Mental health toll of pandemic ‘devastating’ – WHO

AFP 10/06/2020

GENEVA — The COVID-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact” on mental health services globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday, ahead of a large fundraising push. It warned that mental health had been overlooked in the crisis,…

‘Do you really need to party?’ WHO asks world’s youth

Reuters 08/06/2020

GENEVA– Young people must curb their party instincts to help prevent new outbreaks of the COVID-19, officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) pleaded on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Tired of lockdowns and eager to enjoy the…

WHO warns there may never be a COVID-19 ‘silver bullet’

Agence France Presse 08/03/2020

GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for the new coronavirus, despite the rush to discover effective vaccines. The WHO urged governments and citizens to focus on doing the…

Global virus cases top 18 million as Australian city imposes curfew

AFP 08/03/2020

MELBOURBE, Australia – The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide topped 18 million on Monday with the illness continuing its march, after Australia’s second-largest city imposed a curfew to halt the spread. Six months after the World…

WHO: PH outnumbers China in COVID-19 cases in Western Pacific Region

Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ 07/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has surpassed China in the total number of COVID-19 infections in the Western Pacific Region, the latest World Health Organization (WHO) data have shown. According to WHO, the Philippines now has 89,374…

Breathtaking virus numbers show normal life still far away

Associated Press 07/19/2020

JOHANNESBURG  — South Africa on Saturday became one of the top five worst-hit countries in the coronavirus pandemic, as breathtaking new infection numbers around the world were a reminder that a return to normal life is still…

WHO: Indoor airborne spread of coronavirus possible

Associated Press 07/10/2020

LONDON — The World Health Organization is acknowledging the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions — after more than 200 scientists urged the agency to do so. In an open letter…

WHO: Indoor airborne spread of coronavirus possible

07/10/2020

LONDON — The World Health Organization is acknowledging the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions — after more than 200 scientists urged the agency to do so. In an open letter…

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge virus can spread in air

AP 07/07/2020

LONDON  — More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures being…

WHO blames ‘uncompliant’ Cebuanos for COVID-19 rise

Jovic Yee - Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/04/2020

Like President Rodrigo Duterte, the World Health Organization (WHO) also attributes the spike in cases of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cebu City to the supposed noncompliance of residents with health protocols put in place to…

WHO: PH has fastest rise in virus cases in Western Pacific

Jovic Yee - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/28/2020

MANILA, Philippines — In nearly two weeks, the Philippines had the fastest rise in coronavirus cases in the Western Pacific region, more than three times that of Singapore which is battling a second wave of infection. Data…

WHO halts hydroxychloroquine trials on COVID-19 patients

06/19/2020

GENEVA — The World Health Organization decided Wednesday to halt trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, finding it did not reduce the mortality rate. A decades-old malaria and rheumatoid arthritis drug, hydroxychloroquine…

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