Wear masks in public, says WHO in new coronavirus advice
The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidance on Friday to recommend that governments ask everyone to wear fabric face ...
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Coronavirus ‘may never go away’, says WHO
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any ...
US President Trump freezes WHO funding over China COVID-19 ‘cover up’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is directing his administration to halt U.S. funding of the World Health Organization, ...
Africa will not be a testing ground for COVID-19 vaccine, says WHO boss
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as "racist" the comments by two French doctors who suggested ...
Scare as Burkina Faso reports first coronavirus death in Sub Saharan Africa
Burkina Faso on Wednesday announced its first death from Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. It is the first ...
Panic as Chinese suspected of having coronavirus quarantines himself in Arua
Workers at a hotel in Arua town were forced to alert security on Wednesday after reasonably suspecting a Chinese national ...
Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and why ‘Pulling’ was outlawed
Gender and Culture Minister Peace Mutuuzo has been in the eye of the storm lately for suggesting that female genital ...
Five simple steps to avoid getting flu, cold
The most common symptoms of influenza (flu) include fever, a dry cough, headache, muscle and joint pain, a sore throat ...
WHO: Tanzania declining to share data on suspected Ebola cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) says Tanzania has refused to provide detailed information on suspected Ebola cases. In a statement ...
Why Ebola cannot be tamed in DR Congo
Seven grave diggers dressed in medical smocks, surgical gloves and plastic boots lifted the coffin from the back of a ...
