The deal is the first coronavirus-themed Panda bond from a multilateral financial institution

Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China stands ready to provide assistance within its capacity for Brazil's battle against COVID-19 and help contain the global spread of the coronavirus disease

The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has approved an emergency assistance loan of 7 billion yuan (about 1 billion U.S. dollars) to China to help the country fight COVID-19, according to the bank’s statement

The event was organized by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development as part of the Russian chairmanship’s economic agenda

The annual international IT forum of BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries will not be taking place this year due to COVID-19 concerns, the department of information technologies of Russia's Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area (Ugra) said

Moscow hosted a roundtable discussion “Consumer Protection in the Era of E-Commerce in the BRICS Countries” held within the framework of the Russian BRICS Chairmanship in 2020