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GENEVA: Six months since the new coronavirus outbreak, the pandemic is still far from over, the World Health Organisation said on Monday, warning that “the worst is yet to come”. Reaching the half-year milestone just as the death toll surpassed 500,000 and the number of confirmed infections topped 10 million, the WHO said it was a moment to recommit to …

JOHANNESBURG: The coronavirus could smoulder in Africa for years and take a high death toll across the continent, the World Health Organisation has warned. The virus is spreading in Africa, but so far the continent has not seen a dramatic explosion in the number of confirmed cases. More than 52,000 confirmed infections and 2,074 virus-related deaths have been reported by …

GENEVA: The new coronavirus pandemic could severely disrupt access to anti-malaria nets and drugs in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning that malaria deaths risked doubling if efforts are not urgently scaled up. The UN health agency called on countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 95 per cent of all the world’s malaria cases and deaths …

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that the United States could become the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. “The coronavirus outbreak represents a major external shock to the macro outlook, akin to a large-scale natural disaster,” analysts at BlackRock Investment Institute said.In Geneva, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters there had been a “very large acceleration” in …

As the coronavirus spreads panic around the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has  warned people that criminals are using scams to steal money and sensitive information. Criminal elements are posing as WHO representatives, the agency said, adding that if anyone is contacting by a person or organization claiming to be from the WHO, they should take steps to verify …