is the highest funder to the organisation, has so far recorded 25,981 deaths. Last year, it provided $400m in funding to the WHO. Trump said: “With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we …

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US: President Donald Trump has suspended US funding to the World Health Organisation over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He accused the organisation of spreading “disinformation” about the virus. “The WHO failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable,” he told a White House news conference on Tuesday. This is despite the …

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Since the onset of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, armed forces have a played a key role in the international response providing logistics and medical support to civilian authorities. In the aftermath, however, Slovakia-based global think tank Globsec told Army Technology that the effects of the pandemic on armed forces will be long-lasting and could shift …

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United Kingdom: The UK could be in lockdown for at least another month, the government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said yesterday. Vallance said he expected the number of coronavirus-related deaths to continue rising this week, before reaching a plateau that could last up to three weeks. Only when the UK was “on the …

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14 April Israel-based Elbit Systems has initiated its business continuity plan and a series of cost control measures as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. The company is working on looking for alternative ways to meet customers’ requirements such as chartering dedicated freighter aircraft for product deliveries. It is focused on maintaining stable supply chain …

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13 April The number of confirmed positive cases of number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 1.85 million globally with a death toll of more than 110,000 people, bringing many countries around the world to a complete lock-down. The global trends suggest that the maximum number of new infections and new deaths are reported from the US …

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11 April Currently, the US has the highest total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world (466,396), and the world’s second highest mortality with 16,703 deaths, following closely behind Italy with 18,279 deaths. The US death toll is expected to surpass Italy soon, with the outbreak peak still approaching. Additionally in the US, members …

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10 April Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) has now spread across 184 countries with approximately 1.5 million total confirmed cases worldwide. The US, as the current epicentre of this disease, now reports 432,000 cases nationally. Thought to still be in the acceleration phase of Covid-19, the US can expect to see a further rise in cases …

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