PIDE Newsletter 36

Trump selects Muslim American to hunt for vaccine as global research intensifies US: The House passed a $3 trillion relief package. It has no chance of advancing in the Senate, but is Democrats’ opening offer for future negotiations. France daily coronavirus toll dips, total tops 27,500. Fears grow as pandemic reaches Rohingya camps. Trump hopes for Covid-19 vaccine by end of year, ‘maybe before’. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia open borders to each other, create EU’s first ‘travel bubble’. Russia reports 10,598 new coronavirus infections. Trump selects Muslim American to hunt for vaccine as global research intensifies. 119 prisoners test Covid-19 positive in India’s Jaipur district jail.