In a strongly-worded personal message, UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed donor countries’ contributions to a more than $8 billion fund, to speed up the production of diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to...
António Guterres upheld the importance of impartial news media at a time when harmful health advice, hate speech and wild conspiracy theories are rising, and “blatant lies” are being spread online at a dizzying rate. “Th...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was updating journalists about the outcome of the funding conference for the recently launched ACT Accelerator to speed up production of treatments to beat the disease. “Today, countries came t...
Self-discipline, effective measures, and testing Stephan Klingebiel is Director of UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Global Policy Centre in Seoul, which fosters partnerships between the Republic of Korea and the develop...
Speaking to UN News, Amina Mohammed said that the global crisis unleashed by the virus could and should kickstart efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, the 17 globally agreed targets to eradicate poverty, c...
Rackspace has announced that Car Delivery Network, CDN, has repurposed its application Reach to connect individuals in need with local community groups during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rackspace supported CDN in ensuring th...
Emirates SkyCargo has utilised the cargo capacity on its Boeing 777 freighter and Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighter aircraft to help maintain and replenish food supplies in the UAE during the Covid-19 pandemic. The ai...
The rebound in global stocks now leaves markets pricing an outcome to the pandemic between our central and upside scenarios. In both instances, UBS Global Wealth Management sees the easing of lockdowns, which are already...
Abu Dhabi Airports has partnered with Tawazun Strategic Development Fund, TSDF, to launch the new CoDi BOT Unmanned Ground Vehicle, designed and manufactured by UAE-based company Marakeb Technologies, an affiliate compan...
Canon has announced that the company, in order to help bring a swift end to the spread of the novel coronavirus, has joined the Covid-19 Countermeasure Declaration as a founding member. According to this declaration, Can...