1. The COVID-19 epidemic has led to a high degree of uncertainty about the global economic outlook, a sharp increase in economic vulnerability, a labor market to be repaired and a widening income gap in the global economy. Global working hours have fallen by 14%, and it will take at least 2022 for the global economy to return to pre-crisis levels.
2.Britain and Canada have concluded interim trade negotiations, agreeing to maintain the comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA), and renegotiate the trade agreement in 2021.
3.Recently, a large number of locusts invaded Saudi Arabia, causing the worst plague of locusts in the country in recent decades, posing a serious threat to crops. Experts say abnormal weather is one of the reasons for the recent rapid deterioration of locust plagues in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, a locust plague can destroy food rations for an average of 2500 people a year.
4.According to the latest data released by the World Health Organization on the 19th, there are a total of 55928327 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide. According to the latest data from World Health Organization (WHO) ‘s website, as of 17:13 central European time on the 19th, the number of global confirmed cases increased by 594542 over the previous day to 55928327, and the number of deaths increased by 9989 to 1344003.
5.UNCTAD: inequality and vulnerability will worsen as the COVID-19 pandemic undermines progress on poverty and other sustainable development goals. The global poverty rate has risen for the first time since the Asian financial crisis, reaching 8.8 per cent this year. The economic damage caused by COVID-19 will continue for a long time, with the global economy expected to contract by 4.3 per cent this year and could plunge a total of 130 million people into extreme poverty this year and next.
6.World Health Organization (WHO): it is recommended not to use radesiclovir to treat COVID-19 ‘s hospitalized patients, regardless of the severity of his condition. By comparing the therapeutic effects of several drugs on COVID-19, there is no evidence that radesiclovir can improve patient survival or the need for respiratory equipment. The study involved 7000 COVID-19 hospitalized patients in four international randomized trials. Previously, as a potential treatment for COVID-19 ‘s critically ill patients,radesiclovir has attracted worldwide attention and is increasingly used to treat COVID-19.
7.he British Prime Minister’s Office said that when the second national blockade ends on December 2, England will adopt stricter three-level controls, most of which will be under the highest and third levels of control. to curb the spread of novel coronavirus.
8.The Korean research team successfully prepared rare earth-platinum alloy nanoparticles using mesoporous zeolites. The particle is used as a catalyst for propylene dehydrogenation process. The addition of rare earth La and Y greatly improved the dispersion of platinum in molecular sieves. Compared with the widely used porous alumina supported Pt-Sn bimetallic catalyst, the catalytic activity was increased by more than 10 times and the service life was prolonged by more than 20 times.
9.The Trump administration has drawn up a list of 89 Chinese companies with so-called military ties, according to a copy of the draft list, according to Reuters. The Trump administration is about to announce that the 89 Chinese companies involved in aerospace and other areas have ties to the military to limit their purchases of a range of American products and technologies.