CoronavirusPandemic: The United States still has the highest case count in the world, with 6 387 236, including 191 536 fatalities and 2 387 479 recoveries.
Moscow - The death toll from the coronavirus infection in the world topped 905 000, almost 28 million cases of infection were detected, and over 18.8 million of those patients were cured, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from federal and local authorities, media and other sources.The United States still has the highest case count in the world, with 6 387 236, including 191 536 fatalities and 2 387 479 recoveries.
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot expressed hope that a vaccine against the novel coronavirus developed by the company would be ready by the end of 2020 or early 2021, despite having to pause clinical trials. Russian Gamaleya research institute refutes claims that the data on the Russian Covid-19 vaccine that was published in the Lancet journal was untrustworthy, the deputy head of scientific research at the institute, Denis Logunov, told Sputnik.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund , one of the entities behind the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, is currently discussing the introduction of immune certificates that would confirm the vaccination or the high antibody titer with different countries to help international travel amid the pandemic, RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev said.The Canadian economy faces a long and challenging recovery following the crisis spurred by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said.
Singapore Airlines said on Thursday it would dismiss around 4,300 employees across its three airlines, citing an"unprecedented global aviation crisis."
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