Rich Countries Pre-Purchasing Coronavirus Vaccines, Potentially Leaving Poorer Nations Without, Duke Analysis Shows; Media Outlets Report On Other Vaccine, Therapeutic News November 3, 2020 News Summary Washington Post: As rich countries hoard potential coronavirus vaccine doses, rest of world could go without “Rich countries have already snapped up billions of doses of potential coronavirus vaccines, potentially leaving poor countries without enough supply for years to come, a new study shows. An analysis from researchers at Duke…
Protests Over Abortion Law In Poland Continue November 2, 2020 News Summary Washington Post: Women’s rights groups, Polish nationalists face off as churches become flash points in protests over abortion law “Tens of thousands of demonstrators converged Friday on central Warsaw as a near-total ban on abortion triggered some of the largest street protests since the fall of communism, drawing ire from…
Editorials, Opinion Pieces Address Various Aspects Of COVID-19, Including Need To Control Current Pandemic, Plan For Future Pandemics; Impact On Right To Housing; Vaccine Hesitancy, Safety November 2, 2020 News Summary Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Opinion: Risks and reality around COVID-19 Dan Rutz, retired CDC health communication strategist (10/31). Bloomberg: The Coronavirus Pandemic Can Still Be Controlled Editorial Board (10/30). CNN: Why Trump doesn’t care about controlling Covid Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (11/2). The Conversation: COVID-19: A…
WHO Extends COVID-19 PHEIC Declaration, Expresses Concern Over Some Patients’ Long-Term Symptoms, Launches Investigation Into Virus’s Origin; Tedros Self-Quarantines After Exposure To Infected Person November 2, 2020 News Summary ABC News: WHO director goes into self-quarantine after contact with person exposed to COVID-19 “The director of the World Health Organization tweeted Sunday he will go into self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he is well and not showing…
News Outlets Discuss Efforts To Develop, Manufacture Vaccines, Therapeutics For Novel Coronavirus November 2, 2020 News Summary AFP/France 24: Israel begins coronavirus vaccine trials (11/1). Bloomberg: U.K. Accelerates Reviews of Pfizer and Astra-Oxford Vaccines (Ring, 10/30). Financial Times: U.K. plans to use AI to process adverse reactions to Covid vaccines (Gross, 11/1). The Guardian: ‘It’s possible’: the race to approve a Covid vaccine by Christmas (Boseley, 10/20).…
Trump Threatens To Fire Fauci After Election; Media Outlets Examine Administration’s Actions On Hospital Data, COVID-19 Testing, Sidelining Scientists, Hydroxychloroquine November 2, 2020 News Summary AP/Washington Post: Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert “President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after Tuesday’s election, as his rift with the nation’s top infectious disease expert widens while the nation sees its most alarming outbreak of the coronavirus since…
U.S. Presidential Election Outcome To Impact America’s Role As Global Leader, Domestic Public Health, Science Policies, Media Outlets Say November 2, 2020 News Summary Bloomberg: The Future of U.S. Public Health Is on the Ballot “When Americans finish voting on Tuesday, they will have chosen between two radically different options for public health. The rights and responsibilities of states and the federal government have preoccupied liberals and conservatives for decades. During the pandemic, President…
European Nations Adopt Stricter Mitigation Strategies Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases; U.K. Warns New 4-Week Lockdown Might Be Extended November 2, 2020 News Summary AP: U.K. says 4-week coronavirus lockdown may have to last longer “A new national lockdown in England may have to last longer than the planned four weeks if coronavirus infection rates don’t fall quickly enough, a senior government minister said Sunday. The lockdown announced Saturday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson…
WFP Increases Aid To Urban Poor In Kenya Amid Pandemic; Jakarta’s Graveyards Running Low On Space; Pope Francis Eschews Mask Mandates; Iran’s Daily COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches Record High November 2, 2020 News Summary AFRICA U.N. News: Kenya relief bid begins to avert ‘hunger crisis’ among poor workers hit by COVID (10/30). VOA News: WFP Boosts Aid to Kenyan Urban Poor Because of Pandemic (Schlein, 10/31). WIRED U.K.: The world could learn a lot from how Africa is handling Covid-19 (Makoni, 11/2). ASIA BBC…
KFF Provides Resources On Global, Domestic Aspects Of Pandemic November 2, 2020 News Summary KFF: COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker — Updated as of November 2, 2020 Data on country government actions in response to COVID-19 are included in the tracker (11/2). A KFF-curated recap of pandemic-related news from last week is available here. Additional KFF COVID-19 resources on the global situation, as well as those focused…