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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 1, 2020
April 1 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3093
The company, Kinsa Health, which produces internet-connected thermometers, created a US national map of fever levels on March 22. Kinsa thermometers connect to a cell phone app that instantly transmits their readings to the company.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus , Covid , COVID-19 , Daily scan , National Health Commission , Pompeo , Smart Thermometers Track , Subsidies food exports , UN agencies , Virus Outbreak , WHO , WTO

Coronavirus: The Curious Case of Taiwan
April 1 , 2020 Dr Teshu Singh
Commentary Views: 4199
With a population of 23 million, Taiwan has systematically managed the pandemic COVID-19. Despite strain relations, there is a lot of interaction between China and Taiwan. Around 850,000 Taiwanese stays...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Big Data , CECC , China , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , SARS , TAIPEI Act , Taiwan , the stimulus package , WHO , Wuhan

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, March 31, 2020
March 31 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3043
The Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System is the first of its kind, capable of cleaning up to 80,000 pieces of PPE (personal protective equipment) at a time. Battelle's system was designed to be modular so it can be easily shipped and scaled up.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEA , China growth rates , Chloroquine in COVID-19 , Coronavirus Pandemic , Covid , Daily scan , GDP , LockdownN , NPT Review , Swiss Pharma , Tokyo Olympics rescheduled , US healthcare groups , World Bank

Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the European Union
March 31 , 2020 Dr Himani Pant
Commentary Views: 5966
The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has evolved as a global pandemic1 ever since its outbreak in China in December 2019.2 This highly contagious disease has infected around 800,000 people worldwide in a...

Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Border Controls , China , Coronavirus Pandemic , COVID-19 , Covid-19 in Europe , Demography , EU's Economy , Europe , European Commission , European Union , Eurozone , Global Recession , Italy , Migrant Crisis. , Spain

भारत में COVID-19: रणनीति मानव व्यवहार पर केंद्रित होनी चाहिए
March 31 , 2020 Dr Arpita Mitra
Article Views: 3848
कोरोना वायरस महामारी से उपजे वैश्विक संकट के मद्देनजर, जिम ओ'नील की भारतीय शासन व्यवस्था के बारे में टिप्पणी न केवल अस्वाभाविक थी, बल्कि गैर-जरूरी भी थी।1 चर्चा इस बाबत थी कि पश्चिमी देशों को घातक कोरोन...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Behavioral fatigue , China , Civic liberties , Coronavirus , Covid , governance , Hindi , India , Isolation , Jim O'Neill , Lock down , Pandemic , Public health , Quarantine , Social distancing , strategy , UK , कोरोना वायरस महामारी , चीन

The Agony of Yemen
March 31 , 2020 Amb K P Fabian
Commentary Views: 3415
In our pre-occupation with the coronavirus crisis, with a rising death toll, apparently unstoppable (27,370 on 28th March, 05 22 GMT), we should not fail to take note of an unhappy fifth anniversary of ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Houthis , Humanitarian aid , Iran , Military situation , Operation Desert Storm (ODS) , Saudi Arabia , Stockholm Accord

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