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Africa: WHO, UNICEF Urge Safe School Reopening In Africa

Africa: WHO, UNICEF Urge Safe School Reopening In Africa

August 20, 2020 3:38 pm

The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming them in other ways, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said today, urging governments in Africa to promote the safe reopening of schools while taking measures to limit the spread of the virus.

A WHO survey of 39 countries in sub-Saharan Africa found that schools are fully open in only six countries. They are closed in 14 countries and partially open (exam classes) in 19 others. Around a dozen countries are planning to resume classroom learning in September, which is the start of the academic …

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Trump Administration Begins Formal Withdrawal From WHO

July 8, 2020 12:40 pm

The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organization, multiple officials tell CNN, a move that comes amid a rising number of coronavirus cases throughout the Americas in the last week alone.

Sen. Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tweeted the news Tuesday.

“Congress received notification that POTUS officially withdrew the U.S. from the ⁦‪@WHO⁩in the midst of a pandemic. To call Trump’s response to COVID chaotic & incoherent doesn’t do it justice. This won’t protect American lives or interests—it leaves …

China Reacts To Trump, US Accusation Of Creating COVID-19

China Reacts To Trump, US Accusation Of Creating COVID-19

April 16, 2020 1:54 pm
China on Thursday insisted that the country did not create COVID-19.

China pointed out that the World Health Organization (WHO) has cleared it of any wrongdoing.

Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Spokesman, Zhao Lijian, stated that the WHO, “has said multiple times that there is no evidence that the new Coronavirus was created in a laboratory.”

The reaction followed repeated accusations by the United States Government that Coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan.

President Donald Trump had, at press conferences and on Twitter, referred to Coronavirus as, “Chinese virus.”

He only stopped in late March in a move that seemed to

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WHO Probes Discharged COVID-19 Patients Testing Positive

WHO Probes Discharged COVID-19 Patients Testing Positive

April 13, 2020 6:58 am

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease when discharged.

South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.

Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a briefing that the virus may have been “reactivated” rather than the patients being re-infected.

The Geneva-based WHO, asked about the report from Seoul, told Reuters in a brief statement: “We are aware of these reports of individuals who have tested negative …

Trump Threatens To Cut Off WHO Funding After China Rift

Trump Threatens To Cut Off WHO Funding After China Rift

April 8, 2020 2:07 pm

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut US funding for the World Health Organization after accusing it of pro-China bias.

“We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We’re going to put a very powerful hold on it, and we’re going to see,” Trump said at the White House coronavirus task force briefing.

Hours earlier, he attacked the organization in a tweet.

“The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that a good look,” Trump wrote.

“Fortunately I rejected their advice

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Hangover From Colonial Mentality – WHO Slams French Docs

Hangover From Colonial Mentality – WHO Slams French Docs

April 7, 2020 1:22 pm
The World Health Organization, WHO, has reacted to some French doctors’ suggestion of using Africa as a test laboratory for Coronavirus vaccine.

The two French doctors, Jean Paul Mira and Camille Locht, who spoke on a live TV Interview, insisted that Africa is the best place to conduct such test as they recalled how an experimental treatment for AIDS was carried out in Africa

The statement has since triggered global outrage as some described it as racist.

Read Also: WHO Boss Told To Resign As US Death Toll Surpasses China

Reacting, the international health agency’s chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, while

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COVID-19 - Cross River Govt Counters WHO On Face Mask

COVID-19: Cross River Govt Counters WHO On Face Mask

April 3, 2020 4:57 pm

The Cross River State Government has debunked claims by the World Health Organization (WHO) that face mask doesn’t prevent transmission of coronavirus or other viral diseases.

Read Also: Coronavirus Hits 50 Countries In Africa, Figures Hit 284

Addressing a press conference in Calabar, Cross River State capital on Friday, the Commissioner for Health Dr Betta Edu who is the Chairman of COVID-19 Team said that the claim by the WHO should not be taken serious.

“About the World Health Organization (WHO) directives, I have stated very clearly and I will still say it over and over again that, in China,

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Coronavirus - Prepare For The Worst – WHO Warns Africa

Coronavirus: Prepare For The Worst – WHO Warns Africa

March 19, 2020 6:07 am

The World Health Organization, WHO, has warned African countries to prepare for the worst as coronavirus cases increase in the continent.

So far 233 cases of the deadly virus had been registered in sub-Saharan Africa which makes it the least-affected region in a global pandemic.

But, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, speaking to journalists in a virtual news conference on Wednesday said Africa needs to wake up as official numbers of COVID-19 cases do not likely reflect the full picture.

Few hours ago, Nigeria confirmed five new cases making it eight positive cases of Coronavirus.

The Buhari-led Government also placed

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Nearly 70,000 People Have Recovered From Coronavirus

Nearly 70,000 People Have Recovered From Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 4:30 pm

While the number of coronavirus cases has surpassed 127,000, more than 68,000 people have recovered.

The World Health Organization says those who become infected generally experience mild illness and recover in about two weeks.
The virus threatens people over the age of 60 with underlying health issues.

As the rate of new cases of the coronavirus continues to climb in the United States, prompting concerns, new data shows that nearly 70,000 people have recovered from the infection since the outbreak kicked off in late December.

Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that more than 68,000 people have recovered from the …

Congo: WHO Warns It is Running Out of Money For Ebola

February 24, 2020 2:57 pm

 

The World Health Organization is urgently appealing for $40 million to salvage its operation to bring the Ebola epidemic to an end in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Ebola operation in eastern DR Congo’s conflict-ridden North Kivu and Ituri provinces is on financial life-support.  The World Health Organization reports its coffers will be empty at the end of this month.  It is urging donors to step up immediately and contribute the money needed to tackle this virulent disease.

WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic says failure to support this operation would be tragic as good progress is being made in

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Coronavirus

Chinese Doctors Confirm African Gene Resists Coronavirus

February 14, 2020 2:53 pm

 

World Health Organization – Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.

Senou is a young Cameroonian student in China recently infected with Coronavirus he was released from hospital this morning cured of the virus.

Doctors seeking for a cure to treat the dreadful virus were amazed to see Senou still alive and fit even after contracting the …

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