Coronavirus update: UN scales back major conference

Man Yi

Flight attendants wear face masks at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in China.

Coronavirus update: UN scales back major conference

4 March 2020 Health

The organizing committee of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a major UN conference scheduled to take place in March, has decided to cut the event down to a one-day meeting, citing current concerns surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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A woman processes cloth at a toy factory in Shenzen, China.

Coronavirus COVID-19 wipes $50 billion off global exports in February alone, as IMF pledges support for vulnerable nations

4 March 2020

Economic Development

The extent of the damage to the global economy caused by novel coronavirus COVID-19 moved further into focus on Wednesday as UN economists announced a likely $50 billion drop in worldwide manufacturing exports in February alone.

At United Nations Headquarters in New York, staff are given guidance about the use of face masks.

‘We can’t stop COVID-19 without protecting health workers’: WHO chief

3 March 2020

Health

A shortage of protective equipment is endangering health workers worldwide, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, citing “severe and mounting disruption to the global supply” caused by “rising demand, panic buying, hoarding and misuse”.