GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a global emergency, the highest level of alert, at the right time, its Director-General Tedros...
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said claims that the novel coronavirus was transmitted to people “from an animal” and originated in a laboratory...
SINGAPORE – Singapore will extend its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) “circuit breaker” period by four weeks to June 1 to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Prime...
WASHINGTON – The world is on the brink of a hunger pandemic as the coronavirus continues to spread, World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley said Tuesday....
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is halting all legal permanent immigration to the US for at least 60 days, citing a “solemn duty”...
ISTANBUL – Countries should act now to stop the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic transforming into a food crisis, the head of the UN International Fund for Agricultural...
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have called on countries to keep trade open as the world battles the coronavirus...
GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday that the “worst is yet ahead of us” from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak. WHO...
The medical front liners in the Philippines are not the only Filipinos who were being treated unfairly amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic because even...
HANOI – Leaders attending the online Special Asean+3 Summit on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response, chaired by Vietnam, on Tuesday, shared experience and discussed concrete measures to...