AstraZeneca has agreed to initially supply at least 400 million doses of Oxford University's coronavirus vaccine and secured total manufacturing capacity to produce 1 billion doses.
Russia's coronavirus cases surpassed 300,000 on Wednesday, cementing its position as the second-worst-hit country from the virus after the U.S., but there are increasing questions over the country's low death toll.
The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Wednesday on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 4.9 million people worldwide, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The U.K. and the EU have many differences yet to overcome as they try to get a new trade deal by the end of the year — a political hot potato that could bring additional economic uncertainty, for both.
The University of Cambridge, which is more than 800-years-old, is cancelling face-to-face lectures for the next academic year as a result of coronavirus.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs expect the online streaming market to capture 1.2 billion users by 2030, up from the 2019 level of 341 million paid subscribers.
A "strong political signal," a "big step forward," and a "historic" moment — these are just some reactions to the latest plan from France and Germany to set up a coronavirus relief fund in Europe.
Health Minister Matt Hancock pledged to recruit 18,000 contact tracers by mid-May, but there appears to be some confusion within the British government as to how many have actually been hired.
The British government said the U.K. would be the first country to be given access to a vaccine being developed at Oxford University, should it prove successful in clinical trials.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 350,100 people across the state as of Monday.
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