GENEVA (Reuters) – Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries will have to do more to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus within their borders, the World Health Organization said Monday. A wave of infections has caused countries to re-impose some travel restrictions in recent …
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FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends a press conference on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 3, 2019 REUTERS / Denis Balibouse GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – Researchers are making “good …
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A health worker explains to a man how to lie down to collect a swab sample during the coronavirus disease screening test (COVID-19), at a test drive site in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, July 17 2020. REUTERS / Jose Luis González (Reuters) – The World Health Organization reported a record increase …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases worldwide on Friday with the United States leading other nations at the peak. In a daily report, the WHO reported 237,743 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, breaking the previous single-day record of 230,370 …
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Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: July 15, 2020 10:24:39 am The WHO has formally recognized the possibility that the new coronavirus may remain in the air in crowded indoor spaces, where “short-range aerosol transmission cannot be ruled out …”. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty) The World …
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