カテゴリー: World Health Organization
Foreign minister says ‘we have to stand up for ourselves’ after Beijing protests against calls for Taiwan to join the WHO as an observerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s foreign minister has said the country has …
Beijing claims appear at odds with WHO saying requests were yet to be accepted; global deaths near 270,000; Australia’s three-steps out of lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has said it is “always open to cooperat…
Mechanism will stop short of US and Australian appeals for full international inquiryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe European Union is to put forward proposals for a mechanism to learn from the coronavirus pandemic at th…
Health body says any ‘aggressive investigation of wrongdoing’ regarding virus origins makes understanding it harderCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization says the United States government has not given…
Aim is to streamline and coordinate research and ensure poorer countries also benefitCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA global alliance of world leaders, potentially including China and the US, is expected to pledge to raise …
Test results suggesting people in South Korea had been reinfected after recovering from Covid-19 were actually false positives caused by dead lung cells, the World Health Organization’s technical lead, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, has told the BBC’s Andrew M…
Video meeting seen as global endorsement of WHO and sign of Trump’s isolation on world stageCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGlobal leaders have pledged to accelerate cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine and to share research…
As the warnings grew louder, Boris Johnson’s government was distracted by Brexit. On testing, contact tracing and equipment supply, there was a failure to prepare Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBy late December last year, d…
Caught between the US and China, the world health body has been unable to enforce compliance or information sharing Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen a pandemic strikes, the world’s leading experts convene – physically or…
Reports from South Korea say some patients had tested positive while being considered for dischargeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is looking into reports of some Covid-19 pati…
In just three months, the coronavirus has turned the world upside down. But how did it play out so quickly? We take a look back to where it all began – from its origins in south east Asia, to its acceleration across Europe and the US. As the infec…
US officials voice hope that isolation measures are working amid accusations of racism in fight between Taiwan and WHOCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGlobal cases of Covid-19 approached 1.5 million, as both the US and the UK…
US officials voice hope that isolation measures are working amid accusations of racism in fight between Taiwan and WHOCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGlobal cases of Covid-19 approached 1.5 million, as both the US and the UK…
Canadian Bruce Aylward, who visited Wuhan in February, appeared to hang up or be cut off when pressed on Taipei’s record Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA senior advisor at the World Health Organization (WHO) appeared to han…