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WHO: China Mission Origin Study Would Start in Wuhan
Aug.10 -- Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead officer on Covid-19 at the World Health Organization, says the agency's mission to investigate the virus’s origins would start in Wuhan, where the first cases were identified. (Excerpt)
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EU Urges Nations Not to Impose `General' Travel Bans'
Mar.13 -- The European Union warned nations against imposing "general" travel bans amid the spreading coronavirus threat. Such restrictions "are not seen as being the most effective by the World Health Organization," European Commission...
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EU Pledges $41 Billion to Fight Coronavirus
Mar.13 -- The European Union is setting up a fund of 37 billion euros ($41 billion) to ease the impact of the coronavirus. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlines how the money will be allocated at a news conference...
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Kenya intensifies virus measures amid WHO warning
Kenyan health workers sprayed chemicals to disinfect the crowded streets of Nairobi on Thursday, while its citizens continued to pack into buses and taxis.
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Trump: Maybe People Shouldn't Shake Hands Even After Virus Passes
Mar.15 -- President Donald Trump defended his habit of shaking hands during the coronavirus pandemic, even though U.S. health experts strongly advised against against doing so. He spoke Saturday at a press conference after a meeting of...
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U.K. Virus Adviser Warns 20,000 Dead Would Be Good Outcome
Mar.17 -- Patrick Vallance, the U.K. government’s chief scientific adviser, told a panel of lawmakers including former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that it would be “horrible” but a “good outcome” if Britain can keep its number of deaths...
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: DRC health authorities meet to draft financial response
The Democratic Republic of Congo's health officials and representatives from the World Bank and the World Health Organization meet in Kinshasa to draft a financial response to the new coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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WHO's Ryan Says Using Homemade Face Masks Isn't a Bad Idea
Apr.03 -- U.S. and international health authorities have mostly relied on virus-fighting measures such as physical distancing, while recommending frequent hand-washing. Masks, they’ve said, may serve little purpose among untrained users...
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Wuhan Death Toll Revised By 50%
Wuhan officials added 1,290 undocumented deaths to the city's coronavirus death toll.
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When Will French Children Return to School?
Apr.17 -- French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer discusses the country's plan to get children back into full-time learning. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed shortcomings in educational systems around the world as schools...
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Trump Calls U.S. Virus Cases a ‘Badge of Honor'
May.20 -- President Donald Trump said it’s "a badge of honor" that the U.S. has more than 1.5 million cases of coronavirus -- the highest number of infections globally. "It’s a great tribute to the testing and all of the work that a lot...
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WHO Says U.S. Still Can Fight Covid-19 Spread
Aug.03 -- Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s top epidemiologist on Covid-19, said “the United States can turn this around.” Van Kerkhove and Mike Ryan, the head of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, spoke Monday at a...
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Zuckerberg Tells Fauci He's Disappointed by U.S. Covid Response
Jul.16 -- Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says he is disappointed in the government’s response to the coronavirus. He speaks during an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert.
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VOICED : China apoya que la OMS evalúe la "respuesta mundial" a la pandemia
China declaró el viernes que apoyaba la creación, "después de que ceda la pandemia", de una comisión dirigida por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para evaluar "la respuesta mundial" al nuevo coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via...
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China reacts to India border tensions
China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that its troops along the border with India were carrying out normal operational activities, as tensions simmered after a clash left several soldiers injured.
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U.K. Says Coronavirus Cases Are Falling `In All Regions'
Jun.09 -- U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock discusses the fall in the coronavirus transmission rate across Britain, and the decline in the number of reported cases and deaths. He spoke Monday at a briefing in London.
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CLEAN : Yemen's Huthi health minister slams WHO over virus support
Yemen's Huthi Health Minister Taha al-Mutawakel slams the World Health Organisation (WHO) over its "inaccurate and inefficient" virus support during a press conference in Sanaa. Yemen has officially registered 287 COVID-19 cases and 66...
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Beijing Goes Into Lockdown Over New COVID-19 Outbreak
More than 100 new cases of the illness have been detected in the city in the last five days.
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CLEAN : 200 million Africans at risk of coronavirus infection, new study finds
Almost a quarter of a billion Africans could become infected with COVID-19, according to a new modelling study by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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World Ignored Virus Warnings, Lancet Editor Says
Jun.19 -- Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet medical journal, discusses his view that the coronavirus crisis has been mishandled around the world, including the U.K. where he says "significant government misconduct" caused tens of...
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U.S. Virus Surge: Ample Opportunity for Covid-19 to Spread, Johns Hopkins Says
Jun.29 -- John Hopkins Vice Dean for Public Health Practice Josh Sharfstein discusses the surge in U.S. coronavirus cases. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” The Bloomberg School of Public Health is...
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WHO Says 'Worst Is Yet to Come' Given Lack of Global Unity on Pandemic
Jun.29 -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the lack of national unity and global solidarity is helping Covid-19 spread.