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Virus exposes gaping holes in Africa’s health systems
The World Health Organization has warned that Africa, home to 1.3 billion people, could become the next epicentre of the pandemic.
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World leaders launch WHO COVID-19 plan, but US not involved
US President Donald Trump has lambasted the WHO as being slow to react to the outbreak and being “China-centric”, and announced a suspension of funding to the UN agency.
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'Mixed picture' in Europe, COVID-19 vaccine at least 12 months off: WHO
'The overall world outbreak, 90% of cases are coming from Europe and the United States of America. So we are certainly not seeing the peak yet,' WHO spokeswoman Dr. Margaret Harris told a briefing in Geneva.
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Some African countries heading for peak in coronavirus cases in weeks - WHO
The WHO’s Africa head, Matshidiso Moeti, said there is an “urgent need” to expand testing capacity beyond capital cities in Africa, as the virus spreads through countries.
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FACT CHECK: Chloroquine tested as treatment for COVID-19 – but is not a cure
Africa Check takes a look at the claims circulating that chloroquine is an “antidote” to Covid-19.
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WHO: Coronavirus outbreak 'getting bigger', warns of global spread
Hopes that the epidemic that started in China late last year would be over in months, and that economic activity would quickly return to normal, have been shattered as the number of international cases has spiralled.
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WHO warns against virus over-reaction as death toll hits 1,868
The WHO says the disease has infected a "tiny" proportion of people outside its epicentre and the mortality rate remains relatively low.
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Here is what WHO experts are watching on the coronavirus' spread
Here are some issues that WHO epidemiologists are probing to deepen understanding of the virus, believed to have jumped the species barrier at a seafood market in Wuhan in December, to help accelerate the development of drugs, diagnostics and vaccines.
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Local virologist optimistic about coronavirus findings
World Health Organisation data puts the death toll at just over 360 with the vast majority of the casualties in mainland China.
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Here's how you can track the outbreak of the coronavirus
An online dashboard has been developed to provide the public with an understanding of the outbreak situation as it unfolds, with transparent data sources.
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Inside the global coronavirus health emergency
A look at the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has already claimed more than 200 lives and been declared a global health emergency by the WHO.
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SA activates Emergency Operations Centre amid gloabl coronavirus outbreak
More than 200 people have died from the infection while thousands are being treated.
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WHO pre-qualifies first Ebola vaccine
The announcement comes hot on the heels of a decision last Monday by the European Commission to allow the release to market of an injectable vaccine.
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World at risk of pandemics that could kill millions, panel warns
Gro Harlem Brundtland, a former WHO head who co-chaired the board, added that current approaches to disease and health emergencies are 'characterised by a cycle of panic and neglect.'
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WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola
The World Bank announced Wednesday it would deploy a further $300 million in addition to $100 million already provided after Ebola erupted in August 2018.
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Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda -WHO
The woman was one of almost 1,700 victims of the current 11- month outbreak of the highly contagious disease, which the WHO upgraded to an international health emergency on Wednesday and which has so far been effectively confined to the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
Despite a highly effective vaccine and a swift international response after it was declared 11 months ago, the outbreak has proved tenacious, becoming Congo’s worst ever.
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'health emergency' of international concern - WHO
Those included the H1N1, or swine flu, the pandemic of 2009, the spread of poliovirus in 2014, the Ebola epidemic that devastated parts of West Africa from 2014 to 2016 and the surge of the Zika virus in 2016.
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WHO recognises 'burnout' as medical condition
WHO defines burnout as 'a syndrome conceptualised as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed'.
