PANEL’S CONCLUSION: CHINA AND WHO SLIPPED UP IN SAVING WORLD FROM CONTAGION

• A panel of experts initiated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has blamed China and other countries for not taking timely action to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier.
• It also put in jeopardy whether the UN health agency should have labelled it a pandemic...

TAIWAN’S LATEST PASSPORT DISPELS ANY LIKENESS TO CHINA

• Taiwan dished out a freshly made passport on Monday that gives greater bearing to the island's name on a daily basis.
• This is done with an aim to dispel complications with China amid the Covid-19 pandemic and Beijing's ramped- up instances to assert sovereignty.
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WHO TEAM’S PROBE INTO COVID-19 ORIGINS HINGES ON DATA SHARING AND LUCIDNESS

• A team of World Health Organization experts are waiting in the wings to touch down in the central China city of Wuhan on Thursday.
• This is coming to fruition after months of planning, negotiation and video calls laying out a scientific field mission that will conduct a probe th...

US PHARMA COMPANY PFIZER & BIONTECH TO BOOST VACCINE PRODUCTION BY 50%

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• This announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech was a part of a presentation at a health care conference

• BioNTech said a new production site in Marburg, Germany is likely to become operational by the end of next month

• The director of the WHO,...

WHO EXPERTS TO CALL ON CHINA IN A BID TO TRACE ORIGINS OF CORONAVIRUS

• World Health Organisation (WHO) experts will pay a visit to the city of Wuhan, where the deadly coronavirus was first detected in late 2019.
• This was, at the start of their probe into the origins of the pandemic, China said on Tuesday.

Foreign Ministry spokesp...

CONSUMING WHOLE-WHEAT COULD BENEFIT YOUR HEALTH

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• Consuming whole-wheat could benefit your health.
• Wheat can be a great source of various antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
• Wheat is said to help lower the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure...

BREAKFAST FOODS THAT YOU CAN START YOUR DAY WITH

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• Breakfast foods that you can start your day with.
• Research suggests that breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day.
• A good breakfast could be a combination of protein, fats, and some fiber-filled carbs.

WHO HEAD WARNS FOR INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGION OF EUROPE

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• The head of the European regional office of WHO have warned for the increase in the covid-19 cases in central and southern region of Europe
• The regional director of WHO said that, there has been a slight decrease in the corona virus cases ...

COVID-19 CASES ARE SLOWING DOWN IN EUROPE: WHO

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• The World Health Organization or WHO said that, corona virus cases in Europe are slowing down
• WHO said that, the number of new corona virus cases have been decreased by 6 percent after in the past week

The World Health Or...

REMDESIVIR NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST COVID-19 SAYS WHO

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• On several instances, the World Health Organization (WHO) has commented against the use of remdesivir developed by Gilead Sciences and played down its efficacy in treating COVID-19

• Recently a WHO expert panel has advised against the use of remdesivir i...

SEOUL IN CONCLUDING PHASE OF VACCINE DEAL NEGOTIATIONS

• The Korean government said Tuesday it is in the final stage of negotiations to buy COVID-19 vaccines, including the ones being manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna.
• There are nearly about 10 vaccine candidates in Phase 3 trials.

Excluding those vaccine candidate...

WHOLESALE PRICES IN JAPAN DROPS BY 2.1 PERCENT IN OCTOBER WITH OIL PRICE FALL

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• Wholesale prices in Japan drops by 2.1 percent in October with oil price fall.
• Wholesale prices also dropped due to lower electricity bills.
• Prices of goods traded between companies also fell for the eighth straight month...

REMDESIVIR MORE EFFECTIVE IN TREATMENT OF HOSPITALISED COVID-19 PATIENTS: NIAD STUDY

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• The World Health Organization (WHO) has downplayed effectiveness of remdesivir by saying it has been appeared that the drug has little or no effect on hospitalised coronavirus patients

• According to the NIAD study’s data, the remdesivir treatment ...

BOJ REPORTS FALL IN WHOLESALE PRICES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

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• BOJ reports fall in wholesale prices for the month of September.
• The price of goods traded between companies fell again.
• Prices of petroleum and coal products fell by 13.9 percent.
• Import prices dropped by 10.1...

E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS OFFERING HYPER-LOCAL SERVICES TO NET-SAVVY AMIDST ONGOING PANDEMIC

• More major e-commerce platforms are offering hyper-local services as demand for farm-fresh food in online shopping continues to rise amidst the ongoing pandemic, according to industry sources.
• In September, WeMakePrice announced it would start offering a full refund to customer...

COVID-19 WILL NOT BE THE LAST PANDEMIC WARNS WHO CHIEF GHEBREYESUS

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• Pandemics are a fact of life and the world must be better prepared to deal with future ones said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Chief

• The WHO Chief also said that whenever the next pandemic comes, the world has to be ready, more ready than today

NO COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION UNTIL MID-2021 SAYS WHO'S CHIEF SCIENTIST DR SWAMINATHAN

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• Dr Soumya Swaminathan said the timeline is dependant on the results of Phase III human clinical trials of several vaccine candidates

• We have to be optimistic and realistic at the same time said the WHO's chief scientist

While speaking at ...

U.S.’ COVID-19 TALLY CROSSES 63 LAKH-MARK, DEATH TOLL AT 190,287

• Current Total Cases: 6,300,760

• Total Deaths : 190,287

• Cumulative recoveries : 3,547,979

• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases : 

California: Cases 721,893,number of deaths 13,339. Active cases 368,808

UK RETAIL SALES REACHING PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS

HIGHLIGHTS

• The retail sector of UK is slowly returning to normalcy.
• In JUL 2020, the retail sales rose above pre-pandemic levels.

Even though everything in the United Kingdom (UK) economy is yet to open, the retail sector is slowly r...

WHO: THE PANDEMIC IS CHANGING, INFECTING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE

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•       WHO says the age group getting infected is now shifting from the 20s to 40s in the Asian Countries

•       Countries with low infection rates are showing a resurgence of infection