01 February 2021
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- After a year of battling Covid, signs that India may not face second wave (Business Standard India)
- Australia reopens ?travel bubble? with New Zealand (australianherald.com latest)
- China temporarily blocks foreigners travelling from Canada due to COVID-19 (Ani News)
- Corona updates: RKI reports 5608 new infections in Germany, while the incidence rate in Bonn increases slightly (General-Anzeiger)
- France and Germany mull sanctions on vaccine providers as EU row over delays escalates (Telegraph)
- Germany open to Chinese and Russian vaccines (Deutsche Welle)
- Germany’s coronavirus vaccine rollout falters (Deutsche Welle)
- India’s Covid-19 curve declines, but many nations still in virus grip (Business Standard India)
- India’s first Budget amid Covid pandemic (IANS Live)
- Italy Dec jobless rate rises to 9.0%, 101,000 jobs lost in the month (Mail Online UK)
- Italy factory activity grows more than expected in January – PMI (Mail Online UK)
- Italy’s Coalition Talks Carry On as Deadline to Avoid Vote Looms (Bloomberg)
- Portugal becomes latest country to ban foreign travel (Telegraph)
- Portugal to send COVID patients to Austria as infections surge leaves hospital ICUs full (Sky News)
- Portugal’s two-week anti-virus ban on travel abroad kicks in (France24)
- Saudi Arabia warns of virus restrictions as infections rise (Business Times Singapore)
- Saudi Press: Saudi Arabia Harnesses All Capabilities to Protect Lives from COVID-19 Pandemic (Saudi Press Agency)
- Singapore’s tourist arrivals fell 85% to 2.7 million, lowest in 4 decades due to COVID-19 (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (NationalPost.com)
- The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 (NationalPost.com)
- UK – Captian Tom Moore: Boris Johnson and Piers Morgan among well wishers after news 100-year-old has coronavirus (The Independent)
- UK – Health Secretary Matt Hancock set to make coronavirus announcement at press conference today (Newcastle Evening Chronicle)
- UK – Matt Hancock hopes for ‘Great British summer’ with majority of adults having had Covid jabs (Telegraph)
- UK – Matt Hancock tells Britons they can expect ‘a happy and free great British summer’ THIS YEAR (Mail Online UK)
- UK – ‘1950s Sexism’: UK Government Deletes Controversial COVID-19 Ad (B&T Online)
- US – Alcohol sales hit new record in Nebraska amid pandemic; liquor, wine rose the most (Omaha World-Herald)
- US – Biden invites 10 Republican senators to the White House for COVID relief talks (Mail Online UK)
- US – Biden set for showdown in U.S. Congress over COVID-19 relief plan (Global News Canada)
- US – Biden’s COVID response team is scrambling to find 20 million coronavirus vaccine doses the Trump administration didn’t bother tracking (Business Insider)
- US – Disabled People Are Waiting, Anxiously, For Lifesaving Covid-19 Vaccinations (Forbes.com)
- US – End of pandemic can’t come soon enough for 2 Arizona towns (San Francisco Chronicle)
- US – First California amusement park schedules 2021 reopening after pandemic closure (Fresno Bee)
- US – Indiana Republicans Differ Over Governor’s COVID-19 Powers (US News & World Report)
- US – Nine nuns die from COVID-19 outbreak in Michigan (New York Post)
- US – Oregon businesses cited for coronavirus health violations took millions in federal relief (Oregonian)
- US – Over 100 people flew from Vancouver to Hawaii on Friday and Saturday (VancouverSun.com)
- US – Recall threat sharpens Newsom’s focus on California’s troubled COVID-19 response (latimes.com – Los Angeles Times)
- WHO’s latest situation report (WHO)
- 2 men to be charged with breaching Covid-19 laws during birthday celebration involving Mediacorp artistes (Today Online)
- A billionaire investor blamed the GameStop stock surge on the government’s $1,200 COVID-19 relief checks (Business Insider)
- Apple leads global tablet market in 2020; followed closely by Samsung (Business Standard India)
- As Google eyes Australia exit, Microsoft looks to make inroads with Bing (Business Standard India)
- AstraZeneca to deliver 9M more coronavirus vaccine doses to EU (Politico.eu)
- AstraZeneca ‘to increase EU vaccine deliveries by 30 per cent’ (South China Morning Post – News)
- Chevron and Exxon discussed merger last year after Covid pandemic devastated oil prices, reports say (CNBC)
- China’s largest lender ICBC remains world’s most valuable banking brand, report shows (Abu Dhabi National)
- Comment: Britain needs more AstraZenecas if we are to thrive in the future (Telegraph)
- Embrace Opportunities Created by Saudi SABIC Chief (BEDigest)
- Exxon’s Darren Woods and Chevron’s Mike Wirth spoke about combining the oil giants after the pandemic shook the wor… https://t.co/3ZPl9cnLcE (WSJ – Twitter)
- Facebook, Apple will miss 2020 a lot (Emirates-Business.ae)
- Indonesia to Get Up to 23.1 Million AstraZeneca Shots Via Covax (Bloomberg)
- Italy cautions against using AstraZeneca jab for those over 55 (Mid Day)
- JAL expects net loss of $2.86 billion in FY 2020 amid pandemic (Mainichi JP)
- Julius Baer benefits from surge in trading by wealthy customers (FT.com – Companies, Europe)
- Mahindra & Mahindra records 50% growth in tractor sales (Business Standard India)
- Mahindra & Mahindra sells 39,149 units in Jan 2021 (Business Standard India)
- Mahindra & Mahindra total sales dip 25% to 39,149 units in January (Business Standard India)
- Moody’s – European pharmaceutical and healthcare mergers to pick up in 2021, while COVID-19 and social risks remain (Business Insider)
- Naspers SA CEO tips digital economy to fuel restart of economy (IT Web)
- Pakistan air force special jet leaves for China to bring Sinopharm vaccine (The Gulf Today)
- Pandemic payoff continues for Nintendo as profit soars (Bangkokpost.com Most recent)
- QNB Group gets back on strong recovery path, says chairman (Qatar Tribune)
- Ryanair forecasts biggest ever loss on virus hit (Bangkokpost.com Most recent)
- Ryanair planning for European expansion despite heavy losses (The Independent)
- SABIC expects vaccine rollout to boost its petrochemical sales, earnings (CNBC)
- Single-Shot Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Reveals 66% Efficacy Against Covid-19 (PageOne.ph)
- South Africa: Eskom’s Proposed New Tariff Structure and the Catch-22 of Generating Enough Revenue As Consumers Go Off-Grid (AllAfrica.com)
- StarHub, SP reach out to needy families (Business Times Singapore)
- Tata Motors records 28% growth in domestic sales in Jan (Business Standard India)
- UPDATED: Egypt authorises AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use (Al Ahram)
- What do consumers want now? P&G bets on beard oil, cleaners (Dayton Daily News)
- Zero-trust defence can help India shield world from cyberattacks: Google VP (Business Standard India)
- covid vaccine news astrazeneca pfizer uk eu tom moore latest (Telegraph)
- COVID-19 antibodies transmit from moms to babies during pregnancy (FirstWord Pharma)
- Cambridge vaccine aims to ‘take care of’ variants (BBC)
- Coronavirus updates: Drugmaker AstraZeneca to supply E.U. with more vaccine doses; Israel extends lockdown despite widespread immunization (Washington Post)
- Coronavirus updates: Experts urge faster vaccinations and efforts to curb spread in response to virus variants (Washington Post)
- Coronavirus vaccine would have to be 85 percent effective to stop a surge in deaths (Mail Online – Latest Stories)
- Remdesivir Blocks Covid-19 Coronavirus, But Is It Worth The Cost? (Forbes.com)
- SUNDAY CONVERSATION: Katy infectious disease expert explains COVID-19 mutations and how they will fare against the new vaccine (Houston Chronicle)
- Vaccine ruled out as cause of death in man who had COVID-19, Placer County officials say (Sacramento Bee)
- Vietnam approves AstraZeneca vaccine after new virus outbreak (FirstWord Pharma)
- Why You Can Still Test Positive For Coronavirus After Covid-19 Vaccination (Forbes.com)
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