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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that overcoming the coronavirus pandemic will require the most massive public health effort in history since it is an interconnected world where “none of us is safe until all of us are safe”. His remarks came as the world leaders on Monday pledged 7.4 billion euros (approximately […]

The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought countries around the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 crisis from around the globe on Thursday. Italy’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 29,684 A further 369 COVID-19 patients had died in the past 24 hours in Italy, bringing the country’s death toll to […]

Geneva: Officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) have said it is hard to predict when the pandemic will be over, but countries should stay positive and collaborate closely. “We have a new virus entering the human population for the first time, and therefore it is very hard to predict when we will prevail over […]

New Delhi: India is among 62 nations, including 27 European Union members, who have moved a draft resolution demanding evaluation of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s response towards the novel coronavirus pandemic. The European Union-led draft resolution on global COVID-19 response is set to be tabled at the upcoming World Health Assembly on Monday. The […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the novel coronavirus crisis from around the globe on Tuesday. Global COVID-19 cases top 4.8 mn: Johns Hopkins The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 4.8 million, while the death toll has surpassed 318,000, according […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned the WHO that he would reconsider America’s membership in the UN health body and “permanently freeze” the funding to it if it does not demonstrate its “independence” from China in the next 30 days. On April 14, President Trump halted America’s funding of up to USD 500 million […]

New Delhi: At a time when the credibility of the World Health Organization (WHO) has plummeted to an all-time low and internationally there’s a groundswell for new leadership, India’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is all set to be the chairman of the WHO’s Executive Board. He has been elected to the post and will take […]

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 crisis from around the globe on Thursday. Global COVID-19 cases near 5 mn: Johns Hopkins The total number of global coronavirus cases has increased to nearly 5 million, while the death toll has surged past 328,000, according […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought countries around the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis from around the globe on Friday. Global COVID-19 cases top 5.1 mn: Johns Hopkins The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surged to over 5.1 million, while the death toll stood at 332,900, […]

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 crisis from around the globe on Saturday. Global COVID-19 cases over 5.2 mn: Johns Hopkins The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 5.2 million, while the death toll surged past 338,000, according to […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought countries around the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis from around the globe on Sunday. Global COVID-19 cases over 5.3 mn: Johns Hopkins The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 5.3 million, while the death toll surged past 342,000, […]

New Delhi: India will have an important role to play in the mass production of medicines and vaccines for coronavirus infection once the treatment for the deadly disease is found, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said. Dozens of researchers across the globe are racing against time to come out with a vaccine for coronavirus that […]

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 crisis from around the globe on Tuesday. Global COVID-19 cases nearing 5.5 mn: Johns Hopkins The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 5.5 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 346,000, […]

Geneva: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General, said that a clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on COVID-19 patients has come to “a temporary pause”, while the safety data of the anti-malaria drug was being reviewed. According to the WHO chief, The Lancet medical journal on May 22 had published an observational study […]

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the creation of the WHO Foundation, an independent grant-making entity that will support the organization’s efforts to address the most pressing global health challenges. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday at a virtual press conference from Geneva that the idea to support the establishment of […]