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New York: Better preparation, listening to the science and acting together in solidarity, are some of the main ways that countries across the world can overcome the on-going COVID-19 crisis, the UN chief told the World Health Summit on Sunday. more
Universal Health Coverage ‘more urgent than ever’: UN chief

New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that “our health systems are inadequate”, the UN chief told a ministerial meeting on Thursday, citing weak structures and unequal acc ...

Use COVID lessons to ‘do things right’ for the future, urges UN chief

New York: Lessons learnt from efforts to address the global pandemic must be used to “do things right for the future”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, a ...

‘Leave no one behind’ mantra matters more than ever, as coronavirus threatens all humanity: Guterres

New York : Secretary-General António Guterres issued a three-point global “Call to Action” on Thursday to cushion the colossal fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, press ...

UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis

New York : The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths this year, effectively reversing recent gains in ...

Relaxing lockdowns without boosting care could lead to new COVID spike: WHO

New York : As some European countries begin to relax lockdown measures following weeks of confinement introduced to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, the World Health Organization ( ...

Now is ‘not the time’ to reduce funding for the World Health Organization in COVID-19 fight, urges Guterres

New York : Now is a time for unity in the global battle to push the COVID-19 pandemic into reverse, not a time to cut the resources of the World Health Organization (WHO), which is spearh ...

COVID-19: UN donates 250,000 face masks to NYC health workers

New York : On behalf of the city, the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, was on hand to receive 250,000 face masks donated by the UN on Saturday, destined for health workers in the metrop ...