Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug, remdesivir, prevented lung disease in macaques infected with the new coronavirus, according to a study published in medical journal Nature on Tuesday.
The World Health Organization is holding a briefing Monday on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 7 million people worldwide and killed at least 403,267.
The 27 EU leaders need to agree on the details of the stimulus plan before it is implemented and questions up for debate include: how much to borrow, what to fund and how to oversee it.
British Airways, Easyjet and Ryanair have criticized the U.K. government's decision to impose a mandatory 14-day quarantine on international travelers, describing it as "unfair."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak on the heels of protests across the U.S. over the police killing of George Floyd.
The European Central Bank is expected to keep buying government bonds for the foreseeable future after slashing its own inflation forecasts until 2022.
There are doubts that the EU's plan to raise 750 billion euros will quash anti-EU feelings completely, and put an end to political risks in the region.
The U.S. Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is holdings a hearing Thursday with top university officials about how to return students to college campuses safely in the fall.
As well as increasing its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme, the central bank for Europe significantly downgraded its expectations for economic growth in the region.
ECB President Christine Lagarde will speak at a press conference after the central bank announced it would increase its Covid-19 bond-buying program by 600 billion euros.
The European Union is unlikely to approve further virus-related stimulus until all leaders can meet face-to-face in Brussels, Latvia's prime minister told CNBC Thursday.
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