Brief economic corona news from September 14
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – September 14, 2020
- In order to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the European Commission wants to tighten and expand the CO2 emissions trading system. The reduction target for 2030 will also be increased to 55 percent, writes the FD.
- The volume of goods exports in the Netherlands was 0.6 percent smaller in July than in July 2019, reports CBSThe decline is smaller than in the previous four months, while exports of machinery and equipment grew the fastest.
- Sanquin is having difficulty collecting sufficient blood plasma with antibodies against the coronavirus. According to professor Hans Zaaijer are less likely to donate plasma and the antibodies appear to disappear from the blood more quickly than expected.
- Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co says that the rheumatoid arthritis drug it makes shortens the recovery time of COVID-19 patients who also receive Gilead's anti-inflammatory drug remdesivir. The average recovery time is a day shorter.
- A number of European countries are trying to set up a platform that will allow national corona apps to communicate with each other. This should improve the approach to the pandemic, so the European Commission reports.
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