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Friday, October 30, 2020
The coronavirus continues to spread in Brazil. The Ministry of Health reports 26,106 new infections. This brings the total number of infections to almost 5.5 million. The number of deaths increased from 513 to 159,969 in 24 hours. Brazil has the highest number of infections and deaths in the coronavirus pandemic after the United States and India.
+++ 23:32 The head of Biontech expects the first data from the vaccination study +++ shortly
The head of Biontech, Ugur Sahin, expects the first data of the decisive study of effectiveness of the company with its possible corona vaccine soon. “We will definitely be smarter in two weeks,” Sahin told media company VRM. Expect the first data to be available in late October and early November. “It won’t be long now.” Then it will show if the vaccine can protect. “We are optimistic.” In mid-November, if the data is positive, the documents could be submitted to the US FDA for emergency approval.
+++ 22:57 Amazon triples earnings +++
The trend toward internet shopping is helping the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, continue to do brilliant business during the Corona crisis. In the third quarter, sales grew 37 percent year-on-year to $ 96.1 billion, the company said. Profits tripled to $ 6.3 billion. The lucrative cloud business with IT services and Internet storage space also continued to flourish, with Amazon’s flagship AWS increasing revenue by 29 percent to $ 11.6 billion. Overall, the quarterly figures clearly beat expectations, but the stock initially reacted cautiously after trading hours. However, the price has risen more than 70 percent since the beginning of the year.
+++ 22:22 Merkel urges to open borders in Europe +++
In a video conference of the EU heads of state and government, Chancellor Merkel implores the other member states to keep the borders open despite the growing number of infections. This is important for Germany “as a country in the center of Europe,” said its spokesman Seibert. There must be “a working business cycle” and the EU must coordinate the fight against the pandemic. Austrian Chancellor Kurz joined Merkel in this lawsuit.
+++ 22:09 Rio cancels the street carnival +++
Rio de Janeiro cancels the world famous street carnival in February. This was reported by the news portal “G1”. According to this, representatives of carnival groups, the municipal tourism agency Riotur and specialists in public health and safety have determined the cancellation after an online meeting. According to the report, all attendees agreed that an event the size of Rio’s street carnival made no sense or was safe in the coronavirus pandemic. By the end of September, Rio had already postponed the parades at the Sambadrome. They should take place in February.
You can read about the most important developments on the current situation regarding the global coronavirus pandemic here.
