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COVID-19: Major relief airlift will reach ‘most vulnerable’ African nations
The first of the UN’s “Solidarity Flights” carrying urgently needed medical equipment to Africa, has arrived in Addis Ababa, agencies said on Tuesday.
On board the World Food Programme (WFP) and the…
Online predators put millions of children at risk during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety risks for millions of young people, the UN said on Tuesday.…
COVID-19: Growth forecast at -3 per cent, as IMF offers debt relief to most vulnerable nations in…
Forecasting the “worst economic downturn since the Great Depression”, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that growth for the year was likely to end up at minus three per cent, with a dramatic change evident since…
Now is ‘not the time’ to reduce funding for the World Health Organization in COVID-19 fight, urges…
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 spearheading and coordinating the global body’s efforts, said…
During this coronavirus pandemic, ‘fake news’ is putting lives at risk: UNESCO
Unreliable and false information is spreading around the world to such an extent, that some commentators are now referring to the new avalanche of misinformation that’s accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘disinfodemic’.…
Testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions: WHO’s latest advice
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 distancing, testing, contact tracing and isolation, will be…
COVID-19 isolation threatens life-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally
As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children risk missing out on measles vaccines, two UN agencies warned in Geneva on Tuesday.
Noting that…
Germany coronavirus death toll rises to 2,969
Covid-19 infections in Germany increased to 2,082, bringing the total to 125,098, the fourth decline in the number of new cases, four days after rising.
Data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases on Tuesday showed that…
Imam Hussain Holy Shrine produces thousands of surgical masks daily
The Maintenance Department at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine announced a daily production of nearly 3000 surgical masks, distributed to Holy Shrine employees and some government institutions in Karbala to prevent the spread of COVID-19.…