The contract is for 400 million doses of the vaccine, which was developed with the University of Oxford and whose experimentation phase is already advanced and expected to end in autumn, Roberto Speranza said in a Facebook post. He added that a first batch of doses would be made available by the end of this … Read more
It took stock of situation in different states and union territories including Delhi. The meeting was attended by the Home Minister, Health Minister, Principal Secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary, Health Secretary, DG ICMR and other officials of the Empowered Groups. Dr. Vinod Paul, NITI Aayog member and Convenor of the Empowered Group of Medical Emergency … Read more
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration said the look-back period for non-financial felony convictions has been reduced to one year from five years. The prohibition threshold for business owners with felonies involving fraud, bribery, embezzlement and similar offenses remains five years, they said. The change goes further than what U.S. Treasury Secretary … Read more
Speaking at a press conference on Friday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, vaccines for the novel coronavirus should be made available as a global public good, to ensure everyone had fair access to any life-saving products that are developed. Tedros was speaking after concerns being raised that some countries including the United States … Read more
In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation emphasized that the UAE utterly condemns these criminal acts and rejects all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at destabilizing security and stability in contravention of religious and human values and principles. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said … Read more