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UN tech agency: COVID-19 makes universal digital access and cooperation essential

That’s according to top experts from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), who outlined the implications of the new coronavirus pandemic during a digital briefing on Tuesday to correspondents in Gen...

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CDC: How to cope with job stress and build resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

Whether you are going into work or working from home, the COVID-19 pandemic has probably changed the way you work. Fear and anxiety about this new disease and other strong emotions can be overwhelming, and work...

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Genetec focuses on virtual trade show, puts all training courses online

Genetec has announced that it is significantly expanding its digital initiatives to make it easier for customers and partners to stay connected and informed over the coming months. Following the success of Conn...

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Mimecast warns of an increase in spoofed streaming services websites

With people being forced to stay at home, children being home schooled and students unable to go to university, people in the region are spending a lot of time using streaming services. These have become so pop...

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Protecting your company during Covid-19: Sophos’ guidance for CIOs and CISOs

Cyberattackers are resourceful and opportunistic. They will move quickly to take advantage of a situation. Covid-19 is no different. There is a huge amount of global uncertainty and change right now which crimi...

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None of us is safe until we all are, says UN chief at EU push to end COVID-19 pandemic

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 v...

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UN chief: Press freedom critical to countering COVID-19 ‘pandemic of misinformation’

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...

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UN health agency hails 7.4 billion Euro pledge for COVID-19 treatments

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, countr...

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UN: A look at South Korea’s COVID-19 success story

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 t...

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UN deputy chief: COVID-19 pandemic exposes global frailties and inequalities

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 ...