U.S Drops Plan To Deport International Students Attending Online-Only Classes
The White House is rolling back rules that would have required foreign university students to leave the country if their ... Read More
Updates
UNICEF in Negotiations to Buy COVID-19 Drug for Patients in Poor Countries
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is currently in negotiations to purchase the steroid-dexamethasone – for 4.5 million coronavirus infected patients ... Read More
The European Medicines Agency Recommends Use of Remdesivir to Treat Coronavirus
The European Medicines Agency said it has recommended authorising the use of the anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new ... Read More
Africa: COVID-19 Emergency Packages Reach the Continent’s Five Geographic Regions
African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that it has responded swiftly to the needs of its member countries to curb ... Read More
The European Commission Requests Member-States To Reopened Their Borders
With the recent improvement seen in the COVID-19 situation, and in response to it, the European Commission announced on June 5, requesting ... Read More
OPEC, Russia and Allies Agree to Extend Record Oil Production Cuts
Opec, Russia and allies have agreed to extend record oil production cuts until the end of July, prolonging a deal ... Read More
Novavax Gets Grant to Continue Development and Manufacturing of its COVID-19 Vaccine
Public vaccine company Novavax announced today that it will receive up to $388 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness ... Read More
Pfizer, BioNTech Dose First Participants Of Trial Coronavirus Vaccine
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, that the first participants have been dosed in the ... Read More
Trial Of Antiviral Remdesivir Shows ‘Positive Data’ In COVID-19 Patients
Gilead Sciences said Wednesday it was “aware of positive data” from a federal trial of the experimental drug remdesivir in ... Read More
COVID-19: UK Says Some Children Have Died From Rare Inflammatory Syndrome
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Tuesday that some children with no underlying health conditions have died from a ... Read More