New DRC Ebola Outbreak In Équateur Records 9 Cases, 5 Deaths June 3, 2020 News Summary CIDRAP News: New DRC Ebola outbreak grows to 9 cases, 5 deaths “Three more cases have been reported in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) Équateur, and health officials have fleshed out more details about the cluster of cases. … In an update, DRC…
LMICs Face Slowing Economies, Debt Crises, Health Care Systems Unable To Keep Pace Amid COVID-19 Pandemic June 2, 2020 News Summary Devex: Why lockdowns aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution to the pandemic “While countries in the global north were sluggish in responding to the coronavirus, governments in many lower-income countries were much faster to enact lockdowns. … But questions have equally been raised by some public health experts over the suitability of…
More Than 225 Current, Former Global Leaders, VIPs Urge G20 To Adopt $2.5T Plan To Address COVID-19, Especially In LMICs June 2, 2020 News Summary AP: 225 VIPs urge world powers to adopt $2.5 trillion COVID plan “More than 225 current and former global VIPs urged the world’s 20 major economic powers on Monday to hold an urgent meeting to agree to a $2.5 trillion plan to tackle COVID-19 and launch an economic recovery from…
U.S., Chinese Scientists Release Genetic Analysis Of Bat Coronaviruses; NIH Canceled Funding For Study Earlier This Year June 2, 2020 News Summary New York Times: U.S. and Chinese Scientists Trace Evolution of Coronaviruses in Bats “An international team of scientists, including a prominent researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, has analyzed all known coronaviruses in Chinese bats and used genetic analysis to trace the likely origin of the novel coronavirus to…
China Delayed Release Of Novel Coronavirus Genome Despite WHO Commendations At Beginning Of Outbreak June 2, 2020 News Summary AP: China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO “Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus ‘immediately,’ and said its work and commitment to…
WHO Denies Reports SARS-CoV-2 Losing Potency, Warns Pandemic Interrupting Essential Health Services, Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance Due To Widespread Use Of Antibiotics June 2, 2020 News Summary Reuters: WHO and other experts say no evidence of coronavirus losing potency “World Health Organization experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high-profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been losing potency…” (Kelland…
WHO DG Tedros Expresses ‘Wish’ For Continued Collaboration With U.S.; Chinese Official Says U.S. ‘Addicted To Quitting’ International Commitments; Devex Examines Questions Surrounding U.S. Withdrawal From WHO June 2, 2020 News Summary CNBC: WHO’s plea to Trump: We ‘wish’ for collaboration with U.S. to continue “The World Health Organization’s top official said Monday that he hopes the agency’s partnership with the United States can continue, even after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will cut ties with the international aid group.…
U.N., Saudi Arabia Host Pledging Conference For War-Torn Yemen With Hope To Raise $2.4B For Humanitarian, Coronavirus Response June 2, 2020 News Summary Reuters: Yemen pledging drive hopes to raise $2.4 billion to save aid ops as virus spreads “The United Nations and Saudi Arabia host a pledging conference for war-ravaged Yemen on Tuesday to help raise some $2.4 billion as funding shortages imperil the world’s biggest aid operation. … ‘Anything below $1.6…
COVID-19 Cases Rising In Eastern Europe, Waning In Western Region; Pakistan Fears Polio Resurgence Amid Pandemic; Latin America New Hotspot; U.N. Calls For ‘Social Cohesion’ As Protests Sweep U.S., Elsewhere June 2, 2020 News Summary AFRICA Bloomberg Quint: Old Scourges Revived in Africa as the Pandemic Drains Resources (Bax/Sguazzin, 6/2). New Humanitarian: Return pressure builds as COVID-19 hits South Sudan displacement camps (Craze/Pendle, 6/1). Quartz: Africa After Covid-19 (Multiple authors, 6/1). Reuters: South Africa loosens lockdown in economic recovery effort (Cox et al., 6/1). VOA:…