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Italy now has nearly a third of the world’s deaths from coronavirus
At a press briefing on Tuesday night, Hans Henri P. Kluge, the World Health Organizations regional director for Europe, said that 152…
Countries cannot fight this pandemic blindfolded – WHO DG
The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programmes as the best way to slow…
UN secretary General calls for ‘prudence, not panic’, WHO launches solidarity fund
In a video message recorded on Friday afternoon, UN chief António Guterres assured the world that the COVID-19 virus will peak, and…
Europe is the new epicentre of COVID19 pandemic – WHO
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said Friday that Europe "has now become the epicenter of the #COVID19 pandemic,…
WHO: Don’t expect travel bans to beat coronavirus, dispels myth about hot weather beating virus
Countries may gain time in the short-term as they limit travel to fight the new coronavirus pandemic, but the World Health Organization…
WHO urges countries to fight ‘controllable’ pandemic
With the COVID-19 outbreak now a pandemic, countries should not let up on efforts to fight its spread, the head of the…
WHO coronavirus map shows how pandemic has spread across the world
The World Health Organisation has declared the global coronavirus crisis a pandemic but also said it is not too late for countries…
World Health Organization declares CoVid-19 a pandemic
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general, said that the CoVid 19 outbreak reached a stage of being described as a pandemic. There…
The WHO on symptoms, prevention and other issues connected coronaviruses COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a series of Questions and Answers for the general public on the outbreak of coronaviruses…
Red Cross, UNICEF and WHO issue guidance to protect children and support safe school operations
The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidance to help protect…
WHO warns that the threat of the Coronavirus becoming a pandemic is now “very real”
The threat of coronavirus becoming a pandemic is now “very real”, the World Health Organisation has warned. The threat of a global…
Total number of countries reporting Co-Vid19 reaches 100
8 new countries/territories/areas (Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Faroe Islands, French Guiana, Maldives, Malta, Martinique, and Republic of Moldova) have reported cases of COVID-19…