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Wednesday 30 September 2020
According to official estimates, the Italian economy will contract more than expected. GDP is now forecast to fall by nine percent after minus eight percent in April, the Finance Ministry announced. At 10.8 percent, the national deficit will be lower than previously expected by 11.9 percent. However, the key figure for next year increased to 7.0 percent after 5.7 percent of GDP. So the deficit should be 4.7 percent in 2022 and 3.0 percent in 2023, he said.
+++ 00:52 Brazil reports a total of almost 143,000 deaths +++
The corona virus continues to spread in Brazil. The Ministry of Health reports 32,058 new infections. This brings the total number of infections to more than 4.7 million. The number of deaths increased from 863 to 142,921 in 24 hours. Brazil has the highest number of infections and deaths in the coronavirus pandemic after the United States and India.
+++ 00:01 GlaxoSmithKline boss expects vaccine in 2021 +++
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline is confident that a coronavirus vaccine will be available in 2021. “I share the optimism that we will have a solution next year,” says Executive Director Emma Walmsley. GlaxoSmithKline is developing a vaccine with its French partner Sanofi. In case of positive results in a clinical study, they point to the approval of the vaccine in the first half of 2021, according to previous information.
+++ 23:25 Curevac begins the next phase of vaccine study +++
Tübingen biotech company Curevac announces the next step in testing its CVnCoV vaccine candidate. The first participant in a phase 2a clinical study had been vaccinated, according to the newcomer. The study will be carried out in Peru and Panama with a total of 690 healthy participants. First data is expected in the fourth quarter.
+++ 10:44 pm North Korea: Coronavirus under control +++
North Korea has the pandemic “under safe and stable control,” according to its ambassador to the UN, Kim Song. This is due to the “forward-thinking leadership of the government” of the country, Kim explained to the General Assembly.
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