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Reuters: Norway pledges $1 billion to vaccines against COVID-19, other diseases

Category: Business News

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway will give $1 billion to support the distribution worldwide of any vaccine developed against COVID-19 as well as for vaccines against other diseases, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Monday. Oslo made the pledge as part of a donor conference held on Monday by the European Union to raise 7.5 billion […]

Source: Reuters

Published: May 4, 2020

Regjeringen: Koronapandemien hovedtema i samtale med Pompeo

Category: Business News

Utenriksminister Ine Eriksen Søreide skulle denne uken ha besøkt Washington, D.C. for samtaler med blant andre utenriksminister Mike Pompeo. I stedet møtte hun i dag sin amerikanske kollega til en telefonsamtale. Håndteringen av Covid-19 var en av hovedsakene i utenriksministerens samtale med Pompeo. – USA er spesielt hardt rammet av pandemien, men Covid-19 har store […]

Source: Regjeringen.no

Washington Post: Upbeat news on a possible coronavirus treatment powers U.S. stocks, lifting Dow more than 500 points

Category: Business News

Small but significant scientific advances against covid-19 sent stocks bursting upward Wednesday, all but ignoring sobering data that shows a U.S. economy in paralysis. Stocks are on pace for one of their best months in decades as the United States ramps up coronavirus testing and states take steps to emerge from the weeks-long lockdown. Wednesday’s rally picked […]

Source: Washington Post

LMI: Produserer vaksiner på harde livet

Category: Business News

– Vi har fått inn 18 500 nye doser av pneumokokkvaksinen vår til Norge, etter å ha satt alle mann på dekk for å få det til. I forbindelse med COVID-19 har Folkehelseinstituttet understreket sin anbefaling om at eldre og personer med nedsatt immunforsvar bør ta vaksine mot lungebetennelse. Mange nordmenn ønsket å følge rådet, og […]

Source: LMI

Press Release: Norway to play leading role in international coronavirus summit

Category: Business News

The European Commission, under its President, Ursula von der Leyen, is to hold a virtual donor conference to mobilise political and financial support for efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus Global Response Summit will be held on 4 May, and Prime Minister Erna Solberg will be one of the co-chairs. ‘We welcome the European Commission’s […]

Source: Regjeringen.no