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Ms. Beate Trankmann, UNDP Resident Representative in China
UNDP China

UNDP in China supporting procurement of urgent medical supplies for developing countries

8 April 2020
Interviews

Supplies of personal protection equipment (PPE), masks and other medical items made in China are being sent to developing countries to support health workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in the country has said. 

Beate Trankmann spoke to Siwen Qian about the complications of securing supplies, how UNDP is ensuring the quality of the items being procured, and the pandemic’s impact on China’s economic development and its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Lu Xiang, Deputy Director of Jiangsu Medical Mission to Huangshi, Hubei during the COVID-19.
Provided by Lu Xiang

First Person: Heartbreak and hope – one doctor’s story from China’s coronavirus ground zero

28 March 2020
Health

Xiang Lu is one of the thousands of Chinese doctors who was dispatched to fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the hardest-hit province of Hubei, as it reached its peak. When UN News spoke to him on 23 March, he said that the situation is vastly improved and he may, at last, be able to return home.

UNDP intern, Shuangnan Wu, was admitted into hospital in Zhengzhou in eastern China with a case of suspected COVID-19.
UNDP China

FROM THE FIELD: Surviving a coronavirus scare in China

18 March 2020
Health

A young woman who works as an intern for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in China has been talking about the anxiety she faced after being hospitalized for several days with a suspected case of coronavirus or COVID-19.

Luwei Pearson (right), Acting Head of the Health Section of UNICEF on COVID-19, is seen here at the Pediatric Ward of Haitian Teaching Hospital-UNICEF Supported Neonatal Project.
© UNICEF/Luisa Brumana

Still ‘early days’ to assess COVID-19 impact on children: UNICEF 

18 March 2020
Interviews

Shortly after the outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), UNICEF was among the first United Nations agencies to step up and deliver much-needed medical supplies including masks to China.  

UN News spoke to Ms. Luwei Pearson, Acting Director of UNICEF’s Health Programme Division, about the agency’s quick response to the outbreak, and other issues including the possible physical and mental impact on millions of children faced with school closures.  

UN News’s Maoqi Li spoke to Ms. Luwei Pearson, via skype.  

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WHO infographics on preventing novel coronavirus in China
WHO Graphics

China has demonstrated COVID-19 course can be altered - WHO

16 March 2020
Interviews

A decline in COVID-19 cases in China demonstrates that containment efforts can help alter the course of the pandemic, f according to Dr. Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the country. 

 spoke to UN News’s Siwen Qian about cooperation between China and the UN, the value of strong public health systems, and why people everywhere should not panic and simply follow practical advice to limit spread of the virus.

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Medical equipment supplied by the World Food Programme (WFP) arrives in Beijing.
Photo courtesy of Yingshi Zhang

China shows COVID-19 Coronavirus can be ‘stopped in its tracks’

16 March 2020
Health

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) has told UN News in an in-depth interview. 

Alcohol-based hand sanitisers are placed at the entrance of WHO China Office. Staff are reminded to clean their hands correctly and adequately before entering.
WHO China

Coronavirus knows no borders: UN in China shares lessons learned so far 

6 March 2020
Interviews

The streets of China’s capital having gone eerily quiet, following the COVID-19 outbreak, Beijing is now slowly returning to its usual vibrant self.  The UN offices in Beijing will reopen on Monday, and in an interview with UN News, Resident Coordinator in China, Nicholas Rosellini, said good communication was vital to avoid panic, and unwarranted stigmatization around the world.  

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Two young girls play on swings in a playground in Namibia.
WHO/Willem Vrey

News in Brief 19 February 2020

19 February 2020
News in Brief

UN-backed report finds no country offers 'flourishing' future for children

More than 3 million in Niger, mainly children, need aid relief: UNICEF

UNAIDS and China work to ensure people living with HIV receive treatment amid COVID-19 outbreak

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People wear face masks in the waiting area at China's Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
UN News/Jing Zhang

Coronavirus: First case confirmed in Gulf region, more than 6,000 worldwide

29 January 2020
Health

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the coronavirus outbreak has now spread to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The vast majority of cases continue to be declared in China, with more than 6,000 confirmed, 68 of them outside of the country.

Airport workers wear face masks at China's Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport.
UN News/Jing Zhang

UN health agency: Time is now to 'act as one' in fighting infectious coronavirus

25 January 2020
Health

Following confirmed cases of the Novel coronavirus in Europe, the United Nations health agency released a statement on the  need for the international community to work together as one to combat the infectious disease.