Tag: WHO

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazil death toll surpasses 80,000; WHO says outbreak has reached a plateau

  

  Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 on Monday, according to health ministry figures, as the country hit second-hardest in the world continued struggling to control the pandemic.

• Saturday, July 18th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Coronavirus “stabilized” in Brazil (at 1,300 deaths per day), but “is not heading down from the mountain”

  

  Coronavirus infections in Brazil no longer appear to be rising exponentially but the country is “still in the middle of this fight” as new cases and deaths grow by thousands every day, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  WHO insists virus “remains public enemy number one” and strict healthcare precautions must be complied

  

  The new coronavirus pandemic raging around the globe will worsen if countries fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.

• Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Medical experts disagree on air transmission of coronavirus

  

  The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory. The Geneva-based World Health Organization acknowledged this week that the novel coronavirus can spread through tiny droplets floating in the air, a nod to more than 200 experts in aerosol science who publicly complained that the UN agency had failed to warn the public about this risk.

• Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  US welcomes WHO probe into the origins of coronavirus in China

  

  The United States welcomes the World Health Organization's W(HO) probe into the origins of the novel coronavirus in China, its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said on Friday.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 07:52 UTC

  WHO announces an independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response

  

  WHO announced on Thursday the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Bolsonaro catches the “little flu” and admits taking hydroxychloroquine

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running a fever.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2020 - 06:30 UTC

  US sets date to leave WHO, 6 July 2021, but decision could be reversed if Trump loses reelection

  

  The United States will leave the World Health Organization (WHO) on Jul 6, 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 07:23 UTC

  Scientists insist in the airborne transmission of Covid-19, and call on WHO to revise recommendations

  

  The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the air indoors, infecting those nearby.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 10:03 UTC

  WHO calls on Brazil to do more and integrate efforts at different levels of government

  

  Brazil still faces a “big challenge” to curb the coronavirus pandemic and should do more to integrate its efforts at different levels of government, a top World Health Organization official said on Monday.