According to WHO’s findings, Pakistan’s positivity rate of deadly coronavirus is now 22%, which is ‘higher’ than many other countries around the world. Positivity rates being monitored in all pandemic-affected countries around the world are the percentage of positive results out of the total number of sampled tests. As per WHO’s guidelines, countries should report … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that coronavirus pandemic is increasing in rural areas in Africa as international travelers came in the capital cities. However, WHO said that there is no indication that the virus has led to infections in refugee camps in Africa, or a large number of severe cases and deaths … Read more
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza has said that the suggestion of two-week off and two-week on lockdown is not under consideration. The State Health Minister said in his statement that it is not compulsory to follow the recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the special agency focuses … Read more
Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has stated on the WHO’s concern over the spread of Coronavirus. According to details, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto said in a message on Twitter that the WHO had expressed genuine concerns regarding COVID-19 in a letter to the Sindh government and made suggestions. He clarified that the government … Read more
The World Health Organization has mentioned that coronavirus may not be infectious if they are ‘asymptomatic’. WHO official epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said in a briefing in Geneva. Officials from the global health agency said that the Covid-19 case has been increasing daily and countries must keep putting efforts to overcome the pandemic. Van Kerkhove, … Read more
Pakistan confirmed new 75 deaths by novel coronavirus in one day and the number of positive cases has surged to 110065. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 2189. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 4117 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours. Punjab … Read more
The World Health Organization has advised people to wear face masks in public to avoid the spread of coronavirus. WHO has changed its advice on face masks. It said that the new data showed the masks could be “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets”. Globally, there are 6,851,340 confirmed cases of coronavirus out of which … Read more
After coronavirus, another disease Ebola killed 5 people, including a 15-year-old girl, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported the fresh Ebola outbreak. It said that 9 cases of Ebola have been reported. UNICEF said in a statement, “Four additional people who contracted the virus — all contacts of … Read more
World No Tobacco Day is being observed today to inform the public about the dangers of smoking. This day aims to spread awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco on health. According to the WHO, 8 million people die as a result of tobacco use every year. It is the main culprit behind lung diseases … Read more
The World Health Organization and 37 countries have appealed for common ownership of medicines, vaccines and diagnostic essentials to cope up with the global coronavirus pandemic. According to the international news agency, WHO and 37 countries aim patent laws they fear could become a hurdle sharing supplies. While pressure by mostly developing countries, called Covid-19 … Read more
US President Donald Trump warns the World Health Organization (WHO) to pull US funding permanently over coronavirus. He has warned the organization by sending a letter to WHO’s head. In the letter, Trump gave a 30-day deadline for the body to promise to bring “substantive improvements”. Otherwise, the WHO will lose US membership and funding. … Read more
President Donald Trump has once again criticized the World Health Organization by calling it a “puppet of China”. He termed it after the US said that WHO had led coronavirus “out of control” at the cost of “many lives”. US Health Secretary Alex Azar said to the UN’s World Health Assembly “There was a failure … Read more
Global health leaders are planning to call for a review of the international measures taken to combat with coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organization will conduct a virtual meeting on Monday and Tuesday for the 73rd assembly of the UN body. In this meeting, representatives from 194 of WHO’s member states will meet. Globally, 4,804,846 … Read more
The World Health Organization said that it was studying the connection between coronavirus and a rare disease that has killed children in Europe and the United States. News has been circulating that children in several countries have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease that shows symptoms similar to Kawasaki’s disease. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom … Read more
The World Health Organization warned against “immunity passports” for recovered patients, seen as a possible tool for countries preparing to re-open their economies. The WHO opposes such “passports” because recovery from the virus might not protect a person from reinfection. “There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have antibodies … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is no evidence that people who have recovered from the coronavirus are immune from the virus and cannot be re-infected. WHO said in a statement that there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from the Novel coronavirus and that the antibodies in their … Read more
World leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have joined on a video conference to launch the global push to accelerate work to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The leaders have pledged the international community to accelerate work on Novel coronavirus tests, drugs and vaccines and also … Read more
China has announced on Thursday (April 23) that it will donate $30 million additional to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help in the world fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the detail, China took this decision to donate cash to WHO, days after US said it would freeze funding. Foreign ministry spokesman Hua … Read more
The world health organization asked all countries to lift the lockdown gradually, and boundaries should be relaxed soon. According to the details, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific said that Lockdown measures have proved effective, and people must be ready for a new way of living to allow society to function while the coronavirus … Read more
United Nations Antonio Guterres has asked world nations to support the World Health Organization. According to the details, UN chief asked the world to support instead of complaining its role against the deadly Coronavirus. Guterres said in a statement that it was not the time to reduce the resources for the operations of the WHO. … Read more
WHO has introduced a Health Alert platform. It will be a Facebook Messenger chatbot and will provide COVID-19 updates through Facebook’s global reach. The World Health Organization (WHO) has come up with an initiative to keep the public updated in an advanced way. This health alert service will be available in a variety of languages … Read more
Bill Gates lashes out at the US President Donald Trump over his decision to halt funding they provide to the World Health Organization. He said that taking this decision during coronavirus pandemic is “as dangerous as it sounds.” Bill Gates said in a recent tweet, “Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world … Read more
President of the United States has announced he would stop funding to the World Health Organization over its mishandling coronavirus pandemic. Media reports said President of the United States Donald Trump told a White House news conference the WHO had “failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable.” Donald Trump said the … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan called for a Global Initiative on Debt Relief to deal with coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a message broadcast to the international community that coronavirus pandemic has given birth to unprecedented health and economic challenges. He feared that the global slump might be worse than depression. Apart from … Read more
President of the United States (US President) Donald Trump has warned for de-funding World Health Organization (WHO) accusing it to be bias for China. In his latest press briefing, US President Donald Trump said; “They missed the call. They could have called it months earlier.” “They would have known. And they should’ve known.” “And they … Read more
Pakistan is amongst the developing countries with a very high tobacco prevalence and high mortality rate, where above 166,000 people die of tobacco-related diseases every year in Pakistan. 70 per cent of those get damaged lungs due to second-hand smoke at indoor places. If these stats weren’t alarming enough, the current global pandemic of COVID-19 … Read more
World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the deadly coronavirus is not airborne. In its latest WHO wrote: FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne. The #coronavirus is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. To protect yourself: -keep 1m distance from others -disinfect surfaces frequently -wash/rub your hands -avoid touching … Read more
The World Health Organization reported that about a third of all new confirmed coronavirus cases were in the United States. WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris informed the international media that 85 percent of the previous day’s new confirmed cases of Covid-19, were in the United States or Europe. And 40 percent of those cases were reported in … Read more
