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COVID-19 [2020] Outbreak Coverage

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The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected over 34 Million globally with over 1 Million deaths, arises from the SARS -CoV-2 strain of coronavirus. COVID-19 is a deadly and contagious respiratory illness with no cure or vaccine available at the moment.

At The Tech Portal, we are trying our very best to bring to you a comprehensive coverage on the deadly outbreak, more specifically on the impact on startup and tech economy, government policies globally to contain the outbreak and verified research breakthroughs happening globally.

For more detailed information on the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, we would recommend you to visit WHO’s official page on the same.

Lastly, we would recommend all our viewers to maintain proper hygiene in these trying times, and support your respective government’s health machinery, in whatever way you can.

Vaccine

India may authorize emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine this week: Report

A report from the Hindustan Times claims that the Subject Expert Committee…

Indian Premier League tops Google search results in India in 2020, beating ‘Coronavirus’

Internet has undoubtedly become an essential part of most people’s lives, and…

Microsoft employees can now work from home indefinitely

With COVID 19 taking over the world, work-from-home has become the new…

App usage surged by 25% in Q3 due to COVID 19

During a time when smartphones became our only connection to the outside…

Salesforce launches ‘Work.com for Vaccines’ to aid efficient and scalable vaccine distribution amid COVID-19 pandemic

With around 7.69 million active cases worldwide, humanity is still fighting its…

Facebook to stop accepting Political advertisements a week before the US election

With only a few months to go for the US Presidential Elections,…

Ecommerce in India grows 17% as COVID-19 lockdowns get lifted, return rate dips 10%-30%: Report

COVID 19 might have had a disastrous effect on global economy (even…

Russia announces world’s first COVID 19 vaccine, but should we rejoice just yet?

COVID-19 has managed to disrupt modern civilization in just a few months,…

Facebook will let employees work remotely until July 2021 along with $1000 for supplies

Facebook will now let all its employees work from home through July…

Twitter, Youtube and Facebook take down Trump video clip where he claims children are immune to COVID-19

In a rare uniform action taken across the aisle by social media…

Moderna starts crucial final phase of COVID-19 vaccine trials with 30,000 participants in the US

Humanity might just be getting around to getting about, as Moderna has…

Google will allow employees to work from home till July 2021

Google has extended work from home till July 2021, allowing its over…

U.S. files indictment against two Chinese hackers aiming to steal COVID 19 research data

The United States has indicted two Chinese hackers, who have accumulated a…

Microsoft is reducing workforce after closing retail stores

As the unspoken king of the PC business-Microsoft enters a new fiscal…

Jio Platforms launches Zoom-like ‘JioMeet’ video conferencing platform

Reliance backed Jio Platforms has decided to take the Zoom route and…

Apple is closing more stores in the US as COVID-19 infections continue to surge

As the threat of COVID-19 peaks again in the US, the country…

Google postpones opening of U.S. office as COVID-19 infections continue to rise

Google has announced that it will be postponing reopening of its U.S.…

Covaxin, India’s locally developed COVID-19 vaccine, gets DCGI approval for human trials

Ever since the landscape of the modern world was shaken by the…

StopCovid, the French contact tracing app has sent out just 14 notifications despite 1.8Mn downloads

When the world posed the question, “What about contact tracing?”, India answered…

Facebook is testing a new ‘Forecast’ app that aims to predict world events, including COVID-19

Facebook has announced an invite only beta for Forecast, a weird app…