COVID-19

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World Health Organization: Coronavirus must generate ‘solidarity not stigma’

14 February 2020
Health

Investing in preparedness is the smartest way to ensure that the coronavirus and other disease outbreaks are “identified and stopped quickly”, the UN health agency said on Friday.

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Outside China, Coronavirus transmission ‘iceberg’ may not be as big as feared

13 February 2020
Health

As infections from COVID-19 coronavirus continue to rise, a senior UN health expert on Thursday said that there were some indications that disease transmission outside China might not be the tip of the “iceberg” that had been feared.

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UN health agency developing COVID-19 virus treatment master plan

12 February 2020
Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing a master plan for coordinating clinical trials that could lead to potential therapies for patients infected with the COVID-19 virus, the agency’s chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Wednesday.