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WHO: virus outbreak not global pandemic yet
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the outbreak of a new virus which began in China has not reached a pandemic scale even though more cases have been confirmed in several countries across the world.
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WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic as Cases Soar
Mar.11 -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discusses the updated characterization of the global coronavirus outbreak during a news conference in Geneva.
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The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that the global risk of the new deadly virus was "high" but insisted the infection was only an "emergency in China."
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WHO chief: Must invest in virus prevention
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said that it was crucial for countries to invest in prevention at an early stage to help stem the spread of a new virus that originated in China.
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Coronavirus Disease Gets An Official Name
The WHO said the name had to be easy to pronounce but could not allude to a "geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people."
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WHO chief details mission of advance team in China
The executive director of the World Health Organization on Monday said a team of experts had been sent to China "to understand the nature of what has been one of the largest public health responses in history."
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Washington State Officials Confirm First Coronavirus Death In U.S.
Health officials in Washington state have confirmed the first coronavirus-related death in the U.S.
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CDC Officials Report 2 New Coronavirus Cases With Unknown Origins
According to the CDC, the cases do not appear to be travel related or traceable to other infection cases, prompting concerns of a "community spread."
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Pilots Union Sues American Airlines To Halt U.S.-China Flights
The Allied Pilots Association is asking for a temporary restraining order to "immediately halt [American Airlines'] U.S.-China service."
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WHO chief warns that no country is safe from virus
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation on Thursday warned that no country in the world should assume that it's safe from the new virus.
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WHO: new virus a 'very active outbreak'
The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief says China is taking “extraordinary measures in the face of an extraordinary challenge" because of the virus outbreak
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How Might the Coronavirus Affect China's Growth, Commodities?
Jan.28 -- Simon Ballard, chief economist at First Abu Dhabi Bank. discusses how the coronavirus outbreak might affect China, the global economy, commodities and central banks' policies. He speaks with Manus Cranny and Yousef Gamal El-Din...
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CLEAN : Virus : China says most stringent measures already adopted
Chinese health officials during a press conference say China has already adopted the most stringent prevention and control measures to battle the ongoing SARS like virus epidemic an outbreak which the World Health Organization has...
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WHO officials update on new virus in Cairo presser
Officials from the World Health Organization in Egypt said they were working to prevent the spread of a new virus that has killed more than 300 in China, with cases reported in several other countries.
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China Steps Up Efforts to Contain Coronavirus
Jan.22 -- The Chinese city at the center of a widening respiratory-virus outbreak suspended outbound flights and rail services, as China ramps up efforts to contain an illness that’s killed at least 17 people and infected hundreds....
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VOICED : OMS advierte que nuevo coronavirus aún se combate en las sombras
La Organizacion Mundial de la Salud advirtio el jueves que no saben la fuente del brote el reservorio natural la transmisibilidad y la gravedad del nuevo coronavirus que ya se ha cobrado la vida de mas de medio millar de personas en...
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CLEAN : World currently not in a pandemic of China virus: WHO
The World Health Organization says that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus which has spread from China to two dozen countries does not yet constitute a pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Virus Update: The Race to Find a Vaccine for Covid-19
Apr.22 -- Bloomberg Intelligence's Sam Fazeli wraps up the latest efforts by European drug companies, academics and scientists to find a vaccine for the Covid-19 virus. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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CLEAN : To face Covid-19 pandemic world should act with more solidarity: WHO
The new coronavirus outbreak can now be described as a pandemic the head of the World Health Organization announces (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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China Says All Coronavirus Patients in Wuhan Have Been Discharged
The city where the coronavirus is believed to have originated says hospitals have discharged all coronavirus patients and can return to normal.
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Coronavirus Update: Europe Outpaces China
Mar.15 -- Europe is reporting more new cases each day than China did when the disease peaked in that country, the head of the World Health Organization said. Italy adds 368 deaths in one day, raising total to 1,809. Caroline Connan...
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Coronavirus Recession: What Will Be the Legacy?
Apr.20 -- As policy makers battle to shore up their countries' economies amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, how will the recession change societies, supply chains and the labor market? Jim Caron of Morgan Stanley Investment...
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Coronavirus Has Made China a 'Juicy' Target for Trump, Bremmer Says
Apr.20 -- Ian Bremmer, founder and president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, says the U.S. was late to protecting against coronavirus because of China's cover-up of the pandemic. He speaks with Bloomberg's Amanda Lang and Shery Ahn on...
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WHO Chief Tedros: the Pandemic Is Far From Over
Apr.27 -- Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the World Health Organization is concerned about the rising number of cases in Latin America, Africa, some Asian countries, as well as eastern Europe, adding that the pandemic is...