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VOICED : OMS defiende actuación china en COVID-19 y rechaza haber opinado de Tokio-2020
La organizacion Mundial de la Salud defendio el viernes la actuacion del gobierno chino frente a la epidemia de COVID-2019 luego de que el gobierno estadounidense denunciara una supuesta falata de transparencia (Footage by AFPTV via...
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WHO: Data from China shows decline in new virus cases
China has reported 74,675 cases of COVID-19 to the World Health Organization (WHO), including 2,121 deaths, the organization's director-general told a news conference in Geneva, detailing the latest figures on the epidemic.
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Guterres on urgent need to halt spread of virus
The head of the United Nations called on countries around the world on Monday to do everything in their power to address the deadly new virus outbreak.
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Don't Panic: WHO Spokesman on Coronavirus
Mar.03 -- World Health Organization spokesman Tarik Jasarevic speaks from Geneva about the latest advice for avoiding the coronavirus. He also comments on efforts to develop a vaccine and advice for public health workers. He speaks on...
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China condemns WSJ editorial as 'racist'
China's Foreign Ministry on Monday said it didn't matter that three expelled journalists had nothing to do with a Wall Street Journal editorial deemed racist by Beijing, and called on the paper to apologize.
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WHO: Italy virus numbers mistakenly inflated
Walter Ricciardi, World Health Organisation adviser to Italy's ministry of health, said Thursday that regions hit by the new virus have been mistakenly inflating the numbers of cases in Italy.
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UK minister comments after crisis meeting on virus
The United Kingdom's International Development Secretary on Wednesday urged Britons to remain calm and trust the government's efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
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CLEAN : Threat of coronavirus pandemic now very real: WHO
The World Health Organization warns there is now a very real threat that the global outbreak of the new deadly coronavirus will become a pandemic but stressed the virus could still be controlled (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Over 70% of people infected with coronavirus in China have recovered: WHO
The World Health Organization says that more than 70 percent of those infected with the new coronavirus in China have recovered adding that the country was bringing its epidemic under control (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : WHO warns some countries not doing enough to fight virus
The World Health Organization warns that a number of countries were not taking all the the steps needed to fight against the spread of the deadly new coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : OMS pide 675 millones de dolares para la lucha contra el nuevo coronavirus
La Organizacion Mundial de la Salud (OMS) lanzo el miercoles un llamado para recolectar 675 millones de dolares destinados a combatir durante tres meses la epidemia del nuevo coronavirus que ya ha provocado la muerte de un medio millar...
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How Badly Will the Coronavirus Hurt China's Economy
Feb.20 -- Geraldine Sundstrom, managing director and portfolio manager at Pimco, and Erik Nielsen, chief economist at UniCredit Group, discuss the impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese and global economies. They speak on "Bloomberg...
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WHO on tests for 'intermediate host' of virus
Officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said scientists were running tests on "various animals" but have so far not identified the intermediate host responsible for the new virus that originated in China.
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WHO briefing on conclusions of 2-day virus forum
It was "too early" to predict the end of the outbreak of a new virus which has killed more than 1,000 people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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CLEAN : China virus: Team of WHO experts has just arrived in China says chief
The World Health Organization's Secretary General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announces that a team of WHO experts has just arrived in China to work on the outbreak of the new coronavirus with their Chinese counterparts (Footage by AFPTV...
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UN Secretary General on 'very dangerous' virus
The UN secretary general said Tuesday that the virus outbreak that began in China is not out of control but remains a "very dangerous situation."
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Japan Is Rapidly Becoming a Coronavirus Hotbed
Feb.19 -- Japan is emerging as one of the riskiest places for the spread of the coronavirus, prompting criticism that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has misfired on its policies to block the outbreak. The number of infections in...
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CLEAN : WHO says way too early to predict end of novel coronavirus
The World Health Organization cautions it is way too early to say whether COVID-19 might have peaked or when it might end following a drop in new cases (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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WHO on global efforts to combat virus spread
The Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that China had reported 1,820 laboratory confirmed cases of the new virus in the past 24 hours.
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CLEAN : China's new virus case definition widens net ups cases: WHO
World Health Organisation officials explain that adapting the case definition of the COVID-19 virus will widen the net and generate more confirmed cases as China's new counting methods have caused a dramatic spike in the official death...
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CLEAN : Novel coronavirus named Covid-19: UN health agency
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells reporters in Geneva that Covid-19 will be the new official name for the deadly coronavirus that was first identified in China on December 31 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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WHO hails China for steps in dealing with virus
The World Health Organization said they are backing China's aggressive measures to stop the spread of a new virus, with thousands of sick people seeking treatment in Wuhan daily.
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WHO: China says now 72,528 cases of COVID 19
China has reported 72,528 cases of COVID-19 to the World Health Organization, including 1,850 deaths, according a statement by the Director-General of the World Health Organization on Tuesday.