WASHINGTON,08 JUNE 2020 (IFC)—The impact investing industry is continuing to attract investors in spite of the global recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. Impact investing remains relatively small, with a market size of up to US$2.1 trillion, according to a new report, Growing Impact—New Insights […]
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No active cases and no new cases of Covid-19 in NZ
WELLLNGTON, 08 JUNE 2020 (RNZ PACIFIC) — There are no active cases and no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. The ministry says they were notified by Auckland Regional Public Health that its remaining case has been symptom free for 48 hours and is regarded as recovered. The […]
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Another returning CNMI resident confirmed positive for Covid-19
PORT MORESBY, 08 JUNE 2020 (MARIANAS VARIETY) — The Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and the CNMI Governor’s Covid-19 Task Force on Sunday announced that another individual was confirmed positive for Covid-19. A returning resident, the patient is an asymptomatic 53-year-old male who was placed on mandatory 14-day quarantine as soon as he arrived on Saipan. He […]
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91 percent of Pacific Businesses affected by COVID-19
SYDNEY, 08 JUNE 2020 (PACIFIC TRADE INVEST) — Pacific businesses are feeling the full impact of COVID-19 restrictions, with 91% reporting a decline in revenue. Fiji has been particularly hard hit by the crisis (93% reported a significant decline in sales/revenue). The results have been published in the PTI Pacific Business Monitor Report. The PTI […]
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Virtual Pacific Islands Dialogue on COVID-19 Assistance
The United States and Taiwan are enhancing our important cooperation to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We want countries around the world to benefit from the generous contributions and impressive expertise that Taiwan—a vibrant democracy and a force for good—brings to the global community, and improve the health and welfare of their people. As part of that effort, on June […]
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WHO set to resume hydroxychloroquine trial in battle against COVID-19
GENEVA, 04 JUNE 2020 (REUTERS) — The World Health Organisation will resume its trial of hydroxychloroquine for potential use against the coronavirus, its chief said on Wednesday, after those running the study briefly stopped giving it to new patients over health concerns. The UN agency last month paused the part of its large study of […]