WHO says it was first alerted to coronavirus by its office, not China
The World Health Organization has updated its account of the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis to say it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The U.N. health body has been ...
Coronavirus cases top 9 million as WHO says pandemic 'accelerating'
The WHO chief said the greatest threat facing the world was not the virus itself but "the lack of global solidarity and global leadership."
The World Health Organization warned Friday of a "new and dangerous phase" of the coronavirus pandemic with people tiring of lockdowns despite the disease's accelerating spread. The warning came as it emerged the virus was present in Italy in December, months before its first confirmed ...
Rise in coronavirus infections shows need for vigilance as world reopens
The head of the World Health Organization said more than 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported globally each day in the last two weeks.
Role of silent virus spreaders remains unclear, WHO now says
The World Health Organization said it’s still unclear how readily the novel coronavirus is spread by people who don’t develop symptoms, a day after a top official sparked debate by saying such transmission is "very rare.” Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and ...
WHO says pandemic 'far from over' as daily cases hit record high
More than 136,000 new cases were reported worldwide on Sunday, the most in a single day so far.
China denies cover-up and rejects ‘politicization’ of coronavirus
China lambasted suggestions that it hid information about the coronavirus outbreak, saying in a newly published white paper that it has acted transparently and informed the world of developments in a timely manner. "Some foreign politicians and media have presumed guilt for the origin of ...
Jair Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as COVID-19 kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization (WHO) after the U.N. agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout the region. A new Brazilian record ...
WHO and other experts say no evidence of coronavirus losing potency
The comments came after an assertion on Sunday by a high-profile Italian doctor.
Trump cutting U.S. ties with World Health Organization over virus
The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China. The move to quit the Geneva-based body, which ...
Japan and EU back independent probe into WHO coronavirus response
In first online summit, leaders call 'global solidarity' crucial to fighting pandemic, but voice support for investigation into world health body.
WHO suspends trials of hydroxychloroquine as virus treatment
The World Health Organization said on Monday it had temporarily suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for coronavirus. The decision came after a study published in The Lancet medical journal last week suggested the drug could increase the risk of death among ...
