Top Best Current Affairs 9 April 2020 (3)

The UN Chief Antonio Guterres has announced suspension of rotation and deployment of the peacekeepers till June 30. The decision has been take to reduce the risk of transmission of the novel Coronavirus. The main aim behind the move is to ensure incoming uniformed personnel are COVID-19 free and mitigate the risk that UN peacekeepers can be a contagion vector, while at the same time maintaining their operational capabilities.

Andhra Pradesh state government has placed an order for 3 lakh rapid testing kits for COVID-19.The AP state government has identified and designated 13 hospitals in 13 districts as COVID hospitals.

Vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals (IIL) partnered with Australia's Griffith University to do research and develop a vaccine for COVID-19. The two entities have signed a pact regarding this.Under the partnership Scientists from India and Australia will develop a 'live attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine' using the latest codon deoptimization technology.

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is to support and fund a technology by the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (DBB), IIT-Bombay to capture and inactivate novel coronavirus. It will help to manage the spread of coronavirus.