The Boeing Company has cut 12,000 jobs from its workforce following the financial crippling of the commercial aviation industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In…
A new global survey shows that the public is placing its faith increasingly in government to lead the fight against the coronavirus rather than businesses, non-profits and media…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) warned that air capacity for postal services is insufficient and urged governments to…
UNICEF is calling for support to unlock a massive backlog in vaccine shipments due to unprecedented logistical constraints related to COVID-19 mitigation measures including lockdowns…
South Korea records 'zero locally confirmed' COVID-19 patients for the first time in 72 days. The country, which was worst affected after China when the…
As anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine is in focus amid the COVID-19 crisis, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF have warned that the disruption of healthcare services can…
The havoc caused by the coronavirus continues across the world, including in India. Since no treatment is available and no vaccine has been found yet, people…
By Omair Ahmad/thethirdpole.net
By its very definition, the impact of COVID-19 was difficult to anticipate. While the SARS and Ebola outbreaks had recently shown the…