Tag: World
40 Cr Indian Workers May Sink Into Poverty Due To COVID-19: ILO
About 40 crore workers in India working in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.....
UN Chief Defends WHO After Trump Threat
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored the necessity of the World Health Organization (WHO) during the coronavirus crisis in the face of a threat by US President Donald Trump to withhold funds for the UN agency.....
New York Coronavirus Shutdown Extended To May 15
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended till May 15 the shutdown in the state that is the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic with 223,231 cases and 14,198 deaths.....
2 Italian Companies Could Put COVID-19 Vaccine In Human Trials In September
Potential COVID-19 vaccines being developed by two private research laboratories outside of Rome could enter into a testing phase as soon as in September, according to information from the two companies.....
Russia Registers New Single-day Record Of 10,633 COVID-19 Cases
Russia on Sunday reported a new single-day record with 10,633 COVID-19 cases confirmed over the last 24 hours, raising its total number of infections to 134,687, health authorities said.....
WHO Chief Warns Of Risk Of Returning To Lockdown
As more and more countries consider how to ease the so-called lockdown restrictions, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the exit measures should be done extremely carefully.....
WHO Recommends Wider Use Of Face Masks To Curb COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday updated its guidance on the use of masks for control of COVID-19, advising all people aged 60 years or over, or those with underlying conditions, to wear a medical mask in situations where physical distancing is not possible. ....
Xi, WHO 'conspired' To Spread COVID-19 Across Globe: Plea In Bihar Court
A complaint has been filed in a Bihar court against Chinese President Xi Jinping and World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for allegedly conspiring to spread coronavirus worldwide.....
World's Largest Covid-facility Coming Up In Delhi
To ramp up the capacity of beds in the national capital, the Delhi government has started converting South Delhi's Radha Soami Spiritual Centre into the world's largest COVID-19 care facility with over 200 halls and 10,000 beds. ....
Global Corona Cases Top 8.4 Million: JHU
The overall number of global corona cases has topped to over 8.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 453,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.....
