The World Health Organisation has asked countries to refrain from religious, racial and ethical profiling of coronavirus cases, pointing to media coverage of Tablighi Jamaat congregation…
The World Health Organisation 'deeply concerned' by the coronavirus escalation on Wednesday said the number infected globally will reach a million within the next few days, after witnessing "exponential…
The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems worldwide. The rapidly increasing demand on health facilities and health care workers threatens to leave some health systems…
WHO has launched a dedicated messaging services in Arabic, English, French and Spanish with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. This…
According to current evidence, COVID-19 virus is transmitted between people through respiratory droplets and contact routes.
Droplet transmission occurs when a person is in in…
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, addressed Heads of State at Thursday’s extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit focused on COVID-19.
He told…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidance which will help countries accelerate efforts to stop people with tuberculosis (TB) infection becoming sick with TB…
In a coordinated effort to combat the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed to…
In an unprecedented move, tech giants Microsoft, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter and YouTube have joined forces to combat COVID-19 related fraud and misinformation on their platforms.…