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WHO chief brands COVID-19 protection gear corruption ‘murder’

Corrupt practices around medical safety gear for COVID-19 health workers is tantamount to "murder", the World Health Organization chief said Friday. In strong remarks, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that corruption which deprives health workers of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) threatened not only their lives but also the lives of their patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. The WHO director-general was asked about graft in South Africa, which is reeling […]

today22 August 2020

International News

UN says ‘not the time’ as Trump suspends WHO funds over pandemic

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had instructed his administration to suspend funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, in a move that drew immediate condemnation. Trump, at a White House news conference, claimed the WHO had "failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable". He accused the group of promoting China's "disinformation" about the virus that […]

today15 April 2020

International News

UN health agency goes to China as mainland deaths rise above 900

An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for Beijing to help investigate China's coronavirus epidemic, which authorities said on Monday had now claimed 908 lives on the mainland. The outbreak has caused huge disruptions in China with usually busy cities becoming virtual ghost towns over the past two weeks as Communist Party rulers ordered communities sealed off, cancelled flights, closed factories and […]

today10 February 2020

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