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New York shuts early as global daily virus deaths top 10,000
Cases are surging across the United States and Europe, with governments forced to take more drastic action despite fears about the devastation inflicted on their economies.
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Whole world must benefit from COVID vaccine: WHO chief
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced Monday that their candidate vaccine had proven 90% effective in ongoing final phase trials involving more than 40,000 people.
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WHO says Africa escaped 'exponential' rise in COVID-19 cases
Africa recorded 34,706 deaths from 1,439,657 cases, far behind the other continents. The United States alone has 202,827 deaths from 6,979,937 cases.
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Africa CDC urges all nations to join WHO's COVAX vaccine initiative
The WHO said 76 rich nations were now committed to joining a global COVID-19 vaccine allocation plan co-led by the WHO that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots.
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FACT CHECK: Zweli Mkhize’s claims on SA’s ‘relationship with alcohol’
Africa Check looks at the claims by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize that although only 31% of the population drinks alcohol, South Africans drink more per person than anywhere in Africa. He also claimed that they are among the top drinkers in the world.
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WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults
Children aged 12 and over should particularly wear a mask when a one-metre distance from others cannot be guaranteed and there is widespread transmission in the area, the WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.
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WHO urges nations to join global shared vaccine bid
The World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that without vaccinating the planet's highest-risk populations simultaneously, it would be impossible to rebuild the global economy.
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SA's outbreak should be wake-up call for continent - WHO
South Africa reported a surge of 13,373 new cases on Saturday, the fourth largest globally.
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WHO: Eradication of coronavirus ‘unlikely’
Over 500,000 people have died from the virus since its outbreak in China late last year.
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WHO studying evidence on airborne virus transmission
The World Health Organisation said it would put out a new scientific brief within days, rounding up the knowledge about how the virus can be transmitted and ensuring its guidance stays in line with the evidence.
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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.
