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Yemen gov’t accuses Houthis of covering up coronavirus outbreak

Yemen's Saudi-backed government has accused its Houthi foes of covering up a large outbreak of coronavirus in areas they hold as the United Nations warned that the country could suffer a "catastrophic" food security situation due to the pandemic. The Aden-based government also called for urgent global assistance to help Yemen's war-ravaged health sector deal with the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The World Health […]

today19 May 2020

International News

WHO warns against coronavirus ‘immunity passports’

The United Nations's health agency has warned there is no scientific evidence to prove that people who have recovered from the coronavirus develop immunity against potential infection in the future, as the global death toll from COVID-19 passed 200,000 on Saturday amid 2.8 million infections. The World Health Organization (WHO) gave the warning as a number of countries consider issuing so-called "immunity passports" to people who have recovered from COVID-19, the disease […]

today26 April 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

Local

Ebola patient dies in Congo, first case in 50 days

The first person to contract Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in more than 50 days has died, the government said on Friday, ending hopes that the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history might be over. The Central African country planned to declare an end to the epidemic on Sunday, which would have allowed its overstretched health service to concentrate on containing the coronavirus, which has infected 215 and killed […]

today11 April 2020

International News

G20 leaders to inject $5 trillion into global economy in fight against coronavirus

Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies pledged on Thursday to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses from the coronavirus and “do whatever it takes to overcome the pandemic.”Showing more unity than at any time since the G20 was created during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the leaders said they committed during a videoconference summit to implement and fund all necessary health […]

today27 March 2020

International News

WHO calls for more ‘aggressive’ action on COVID19

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for more "aggressive" action to curb the coronavirus in Southeast Asia, after the European Union, now at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, moved to seal off its borders. Southeast Asia is facing a wave of infections that originate from an event at a mosque on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur attended by some 16,000 people. Malaysia now has the biggest outbreak in […]

today18 March 2020

News

Golden Arrow implements extra hygiene as commuters fear spread of COVID 19

As the number of Co-VID19 or coronavirus infections across the globe steadily increases, dozens of countries have implemented plans to contain and limit its spread. This includes South Africa, where President Cyril Ramaphosa joined several European countries in declaring a national state of disaster on Sunday. In his announcement, Ramaphosa advised the public to avoid all non-essential domestic travel - particularly by air, rail, taxis and bus. But, in a […]

today17 March 2020

International News

Coronavirus officially a pandemic: WHO

The coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared, urging governments to step up containment efforts as the number of worldwide cases topped 120,000 and deaths exceeded 4,300. The United Nations body had previously stopped short of such a designation as the illness spread from China, with major outbreaks in South Korea, Iran and Italy, where deaths due to the virus surged past 800 on Wednesday. The […]

today12 March 2020

International News

Co-VID 19: Italy death toll jumps as global outbreak deepens

Governments around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of COVID-19, which is growing globally even as transmission in China, where the virus originated at the end of last year, continues to show signs of slowing. There are more than 93,000 cases around the world - the overwhelming majority in China - but as deaths are reported in Italy, Iran and the United States, authorities are considering new quarantine zones and […]

today4 March 2020

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