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CLEAN : WHO says no spike of 14,000 novel coronavirus cases in one day
During a press conference in Geneva on the novel coronavirus the Head of the World Health Organization's Emergency Programme Michael Ryan says we are not dealing with a spike in cases of 14,000 in one day as most of these cases relate to...
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VOICED : OMS considera que hay posibilidad realista de parar al nuevo coronavirus
La Organizacion Mundial de la Salud OMS indico el martes que hay una posibilidad realista de detener la propagacion del nuevo coronavirus en el mundo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Chinese health commission gives briefing on virus updates
The death toll from the novel coronavirus surges past 800 in mainland China overtaking global fatalities in the 2002 03 SARS epidemic even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be stabilising (Footage by AFPTV...
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WHO: Egypt is free from the new coronavirus
An Egyptian World Health Organization (WHO) represenative on Wednesday said the country "is now free from the coronavirus" that began in China has infected more than 73,000 people globally.
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Expert urges passengers to leave quarantined ship
A Japanese infectious diseases prevention expert suggested on Thursday that passengers and crew should disembark from a quarantined ship soon to prevent further infections from COVID-19.
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WHO positive on new way of confirming virus cases
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) emergencies chief said on Thursday that a new way of confirming COVID-19 cases adopted in China's Hubei province should allow clinicians to report cases more quickly and get people care faster.
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EU Warns of `Rapid Increase' in Coronavirus Cases
Mar.06 -- European Union Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides speaks at a news conference in Brussels about the coronavirus and how authorities are preparing for a "rapid increase" in cases.
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WHO chief on virus: Time to pull out all stops
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday called on countries not to give up in the fight against the new coronavirus.
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VOICED : OMS alerta sobre un riesgo de pandemia muy real por coronavirus
La Organizacion Mundial de la Salud alerto el lunes sobre un riesgo de pandemia muy real por el nuevo coronavirus que ha afectado a mas de 100 paises y cuenta con mas de 110.000 personas infectadas (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : OMS: La enfermedad COVID 19 es una pandemia
El nuevo coronavirus puede ser calificado de ahora en adelante como una pandemia declaro el jueves el director de la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud (OMS) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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WHO chief: in 'uncharted territory' with virus
The World Health Organization's director-general on Monday said the world was "in uncharted territory" with the new coronavirus
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WHO official: Luxor under scrutiny over virus
The World Health Organization representative in Egypt says the ancient city of Luxor is under strict scrutiny from the government following the detection of cases of the new coronavirus in the southern touristic hub.
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CLEAN : Most countries still have sporadic cases: 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 stresses the virus could still be controlled (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : COVID-19 can be characterised as a pandemic: WHO chief
The new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised as a pandemic the head of the World Health Organization says (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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WHO: Iran, Egypt, likely underreporting virus cases
Dalia Samhouri, a senior regional official with the World Health Organization, said on Sunday both Iran and Egypt were likely to have not given accurate figures of coronavirus cases "because of the nature of the virus".
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WHO races to dispatch virus supplies from UAE hub
In an open expanse of desert in Dubai, seven World Health Organization workers are racing to sort, package and send out hundreds of shipments of medical supplies to countries around the world battling a new virus that has spread fast,...
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WHO chief: stop hoarding masks, gloves
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged the world to stop hoarding masks, gloves and other protective equipment.
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China slams Pompeo for referring to 'Wuhan virus'
China on Monday condemned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for calling the coronavirus outbreak "the Wuhan virus."
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WHO chief: World on verge of 100,000 virus cases
The head of the World Health Organization on Friday said the world was on the verge of reaching 100-thousand confirmed coronavirus cases and urged all nations to make containment their highest priority.
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WHO declares virus crisis a pandemic
Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared ON Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic.
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WHO declares virus crisis a pandemic
Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared ON Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic.
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New York Ban on Large Gatherings to Last a `Number of Months'
Mar.13 -- Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency for New York City, saying the city would work with the state to enforce its decree against gatherings of more than 500 people to combat the new coronavirus outbreak. Speaking...