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Reuters: Exclusive: New U.S. development agency could loan billions for reshoring, official says “U.S. government financing for projects to return critical supply chains to the United States as part of coronavirus response efforts could reach tens of billions of dollars and clients may include a projected $12 billion Taiwanese semiconductor…

The Hill: Fauci gives Congress COVID-19 warning “Anthony Fauci, the administration’s top infectious disease doctor, told a House panel on Tuesday that rising U.S. cases of COVID-19 are ‘disturbing’ as new signs emerged of the United States falling further behind other countries in containing the novel coronavirus. The coronavirus is…

AP: U.N. chief criticizes lack of global cooperation on COVID-19 “The United Nations chief criticized the total lack of international coordination in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday and warned that the go-it-alone policy of many countries will not defeat the coronavirus. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview with…

Devex: The hydroxychloroquine conundrum “The World Health Organization’s decision to stop the hydroxychloroquine arm of a large-scale clinical trial, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s revocation of the drug’s emergency use authorization has cast doubts over the drug’s potential to treat COVID-19 patients. But experts are divided on whether…

AP: Scarce medical oxygen worldwide leaves many gasping for life “Soaring demand for oxygen prompted by the coronavirus is bringing out a stark global truth: Even the right to breathe depends on money. … [I]n poor countries, from Peru to Bangladesh, it is in lethally short supply. Across sub-Saharan Africa,…

AFRICA Reuters: All African countries now have coronavirus lab testing capacity — WHO chief (Paravicini, 6/24). U.N. News: Devastating South Sudan coronavirus deaths,’a tragedy that can be prevented,’ Security Council hears (6/23). ASIA Al Jazeera: Indonesia children at risk as COVID-19 disrupts vaccination drive (Washington, 6/23). CNN: The country where…

Al Jazeera: South Africa to start continent’s first coronavirus vaccine pilot “South Africa plans to roll out the continent’s first coronavirus vaccine trial this week, according to the university leading the pilot, as the country grapples with the highest number of coronavirus cases in Africa. The vaccine candidate, developed by…

Reuters: Exclusive: Women, babies at risk as COVID-19 disrupts health services, World Bank warns “Millions of women and children in poor countries are at risk because the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting health services they rely on, from neonatal and maternity care to immunizations and contraception, a World Bank global health…

RCI: Canada announces $93.7M funding for sexual and reproductive health “Aid groups are praising Ottawa’s pledge to allocate $93.7 million to fund projects supporting sexual and reproductive health and rights for millions of women and girls in developing countries whose access to these services has been severely curtailed as a…