Brief economic corona news from November 19
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – November 19, 2020
- The RIVM reports 5725 new positive corona tests on Thursday. That is 1103 more than Wednesday. The increase is partly due to a correction after a computer failure. There are 224 new corona patients admitted to the hospital wards, 32 more than Wednesday.
- Seriously ill people and people over 60 should be the first to receive a corona vaccine. This is what the Health Council advises the cabinet. Healthcare workers who are in direct contact with patients should also be given priority, the council believes, NOS reports.
- The coronavirus pandemic has increased borrowing by $15 trillion in the first three quarters of this year, says the International Institute of FinanceThe agency warns that global debt will reach a record high this year.
- Tocilizumab, an existing drug for rheumatic diseases, has, according to research by the UMC a beneficial effect for seriously ill corona patients in intensive care. The immunosuppressant gives patients almost twice as much chance of a better course of their disease than patients who do not receive the drug.
- The expected increase in unemployment due to the tightening of corona measures in mid-October did not materialize. The unemployment rate fell from 4.4 percent to 4.3 percent, reports CBS.
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