One of China’s COVID-19 vaccine candidates now in late-stage development, named Ad5-nCoV, just received a patent by the country’s authorities. The vaccine candidate “is safe and induces an immune response,” China Global Television Network (CGTN) said on their Twitter page. The vaccine is a recombinant adenovirus inactivity vaccine co-developed by CanSino, led by Chinese military […]
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The current pandemic has affected all types of businesses and industries and has brought forward new technologies and innovations. What will the future of travel look like post COVID-19? We break down some of the most prominent technologies in travel tech that are here to stay post COVID-19. People will want to travel again – […]
Xin Ning, Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State, has decided to use his knowledge of space tech to fight COVID-19. According to News-Medical. Net, his plans are to modify and deploy technologies used for monitoring the health of astronauts in space, and repurpose it to help countries fight the virus […]
As part of an initiative by the G20 Saudi Secretariat, the Riyadh Global Digital Health Summit was launched earlier on Tuesday. The summit aims to adopt new technological solutions, improve accessibility and quality, and furthermore, reduce costs of countering the negative effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Bandar Al-Knawy, CEO of the Ministry of […]
The pandemic has profoundly shifted the way we live our lives and the way we look to the future. It has also dramatically changed what we discuss, what we want to know, and what we choose to write about. An analysis by the Boston Consulting Group has revealed major shifts in tech-related topics during covid-19. […]
For college campuses around the world that are hoping to return back to normal and see their residence halls and in-person classes full again, COVID-19 measures are being implemented. This includes personal air filtration, tons of plexiglass and even socializing in pods. Currently, at least one university in the United States has announced that it […]
Amid the pandemic, all nations have taken a nasty hit. COVID-19 has been the cause of a great loss of human lives and shrinking economic activity. The future still remains highly uncertain. Many people question: How is the world handling COVID-19? And where we are we headed? A report by the UN published by the […]
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin said that a locally developed COVID-19 vaccine has been granted regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on human participants. Putin claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine has passed all required checks, and he is confident in it enough that his own daughter has been given the vaccine. Officials have […]
In a recent dialogue with IMF Country Focus, Richard Tusabe, Rwanda’s Minister of State in Charge of National Treasury discusses how COVID-19 technologies in Rwanda such as grass-roots networks are being used to fight the spread of the pandemic and ensure financial support and stability for households and businesses. The following questions were proposed. How […]
The sudden widespread use of technology as a result of the pandemic may put us in a complicated situation later down the road. Countries with no prior infrastructure for certain technologies have had to adapt over a short time, causing both disruption and advancement. Could COVID-19 technology backfire on us? Working from home, remote meetings, […]