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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday named former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.
WHO appoints Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala as COVID-19 Special Envoy Read More
The World Health Organisation (WHO), major world leaders and other stakeholders on Friday launched the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.
WHO, world leaders launch $8.6bn plan to provide COVID-19 tools Read More
The novel coronavirus pandemic will define the modern era in the same way World War II shaped an earlier generation, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates writes in a 11-page memo outlining his ideas on how best to tackle the disease.
Bill Gates says fight against coronavirus will define our era Read More
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) daily basket price stood at 14.63 U.S. dollars a barrel on Tuesday, compared with 14.19 dollars on Monday.
OPEC daily basket price stands at $14.63 per barrel Read More
There are indications that the number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
Global hunger could double due to COVID-19 blow – UN Read More
The United Nations General Assembly on Monday night passed a resolution urging international cooperation to ensure global access to medical resources to defeat the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus: UN wants equitable global access to medical resources Read More Ministers of the OPEC+ countries agreed in a video conference on Sunday to boost oil prices by cutting production by 9.7 million barrels a day for May and June, Mexico’s Energy Minister Rocio Nahle tweeted.
OPEC+ countries agree on output reduction Read More In order for the world to better contain the spread of the coronavirus, leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) major economies should provide more funding to develop a vaccine, Bill Gates said.
Coronavirus: Bill Gates calls for funding from G-20 members to develop vaccine Read More The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease.
WHO says 5G mobile networks do not spread COVID-19 Read More Russia says it will reduce its oil output by 1.8 million barrels per day if a deal currently being considered by the OPEC+ cartel is approved, the Russian news agency Interfax, reported on Friday.
Russia to cut oil output by 1.8mb/d if deal with OPEC+ approved – Source Read More