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A collective of seven UK-based Formula 1 teams during the past two weeks, their respective technology arms and Formula 1 has made significant progress in defining and coordinating its response to the UK Government’s call for assistance with the manufacture of medical devices to help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The seven teams’ combined efforts, termed ‘Project Pitlane’, are part of a UK industry-wide effort to manufacture and deliver respiratory devices to support the national need. The focus of Project Pitlane will now be on coordinating and answering the clear challenges that have been set. The seven teams remain…

Malaysia’s Top Glove Corporation Bhd, which makes one in every five gloves globally, expects a product shortage as demand from Europe and the United States spikes because of the widening coronavirus outbreak is exceeding its capacity reported Reuters. The company has extended shipping times to cope with the demand surge, Executive Chairman Lim Wee Chai told Reuters by phone on Friday. Lim said orders received in the past few weeks, mainly from Europe and the United States, were almost double the company’s production capacity. Top Glove can produce 200 million natural and synthetic rubber gloves a day. There are now…

​Tottenham Hotspur F.C. announced that the club has made its London stadium and facilities available to officials to assist in local Covid-19 relief efforts beginning today. The football club has been in contact with the Haringey Council, the Greater London Authority and the National Health Service. “As a club, we have always been clear about our commitment to the wider community — never has this been more important than it is now,” Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy said. The stadium’s basement car park will be set up as a storage base and distribution hub for London Food Alliance, which helps get food…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with global manufacturers for critical supplies and distributing them domestically. “We are working with manufacturers from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, India, Honduras, and Mexico. Contracted flights arrived at private-sector distribution hubs this morning in Chicago, and more will be arriving in Ohio on Tuesday. From there, supplies are being sent to other states through private sector distribution networks,” a FEMA spokesperson said in a statement today. The first flights landed this past weekend at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and the personal protective equipment is “being distributed to New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut,” the spokesperson…

A one-year delay of Dubai’s Expo 2020 will be recommended to the governing body of the world expo due to the spread of coronavirus, a statement by the organizing steering committee said. “The Committee collectively agreed to explore with the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the World Expo governing body, the possibility of a one-year delay to the opening of Expo 2020,” the statement read. In a virtual meeting, the steering committee and representatives of the countries taking part in the event said that a final decision on postponement can only be made by a vote by the BIE’s Executive…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow, UNICEF is procuring and shipping vital supplies, including desperately required personal protective equipment (PPE), to countries affected. On Wednesday, UNICEF launched an appeal for US$651.6 million to support its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “While the speed and scale of the outbreak are posing countless challenges, we continue employing every effort to ensure that UNICEF supplies reach those in need as quickly as possible,” said Etleva Kadilli, UNICEF’s Director of Supply Division in Copenhagen. Despite the extreme market conditions, UNICEF has managed to secure availability from April to June from suppliers for key…

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, is out of isolation and in good health after contracting coronavirus. Charles, 71, tested positive for Covid-19 last week and had been self-isolating at his residence in Scotland. “Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, the Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation,” a royal source told. A self-isolation period of seven days is in accordance with government and medical guidelines in the UK. Charles’ wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, continues to self-isolate because she needs to see if she develops symptoms, according to the source. Charles was…

The UK could remain under coronavirus emergency measures for as long as six months, a top health official has said, even as one expert said there were early signs that the outbreak was slowing in Britain. Curbs on normal life may need to continue through the summer and into the autumn in order to avoid progress being “wasted,” England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries said on Sunday. Harries suggested that while lockdown rules imposed last week could be relaxed once the curve of cases begins to flatten, strict social distancing guidelines will likely remain in place. But a prominent epidemiologist sounded…

The Kingdom of Bahrain’s health authorities have launched the ‘Be Aware’ app, which aims to support efforts to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) by advancing contact tracing efforts and raising awareness of active cases within the Kingdom. The app utilizes location data shared by users to alert the individuals in the event they approach a location where an active case has been detected, or if they were in close proximity with an active case. The app will also track the movement of quarantine cases for a duration of 14 days, and ensure they abide by quarantine regulations and active cases and…

A new physical coaching centre has been launched in Bahrain. India based educational training centre ‘askIITians’ has over 15 years of experience in the field of education. The centre will cater to the needs of students including training for CBSC and National, International levels talent exams such as Olympiad, NTSE and other competitive examinations. Students in grade 11 and 12 will get exclusive coaching for NEET and JEE as well while students in Grade 8 will be offered a variety of training. askIITians is notably the first educational support centre for Indian students with 100% digital classroom, online and offline…