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COVID-19: ‘Top priority’ must be on containment, insists WHO’s Tedros
Containing the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic should still be everyone’s “top priority”, UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
In total, 61 countries outside China have…
IRC:65% of Yemenis have barley something to eat
The International Committee of the Red Cross said that 65% of Yemenis have barely anything to eat, given the war that has been going on in their country for five years.
The ICRC added on its Twitter, that 80% of the 30 million…
Coronavirus death cases in China rise to 2,912
The death toll from the new coronavirus in the country has risen to 2,912, and confirmed infected cases exceed 80,000, Chinese authorities said on Monday.
According to china’s National Health Commission, in the past 24 hours, 42 new…
Coronavirus death cases rise to 29 in Italy
Italian authorities have announced that eight more people have died of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 29, while tests have confirmed that some 240 people have contracted the virus over the past day, according to…
UN releases emergency funds to help vulnerable countries fight coronavirus COVID-19
$15 million dollars has been released from the UN’s Central Emergency Fund to help fund global efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, particularly vulnerable countries with weak health care systems.…
Coronavirus Outbreak: Health Scare Spreads as US, Australia, Thailand Confirm 1st Deaths
The coronavirus scare continues to grip the world, as the United States, Australia and Thailand have recorded their first deaths from the infection, which has already claimed nearly 3,000 lives globally, mostly in China, the country where…
UN health agency warns against coronavirus COVID-19 criminal scams
The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that criminals are taking advantage of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, to steal money or sensitive information.
Criminal elements, says the UN…
Fighting discrimination against women is key to beating AIDS
“The struggle to beat AIDS is inseparable from the struggle for women’s rights and from the struggle against all forms of discrimination”. This is the message from Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, on Zero…
WHO Raises Global Risk Assessment of New Coronavirus to Maximum Level
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday raised its global risk assessment of the new coronavirus to its highest level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and financial markets slumped.
The virus has proliferated around…
Expert: Erdogan Blackmails the Europeans to Protect the Turkish Role in Syria
Dr. Wafik Ibrahim, expert in strategic affairs, says that the Turkish threat to open Turkey’s borders to the exit of refugees and migrants who want to cross its borders towards Europe, comes in the context of severe blackmail. Erdogan this…