The spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic across Europe is forcing Volkswagen to suspend production across the continent. Production work at its plants in Spain, Setubal in Portugal and Bratislava in Slovakia will be suspended before the current weekend, said the German carmaking giant on Tuesday. Production will also be halted at the company’s factories…
The fast good global giant McDonald’s has said that it could make offer to some franchises to defer their rents because of the significant drop in footfall or because of closures because of the ongoing uncertainty that has been brought about to its business by the coronavirus pandemic, the company said on Tuesday. Right now…
On Tuesday, in a statement Airbus said, it is stopping production and assembly activities at its plants in France and in Spain for the next four days. Both governments are implementing new measures to restrict the movements and fight the coronavirus outbreak, said Airbus. “This will allow sufficient time to implement stringent health and safety…
On Tuesday, Australian researchers disclosed, they have mapped the immune responses from one of country’s first coronavirus patients in an important step that closes the gap towards developing a vaccine and treatment for the Wuhan Coronavirus. While the bulk of those infected show only mild symptoms, nearly 20% of the patients are in critical conditions.…
In a joint statement, U.S. technology companies, including Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube are working together to quell misinformation about the coronavirus on their platforms. The companies said they were coordination with government healthcare agencies around the world to share critical updates about the Wuhan coronavirus. According to Johns Hopkins…
According to a report from Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a key part of the federal government’s response to China’s Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, has been hit by a cyberattack on Sunday night. In a tweet on Monday, the report cited unnamed sources who said there were multiple hacking attacks that…
In an effort to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, Samsung Electronics said, it will be adopt electronic voting for the first time ever in its annual general meeting (AGM) on March 18. Samsung’s AGM will take place at a convention center in Suwon, around 18 miles (30 km) south of Seoul. On Monday,…
Hackers and cons are trying to take advantage of the copronavirus pandemic with an increase in email scams that is unprecedented according to security experts. According to experts, individuals as well as companies in industries such as aerospace, transport, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare and insurance are being targeted by cyber-criminals. The criminals are using a range…
According to the vision of the European Union about its future relationship with the United Kingdom, the bloc wants a guarantee from Britain of “uniform implementation” of Brussels’s state subsidy rules as well as the handing down of rulings of the European court of justice to British courts, claimed a report published by The Guardian…
A facility for the testing of a treatment for the fast spreading coronavirus pandemic is being planned to be started within the next few months by Eli Lilly, the company’s CEO David Ricks announced during a television interview. Making the announcement, Ricks said that it has joined hands for this purpose with the privately held…
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