WADR

It's you speaking!

It's you speaking!

World

WHO COVID-19 Probe team visits Wuhan virus lab

The World Health Organization WHO team of 10 are today, Wednesday arriving the Chinese city of Wuhan, where cases of the coronavirus infections were first reported in December 2019. The team consist of scientists from 10 different countries. The scientists…

WHO reports ‘slight slowdown’ in new COVID cases

The World Health Organization said Monday it has observed a slight slowdown in new cases of the coronavirus infection worldwide for the third week in a row. WHO Director General – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the agency’s briefing in…

WHO, partners sequencing new COVID variant

Recall, south Africa and the United Kingdom are the first nations to record the new nutant virus. Since the reported case of the new covid19 virus, countries around the world have in recent days announced the discovery on the new…

UNHCR calls for help for migrants enroute the mediteranean

The United Nations Refugee Agency – UNHCR has called for a more concerted effort from the international community to save lives of refugees en route towards the Mediterranean. The Agency in a 2021 strategic action plan Wednesday also called for…

2021 must be a year of transformation: UN Secretary General

Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN’s 193 Member States on Thursday that following an “annus horribilis” of death, disaster and despair, 2021 must be a year of transformation. Outlining his priorities for the months ahead, Mr. Guterres emphasized that now…

WHO tracks back outbreak of novel coronavirus in 2020

The World health organization WHO on Monday tracked back on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus this week in 2020.  According to the UN health agency, the world in January last year, had just over a thousand confirmed infections with…

ILO warns of lost lockdown generation

The United Nations’ labour arm warned on Monday that Covid19 is causing a crisis of unprecedented inequality and threatening the return to the labour market of a generation of women, young workers and low-skilled employees. It said coronavirus pandemic wiped…

WHO recommends follow-up care for COVID-19 patients

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that patients who have COVID-19 – both confirmed and suspected – should have access to follow-up care if they have persistent, new or changing symptoms. This is one of the recommendations made by…

UK COVID-19 related deaths top 100,000

A total of 100,162 COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in the UK, the first European nation to pass the landmark. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a Downing Street news conference that it was hard to compute the…