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China shows COVID-19 Coronavirus can be ‘stopped in its tracks’
China’s experience in containing the spread of the new coronavirus could serve as a lesson for other countries now facing the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Pakistan’s response to coronavirus is best among the world, says WHO
ISLAMABAD: Terming Pakistan’s measures against novel coronavirus (Covid-19) threat as ‘timely’ and the ‘best national response’ World Health Organisation (WHO)…
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Coronavirus update: new WHO fund, Guterres calls for ‘prudence, not panic’
In a video message recorded on Friday afternoon, UN chief António Guterres assured the world that the COVID-19 virus will…
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Coronavirus update: WHO chief calls for private sector to step up, and, should you take that flight?
In his daily briefing to the press on Friday, World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that supplies…
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No country should make ‘fatal’ mistake of ignoring COVID-19: Tedros
All countries should do more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and none should make the “fatal” mistake of assuming that…
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Simple urine test could improve early detection of bladder cancer – WHO study
A new study conducted by researchers from the United Nations health agency revealed that bladder cancer mutations can be detected…
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Polio eradication a UN priority, says Guterres in Pakistan visit
LAHORE: In one of the last bastions of polio on the planet, millions of children are being given a fighting chance against the…
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Coronavirus: demand for face masks creates shortfall for those in real need
Unprecedented global demand for face masks and other protective equipment fuelled by the coronavirus epidemic, has created potentially dangerous shortages…
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Coronavirus: UN health agency moves fast to tackle ‘infodemic’; Guterres warns against stigmatization
The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken steps to ensure that the coronavirus epidemic that has claimed hundreds of lives…
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Haiti cholera outbreak ‘stopped in its tracks’
HEALTH: After a nine-year long cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed close to 10,000 people, this week the country reached…
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