Brief economic corona news from November 10

The RIVM reported 4695 new corona infections on Tuesday. That is 6 fewer than on Monday. The R-value, the infection rate, has fallen to 0.91. Furthermore, 258 new corona patients have been admitted to the nursing wards in the hospital, 81 more than on Monday.

An experimental antibody therapy against corona from the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has been approved by the American medicines authority FDA. The drug, called bamlanivimab, reduces the risk of a hospital admission or a visit to the emergency room for mild to moderate corona complaints.

Due to the death of one of the participants in a study into a possible Chinese corona vaccine Sinovac, trials in Brazil have been halted. writes The Washington Post. The Brazilian government announced in October that it would purchase 46 million doses of Sinovac.

The European Parliament and EU President Germany have reached an agreement on the new European multi-year budget. There is also agreement about the corona recovery fund, reports the FD.

As a result of the corona crisis, 125,000 jobs disappeared between February and June. That reports the UWV. The number of unemployment benefits has increased by 16 percent to 278,000.