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China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first

China could have had 2.32 lakh coronavirus cases by mid-February: Study

11:57 pm April 23, 2020

Beijing: China could have reported over 2.32 lakh COVID-19 cases by mid-February — more than four times of what was officially announced — if it had followed a broader criterion to count the total number of infections, a study has said. “We estimated that there were at least 2,32,000 infections in the first epidemic wave […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

WHO chief insists ‘nothing hidden from US’ on coronavirus

11:58 pm April 20, 2020

Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted on Monday that the UN agency had not hidden from the United States any information it had about the coronavirus pandemic. He said the presence of embedded US government secondees working at the WHO headquarters in Geneva “means there is nothing hidden from the US, […]

Vaccinate kids aged under 5 against influenza: Tribal panel head to Maha govt

Online predators put millions of children at risk during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

3:43 pm April 15, 2020

United Nations: Millions of children around the world are at increased risk of online sexual exploitation, violence and cyberbullying as they spend more time on virtual platforms due to the closing of schools amid COVID-19 lockdown, the UN has said. More than 1.5 billion children and young people have been affected by the closing of […]

Virus ‘disaster in the making’ in war-torn Syria

3:26 pm April 13, 2020

Paris: As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, experts warn that disaster looms in war-torn Syria, where hospitals are unable to meet existing needs and hygiene conditions are dire. The outbreak has infected more than 1.8 million people and killed more than 112,000 around the world since emerging in China […]

US criticises WHO for ignoring Taiwan virus warnings

1:14 am April 10, 2020

Washington: The United States on Thursday accused the World Health Organisation of putting politics first by ignoring Taiwanese warnings over China’s coronavirus outbreak, laying out its case against the UN body. President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold US funding for the WHO, which is at the forefront of fighting the pandemic that has infected more than […]