Tag: WHO

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  WHO promises a “swift review” data on hydroxychloroquine

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine, probably by mid-June, after safety concerns prompted the group to suspend the malaria drug's use in a trial on COVID-19 patients.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  WHO warns about an “immediate second peak” of the coronavirus infection

  

  Countries where coronavirus infections are declining, could still face an “immediate second peak” if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina asks Ireland's support to exclude the Falklands from any post Brexit EU-UK accord

  

  The Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá held a round of talks with his counterparts from Australia, Ireland and Armenia to address issues of special significance for an Argentine foreign policy such as the current Coronavirus pandemic, and its impact on the global economy, and the European Union position regarding the Falkland Islands in a post Brexit scenario.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  South America becomes a new epicenter of Covid-19 pandemic

  

  South America has become “a new epicenter” of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, following a surge in the number of Covid-19 infections.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 07:35 UTC

  Globally Covid-19 cases exceed 5 million and 330,000 deaths, WHO report

  

  Globally, confirmed cases of coronavirus on Thursday exceeded 5 million, while in the last 24 hours there was a world record of infections in one day, 106,000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the database from Johns Hopkins University.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  WHO admits an independent probe into the coronavirus management; China pledges US$ 2 Billion

  

  The World Health Organization bowed to calls on Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the international response to the coronavirus, which has been clouded by finger-pointing between the U.S. and China over a pandemic that has killed over 300,000 people and leveled the global economy.

• Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  China slaps 80% tariff on Australian barley alleging subsidies and dumping

  

  Australia is “disappointed” China has imposed massive tariffs on its barley and will consider taking the dispute to the World Trade Organization, the country's agriculture minister said on Tuesday.

• Monday, May 18th 2020 - 07:22 UTC

  Critical World Health Organization assembly: US-China clash anticipated

  

  At the first meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) governing body since Covid-19 stormed the globe, China is set to be challenged on two of its most sensitive issues: The Communist Party's initial handling of the virus and the status of Taiwan's participation.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Trump set to restore partial funding for WHO, to similar level of China's contribution

  

  US President Donald Trump's administration is set to restore partial funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), Fox News reported late on Friday, citing a draft letter.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:31 UTC

  Physicians call for funding WHO but also admit it is need of dire reform, free of political assaults

  

  A plea to all governments to continue providing the World Health Organization, WHO, with sufficient funds has come from physician leaders from across the world.