Avainsana: COVID-19

The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says…

UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from global leaders requesting that when a successful COVID-19 vaccine is…

Canada and the United States appear likely to extend a ban on non-essential travel until June 21 amid the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, sources in…

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and that it…

A new study has been looking at patients with low vitamin D levels and COVID-19 severity levels. The data suggests that there is a connection,…

Last month, Ursula von der Leyen announced a €15 billion fund to help poor countries fight COVID-19. “We will only win this battle with a…

Countries are starting to ease the lockdown measures and there is fear in Europe of a new wave of infections towards the summer. Experts warn…

Temperature-monitoring bracelets that alert an app if a student has a fever were being trialled at Beijing schools on Monday – China’s latest use of…

As climate change contributes to a surge in disease outbreaks across the world, scientists warn that current rates of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss will…

France has extended its state of ”health emergency” until July 10 included. The health emergency was first declared on March 22 and was set to…

Thousands of travellers around the world were caught out by the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden border closures that came with it. Many have managed…

Ukraine locked down early and has a far lower rate of coronavirus infections than some countries in Western Europe, plus fewer than 400 deaths so…

Arizona State University will continue to provide COVID-19 models to the public despite instructions from the Arizona Department of Health Services to ”pause” the work,…

Containing coronavirus hotspots in sprawling city slums has been made harder by a dearth of reliable data, urban experts said on Wednesday, calling for more…

The task of introducing a vaccine for the coronavirus faces an uphill struggle in Africa, where a flood of online misinformation is feeding on mistrust…

The European Union is to put forward proposals for a mechanism to learn from the coronavirus pandemic at the next meeting of the World Health…

Lockdowns, travel restrictions, resource cutbacks and other measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus are putting victims of human trafficking at risk of…

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that a report that COVID-19 had emerged in December in France, sooner than previously thought, was “not surprising”,…

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that it was unlikely that French people would be able to undertake major foreign trips this summer and that…

The “most massive public health effort in history” is needed to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said on Monday, addressing a European Union…