As a result of a “failure” to prevent or immediately contain the outbreak in Beijing, several local officials were removed from office. China has now deployed 100,000 responders in the city to support the response activities.

Extreme poverty could rise to over 1 billion people globally as a result of the crisis.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency announced the certification of an electric airplane, the Pipistrel Velis Electro, the first type certification world-wide of a fully electric aircraft.

Analysis identifies 23 US states and Puerto Rico with increasing COVID-19 incidence over the past 2 weeks, including 5 states with more than double the daily incidence compared to 2 weeks ago.

Temperate insects might be just as vulnerable to climate change as tropical species, according to a recent study. Earlier models failed to take into account the fact that insects in temperate habitats are inactive for much of the year.

Social distancing and other interventions may have prevented 62 million confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, which corresponds to an estimated 530 million total SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Kazakhstan has documented 215 cases of COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Falling demand and rising investment risk is likely to slash the value of oil, gas and coal reserves by nearly two thirds.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyeus warns that masks can create a false sense of security leading people to neglect measures such as hand hygiene and physical distancing.

The relevance of other greenhouse gases from non-fossil sources, such as agriculture, will increase in the future, as shown in a study led by a researcher from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.