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Coronavirus update: WHO chief calls for private sector to step up, and, should you take that flight?

New York/ibns: In his daily briefing to the press on Friday, World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that supplies of medicine are at risk of disruption ...

Coronavirus scare: Italy quarantines 16 million people

Rome/IBNS: In a bid to bring Coronavirus under control, Italy has placed up to 16 million people under quarantine, media reports said.

COVID-19: countries, businesses must safeguard human rights as virus spreads: Bachelet

New York : As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread globally, the UN’s top human rights official appealed on Friday to put rights “front and centre” when implemen ...

Iran sees deadliest day of coronavirus outbreak with 49 fatalities

Tehran/Sputnik/UNI: Iran saw the steepest rise in coronavirus-related deaths overnight, with 49 people dying from the COVID-19 disease, the Health Ministry spokesman said Sunday.

DR Congo: Agencies appeal for funding for refugee support and Ebola response

New York : Urgent resources are needed to support countries in southern Africa and the Great Lakes region which are hosting more than 900,000 refugees and asylum seekers from the Democrat ...

Portugal brings down obesity by taxing sugary drinks: WHO

New York : On World Obesity Day, 4 March, we highlight the success Portugal has had in tackling childhood obesity – one of the main health challenges in the WHO European Region &nda ...

Iraq confirms 8 new cases of COVID-19

Baghdad/Xinhua/UNI: Iraqi Health Ministry on Saturday announced eight new cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of the confirmed cases to 54 in the country, of whom four have died.

Coronavirus related death toll reaches 145 in Iran

Tehran/Xinhua: The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced on Saturday that the novel coronavirus disease in Iran has claimed 145 lives, official IRNA news agency repor ...

Coronavirus Scare: Death toll in Italy touches 197

Milan/IBNS: The death toll in Italy due to Coronavirus has touched 197, media reports said on Saturday.