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New York : Health professionals working with the World Health Organization (WHO) in eastern Democratic of Congo (DRC), have been dealing with the deadly Ebola epidemic since August 2018. This experience is helping them to prepare for the latest disease to arrive: COVID-19. more
COVID-19: China's Wuhan now increases its death toll by 50 percent at 3869

Wuhan: China's COVID-19 outbreak epicentre Wuhan has increased the death toll from the deadly virus by 50 percent amid worldwide suspicion of the figures it released earlier.

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 ( ...

Covid-19: Death of a doctor and China's crime against humanity

As Covid-19 leaves behind a trail of deaths, suffering and economic devastation worldwide, the culpability of China, the country that bred the deadly novel coronavirus and tried to cover ...

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 ...

Syria coronavirus threat sparks broad UN containment effort

New York : The United Nations and its partners are doing their utmost to support a comprehensive, multi-pronged effort to stem the impact of COVID-19 in Syria, where the viral disease has ...

Turkey confirms 4,062 new COVID-19 cases, 65,111 in total

Ankara/Xinhua/UNI: Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on Tuesday confirmed 4,062 new COVID-19 cases and 107 more deaths from the virus.

Testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions: WHO’s latest advice

New York : The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries on Monday in a statement, stressing that a mix of social dis ...

Pakistan: Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 100 amid defiance by mosques

Islamabad: Amid reports of improper implementation of policies by PM Imran Khan-led government, mistreatment of doctors and defiance of many clerics running mosques, the number of deaths ...

Iran sees lowest daily rise in coronavirus deaths in month

Tehran/Sputnik: Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 4,683 on Tuesday after 98 more people died overnight.