The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic is out of control in North and South America, and that the virus will continue to spread unimpeded unless governments and individuals take the necessary steps to suppress your transmission. Almost 13 million people worldwide have tested positive …
Read More »Coronavirus crisis may worsen “worse and worse and worse,” warns WHO
GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference organized by the Geneva …
Read More »WHO discontinues hydroxychloroquine, anti-HIV drugs in COVID trials after failing to reduce death
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would suspend its trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the combined HIV drug lopinavir / ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality. The setback came when the WHO also reported more than 200,000 new cases …
Read More »Hundreds of scientists say coronavirus is in the air, report says
Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that the new, smaller particulate coronavirus in the air can infect people and are asking the World Health Organization to review the recommendations, The New York Times reported Saturday. The WHO has said that coronavirus disease spreads mainly from person to person through …
Read More »Hundreds of scientists write a letter to the WHO arguing that the coronavirus is in the air: NYT
According to reports, a group of 239 scientists representing 32 countries is preparing to ask the World Health Organization (WHO) to review its recommendations for the new coronavirus due to the evidence it says supports the claim that the disease is transmitted through the air. Scientists are expected to publish …
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