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World Scurries for Vaccine As Virus Death Toll Nears 200,000
The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic.
Governments around the world are struggling to limit the economic devastation…
Edmonton Muslim association donates care packages to families in social housing for Ramadan
Some Edmonton Muslims are celebrating Ramadan by helping those struggling financially through the COVID-19 pandemic.The Muslim Association of Canada is raising money to donate at least 500 care packages to families living in the city’s…
‘Landmark collaboration’ to make COVID-19 testing and treatment available to all
World leaders, scientists, humanitarians and private sector partners united on Friday in “a landmark collaboration” that will make new tools and medicines to diagnose and treat COVID-19, accessible to people everywhere.…
‘No time to blame the messenger’ warns UN rights chief, amidst media clampdowns surrounding COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has spawned new threats to press freedom in some countries, according to the UN human rights chief, who declared on Friday that “credible, accurate reporting is a lifeline for all of us”.…
First Person: Finding new ways to save millions at risk during the coronavirus pandemic
Millions of people are reliant on humanitarian supplies to survive, and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it even more difficult for aid workers to reach them. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),…
Cash help crucial for informal workers, says UN labour chief, stressing primacy of multilateralism
Informal workers who live day to day urgently need cash support from their governments to survive the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the UN labour agency said on Friday.…
World Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 180,000 As WHO Warns Virus Will Endure ’For a Long Time’
More than 180,000 people across the world have died from the novel coronavirus, nearly two-thirds of them in Europe, since the deadly disease emerged in China last December, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.
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US records 1,700 new death cases of coronavirus within 24 hours
The United States has recorded more than 1,700 new death cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours, a significant decline from the previous day’s 2,751 deaths.
Data released by Johns Hopkins University at 20:30 local time…
YPC: Aggression blockade unable the company to adapt to global prices
Coalition of aggression’s continued arbitrary detention of oil derivatives vessels shipped in recent months at high global prices has caused a lack of flexibility and inability to adapt to falling world prices, especially in light of…
UNICEF: COVID 19 doubles the crisis on Yemen Syria and Libya
The UN children’s agency has called for an extra €85 million to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa.
UNICEF says conflicts and wars have led to the highest number of children in need of assistance in…