Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  New coronavirus victim in Chile: the Health minister over difference in death toll numbers

  

  Chile's health minister resigned on Saturday amid controversy over the country's official coronavirus death toll, as the pandemic hits the nation hard despite quarantine measures in the capital for more than a month. The departure of Jaime Mañalich was announced by President Sebastian Piñera.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 14:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro threatens to pull Brazil out of WHO, a “partisan political organization”

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the U.N. agency warned governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:43 UTC

  Leading medical publications involved in major scientific “blooper” regarding hydroxychloroquine

  

  An influential study that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients has been withdrawn a week after it led to major trials being halted, adding to the confusion about a malaria drug championed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentina has more reported cases of dengue (25.000) than of coronavirus (5,200)

  

  Argentina officially has 5.208 COVID 19 confirmed cases with a death toll of 273 since the pandemic broke out. However the country is suffering from even more acute disease infection, the mosquito-transmitted dengue, with some 25.000 confirmed cases, and of which 5.601 in the last three weeks.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Coronavirus pandemic “far from over”, warns WHO and points to insufficient health services

  

  The coronavirus pandemic is “far from over” and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunization for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 13:36 UTC

  “Greg Mortimer” crew members and medical chief officer demand repatriation: “we also have a home country”

  

  The last cruise of “Greg Mortimer” when it left Ushuaia on March 15th was an invitation to disaster, and now “we are asking for a humanitarian corridor to take us, as they did with passengers, to our home countries”, said Mauricio Usme, chief medical officer on board the Aurora Expeditions vessel.

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 12:38 UTC

  Taiwan accuses WHO of ignoring its achievements; Tedros condemns Taipei for “racist slurs”

  

  Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned “groundless” accusations from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that racist slurs against him had come from the island, as Taipei escalated its feud with the body.

• Saturday, April 4th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  WHO warns that children can also be affected by Covid-19

  

  The World Health Organization on Thursday reiterated its warning that children can also be affected by COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of several young people.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:18 UTC

  “Corona is no joke”: several countries warn that April Fool's Day pranks will be punished with jail

  

  From Thailand to India, countries have told people not to make April Fools' Day pranks related to COVID-19, with some threatening jail time as they seek to prevent the spread of rumors which could put lives at risk. Tech giant Google, which is famous for its annual spoofs, has canceled the tradition because of the pandemic which has killed about 40,000 people worldwide.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 11:44 UTC

  Taiwan complains of WHO discrimination and information restriction

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has not shared with member states information Taiwan has provided on the coronavirus including details on its causes and prevention methods, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, ratcheting up its complaints.