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Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs

27-07-2020 17:08 Even as the grim figures keep rolling in, the World Health Organisation is arguing against a wholesale closing of borders, as global death toll reaches 650,000.

Global pandemic

Ignoring outrage, Trump makes good on WHO pullout

08-07-2020 00:09 In late May, Trump said that China exerted "total control" over the WHO and accused the UN body of failing to implement reforms.

Global pandemic

WHO warns of pressure on Latin American health systems

02-06-2020 15:21 Four of the 10 countries showing the greatest number of new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours were in Latin America, the World Health Organisation's emergencies director Michael Ryan said.

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Trump says the United States will cut ties with WHO

30-05-2020 10:04 Move likely to spark dismay, especially in other parts of the world where the coronavirus outbreak has yet to reach its peak.

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Trump says United States is 'terminating' relationship with WHO

29-05-2020 18:12 Trump accuses Geneva-based WHO of being a "puppet" of China, and said the funding freeze would become permanent unless it made "substantive improvements."

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WHO warns that first wave of Covid-19 pandemic is not over

26-05-2020 11:15 Top World Health Organisation official cautions that world is "right in the middle of the first wave globally," as cases in Brazil and India surge.

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Trump halts US funding to the World Health Organization

14-04-2020 23:52 Trump cuts off funding to the World Health Organisation in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the UN body of mishandling the crisis. Washington contributed US$400 million to the WHO last year.

Coronavirus pandemic

UN: 85% of new infections, deaths coming from Europe, United States

24-03-2020 08:50 WHO says infections and deaths globally from the new coronavirus are expected to increase “considerably” when global figures are published later Tuesday.

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World Health Organisation declares coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic

11-03-2020 14:47 By reversing course and using the charged word it had previously shied away from, United Nations health agency is seeking to shock lethargic countries into pulling out all the stops.