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The US-Iran Blame Game and Outbreak of Covid-19
After emerging in Wuhan, China last
December, the coronavirus (sometimes called COVID-19) has spread to at least
169 countries and regions around the globe, claiming over...
OECD Secretary-General: Coronavirus “war” demands joint action
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría called today for sweeping joint action
by governments to defeat the health, economic, and social threats of the
coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In...
New global platform to keep information networks ‘safer, stronger’ throughout COVID-19 pandemic
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) launched a new platform
on Monday to help global networks under increasing strain and facing rising
demand during the COVID-19 crisis...
COVID-19 at low ebb in China: Is the “world factory” opening up?
The coronavirus epidemic in China is showing clear signs of a decline
and amid an easing of the government-enacted strict quarantine measures and
travel restrictions announced...
Waste management an essential public service in the fight to beat COVID-19
With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to spread
and its impacts upon human health and the economy intensifying day-by-day,
governments are urged to treat waste...
COVID-19: Toward New Forms of Social Organisation
The rapid spread of the
COVID-19 virus has led to noticeable shifts in the social governance of the
communities affected by the epidemic. The virus may...
Africa: New project to flatten the Covid-19 curve and minimise social and economic slowdown
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Resolve to Save Lives and
opinion and research company Ipsos have teamed up to support governments to
help flatten...
Guterres calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’
In an appeal issued today, UN Secretary-General António
Guterres urged warring parties across the world to lay down
their weapons in support of the bigger battle against
Covid-19: the common enemy that
is now threatening all of humankind.
In his statement...
Coronavirus: Bioterrorism or Not, Who Is the Winner?
Authors: Sajad
Abedi and Mohammad Amin Zabihi*
It has been
so long since the early instances of using toxins, chemicals, and diseases as
agents of assassinations and/or even...
COVID-19: Research package welcomed, EU needs to be better equipped in future
Crisis-response measures should be combined with a
long-term commitment to EU research programmes, says Research MEP.
"We applaud
the measures taken by Commissioner Gabriel and the pooling...