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Confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 27 Feb via @WHO 🌎: 82,294 🇨🇳: 78,630 🇰🇷: 1,766 🚢: 705 🇮🇹: 400 🇯🇵: 186 🇮🇷: 141 🇸🇬: 93 🇺🇸: 59 🇰🇼: 43 🇹🇭: 40 🇧🇭: 33 🇦🇺: 23 🇲🇾: 22 🇩🇪: 21 🇫🇷: 18 🇻🇳: 16 🇬🇧🇦🇪: 13 🇪🇸: 12 🇨🇦: 11 🇮🇶: 6 🇴🇲: 4 🇮🇳🇵🇭🇭🇷: 3 🇷🇺🇮🇱🇦🇹🇵🇰🇫🇮🇸🇪🇱🇧: 2 🇰🇭🇳🇵🇱🇰🇧🇪🇪🇬🇦🇫🇩🇿🇨🇭🇧🇷🇩🇰🇪🇪🇬🇪🇬🇷🇲🇰🇳🇴🇷🇴: 1
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"Yesterday, Wuhan, China 🇨🇳 reported no new #COVID19 cases for the first time since the outbreak began. #Wuhan provides hope for the rest of the world, that even the most severe situation can be turned around." - @DrTedros at @WHO #coronavirus press briefing on 20 March.
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Countries w/ the largest increases in new #COVID19 cases over the past week: Cases today [+% increase] 🇮🇹 41,035 [+172%] 🇮🇷 18,407 [+62%] 🇪🇸 17,147 [+307%] 🇩🇪 10,999 [+259%] 🇫🇷 10,877 [+280%] 🇺🇸 10,442 [+726%] 🇨🇭 3,863 [+350%] 🇬🇧 3,277 [+452%] 🇳🇱 2,460 [+206%] 🇦🇹 1,843 [+266%]
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The following countries & territories have recently reported their first cases of #COVID19 : 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇦 Gabon 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇷🇪 Réunion 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇪 Venezuela #coronavirus
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How long did it take to reach one million #COVID19 confirmed cases in the 🌍? This @aljazeera chart shows that it took 43 days to reach the first 100k, but it took only one day to go from 900k to 1 million cases. 📈
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -110,029 #COVID19 cases globally & 3,817 deaths 🌍 -93% of cases in 🇨🇳 🇮🇹 🇰🇷 🇮🇷 -All of Italy on lockdown -In China, 70% of cases recovered -"Countries w/ community transmission should consider closing schools, cancelling gatherings," - @DrTedros
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(1/2) #COVID19 cases as of 8 Mar 16:00 CET via @WHO 🌎106,893 🇨🇳80,859 🇰🇷7,134 🇮🇷6,566 🇮🇹5,883 🇫🇷939 🇩🇪847 🚢696 🇪🇸589 🇯🇵455 🇬🇧277 🇨🇭264 🇺🇸213 🇳🇱188 🇧🇪169 🇸🇪161 🇳🇴147 🇸🇬138 🇦🇹102 🇲🇾93 🇧🇭79 🇦🇺77 🇬🇷66 🇰🇼62 🇨🇦57 🇮🇶54 🇹🇭50 🇪🇬48 🇦🇪🇮🇸45 🇮🇳34 🇩🇰31 🇱🇧28 🇸🇲27
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B.1.1.7 is NOT a “UK variant” B.1.351 is NOT a “South African variant” P.1 is NOT a “Brazilian variant” B.1.617.2 is NOT an “Indian variant” SARS-CoV-2 is NOT a “China virus” Referring to variants or viruses by where they were first detected should never be tolerated.
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More than 75% of reported #COVID19 cases are currently in eight countries. They are: 🇺🇸 USA: 21% 🇮🇹 Italy: 13% 🇪🇸 Spain: 11% 🇨🇳 China: 11% 🇩🇪 Germany: 9% 🇫🇷 France: 6% 🇮🇷 Iran: 5% 🇬🇧 UK: 3%
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -1,000,000+ confirmed cases & 51,000+ deaths 🌎 - @WHO asks countries to remove all financial barriers to testing & care for #COVID19 -225,000+ recovered 🏥 -CDC: all Americans should wear cloth masks in public 😷 -Half of world under lockdown 🏠
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An inspiring act of generosity. #Jimin of @BTS_twt made a contribution of KRW 100 million towards @Rotary to help administer #polio vaccines to children worldwide. We applaud Jimin's efforts to help #EndPolio for good! #BTSARMY #BTS
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Today’s #coronavirus recap: -95,270 confirmed cases globally & 3,281 deaths -80% of new cases in 🇮🇷🇮🇹🇰🇷 - @WHO estimates ~3.4% of 🌎 #COVID19 cases have died -“It is a time for pulling out all the stops” - @DrTedros -Countries must take a comprehensive, all-government approach
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The pandemic is not over just because *you* are vaccinated.
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Weekend #coronavirus recap: -153,648 confirmed cases & 5,746 deaths 🌎 -US extends Europe travel ban to UK 🇬🇧 & Ireland 🇮🇪 -Spain on national lockdown 🇪🇸 -All 16 temporary #COVID19 hospitals in #Wuhan close ✔ - @WHO calls for "all-of-society" approach to fight pandemic 💪
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -113,851 #COVID19 cases globally & 4,015 deaths 🌍 -Italy 🇮🇹 now has largest outbreak outside China 🇨🇳 -China & South Korea see decline in new cases 📉 -New countries reporting cases: 🇧🇫🇨🇾🇲🇳🇵🇦🇧🇳🇨🇩🇬🇬🇯🇲 -16 countries shut down schools nationwide 🏫
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Confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 28 Feb via @WHO 🌎 83,652 🇨🇳 78,961 🇰🇷 2,337 🚢 705 🇮🇹 650 🇯🇵 245 🇮🇷 210 🇸🇬 96 🇺🇸 59 🇰🇼 43 🇹🇭 40 🇫🇷 38 🇧🇭 33 🇩🇪 26 🇪🇸 25 🇲🇾 24 🇦🇺 23 🇦🇪 19 🇬🇧🇻🇳 16 🇨🇦 11 🇮🇶🇸🇪 7 🇨🇭🇴🇲 6 🇦🇹🇳🇴 4 🇮🇳🇵🇭🇭🇷🇮🇱🇬🇷 3 🇷🇺🇫🇮🇱🇧🇵🇰 2 🇰🇭🇳🇵🇱🇰🇧🇪🇪🇬🇦🇫🇩🇿🇧🇷🇩🇰🇪🇪🇬🇪🇲🇰🇷🇴🇳🇬🇧🇾🇱🇹🇳🇿🇳🇱 1
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Countries w/ most confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 23 Mar (via @WHO ) and % increase in past week (since 16 Mar): 🇨🇳 81,603 [+1%] 🇮🇹 59,138 [+139%] 🇺🇸 31,573 [+647%] 🇪🇸 28,572 [+269%] 🇩🇪 24,774 [+412%] 🇮🇷 23,049 [+54%] 🇫🇷 15,821 [+194%] 🇰🇷 8961 [+9%] 🇨🇭 6971 [+217%] 🇬🇧 5687 [+239%]
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It took 94 days for the 🌎 to reach one million confirmed #COVID19 cases. It took only 12 days to double that. 📈 Timeline 👇 ▶ 31 Dec: 1st cases reported ▶ 03 Apr: 1,000,000+ cases ▶ 15 Apr: 2,000,000+ cases #coronavirus
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -93,164 confirmed cases globally & 3,199 deaths -90% of new cases from 🇮🇷 🇮🇹 🇰🇷 - #COVID19 deadlier than flu, but doesn't spread as easily ( @WHO ) -Containment still a top 🌍 priority - #PPE supply is rapidly depleting; increase in production needed
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(1/2) Confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 9 Mar 16:00 CET via @WHO 🌎110,029 🇨🇳80,904 🇰🇷7,382 🇮🇹7,375 🇮🇷6,566 🇫🇷1,116 🇩🇪1,112 🇪🇸999 🚢696 🇯🇵488 🇨🇭332 🇬🇧277 🇳🇱265 🇺🇸213 🇸🇪203 🇧🇪200 🇳🇴169 🇸🇬150 🇲🇾117 🇦🇹112 🇧🇭95 🇦🇺77 🇬🇷73 🇰🇼64 🇨🇦62 🇮🇶60 🇪🇬🇮🇸55 🇹🇭50 🇦🇪45 🇮🇳43
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As of today, 26 countries have shut down schools nationwide to slow the spread of #COVID19 , impacting ~376.9 million children 🌍, @UNESCO says. 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 🇮🇹 🇮🇷 🇧🇭 🇮🇶 🇬🇪 🇦🇿 🇰🇼 🇶🇦 🇸🇦 🇦🇪 🇱🇧 🇲🇳 🇰🇵 🇬🇷 🇷🇴 🇲🇩 🇦🇱 🇧🇦 🇨🇿 🇲🇰 🇵🇾 🇵🇦 🇸🇻
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The EU 🇪🇺 will close all external borders for 30 days starting tomorrow at 12:00 to prevent spread of #coronavirus . European countries on lockdown as of 16 March due to #COVID19 : - Italy 🇮🇹 - Spain 🇪🇸 - France 🇫🇷 - Czech Republic 🇨🇿
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -334,981 confirmed cases & 14,652 deaths 🌎 ( @WHO ) -No new cases in #Wuhan for 5 days 🇨🇳 -100,885 recovered ( @JHUSystems ) -NYC area now epicenter of 🇺🇸 outbreak -🇲🇿🇹🇨🇧🇿🇲🇲 report first #COVID19 cases -Olympics will be postponed, says IOC member 🏊
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -1.6 million cases & 100,000+ deaths as of 10 Apr 🌎 -374,500+ recovered 🏥 -Cases slow in Italy 🇮🇹, Spain 🇪🇸 -UK 🇬🇧 has deadliest day -1st case in War-torn Yemen 🇾🇪 - @WHO : lifting restrictions too early can cause deadly resurgence of #COVID19 📈
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Today's #coronavirus recap: - @WHO declares #COVID19 a pandemic 🚨 -118,381 confirmed cases globally & 4,292 deaths 🌍 -90% of cases in 🇨🇳🇮🇹🇰🇷🇮🇷 -Italy, UK announce funding packages to mitigate 💲 impact -Countries must scale up testing, contact tracing now 🧪 says @DrTedros
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"We must unite to confront the pandemic together...we must also make a promise to future generations: never again." - @DrTedros at a @WHO #COVID19 press briefing on 27 Mar. #coronavirus
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According to @WHO , the following countries/territories have reported their first cases of #COVID19 in the past 24 hours: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇶 Martinique 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova #coronavirus
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(1/2) Confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 7 Mar 16:00 CET via @WHO 🌎103,168 🇨🇳80,813 🇰🇷6,767 🇮🇷5,823 🇮🇹4,636 🚢696 🇩🇪639 🇫🇷613 🇯🇵408 🇪🇸374 🇨🇭227 🇺🇸213 🇬🇧206 🇧🇪169 🇸🇪137 🇸🇬130 🇳🇱128 🇳🇴113 🇲🇾93 🇦🇹74 🇦🇺70 🇰🇼61 🇨🇦51 🇹🇭50 🇧🇭49 🇦🇪🇮🇸45 🇮🇶44 🇮🇳34 🇬🇷32 🇸🇲24 🇩🇰23 🇱🇧22
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Confirmed #coronavirus cases as of 12 Feb @WHO #COVID19 #2019nCoV 🌎 Total: 45,174 🇨🇳: 44,730 🚢: 175* 🇸🇬: 50 🇹🇭: 33 🇰🇷, 🇯🇵: 28 🇲🇾: 18 🇩🇪: 16 🇦🇺, 🇻🇳: 15 🇺🇸: 13 🇫🇷: 11 🇦🇪, 🇬🇧: 8 🇨🇦: 7 🇮🇳, 🇵🇭, 🇮🇹: 3 🇷🇺, 🇪🇸: 2 🇰🇭, 🇫🇮, 🇳🇵, 🇱🇰, 🇸🇪, 🇧🇪: 1 *Cruise ship in Japan
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -1,280,000+ confirmed cases & 70,000+ deaths as of 6 Apr 🌍 -Turkey 🇹🇷, Japan 🇯🇵, Mexico 🇲🇽 see spike in #COVID19 cases 📈 -US 🇺🇸 death toll hits 10,000 - @WHO : prioritize masks for health workers 🩺 -275,000+ recovered 😷 -🇬🇧 PM Johnson in ICU
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"Masks alone cannot stop the #COVID19 pandemic. Countries must continue to find, test, isolate and treat every case and trace every contact," says @DrTedros #coronavirus at @WHO #COVID19 briefing 6 Apr.
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Reminder: vaccines also prevent 👇 -Cervical cancer -Cholera -Diphtheria -Ebola -Hepatitis B -Influenza -Japanese encephalitis -Measles -Meningitis -Mumps -Pertussis -Pneumonia -Polio -Rabies -Rotavirus -Rubella -Tetanus -Typhoid -Varicella -Yellow Fever & more! #VaccinesWork
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Great graphic showing why it’s important to #FlattenTheCurve . By practicing social distancing 😷, frequent hand-washing 🧼 and good respiratory etiquette 🗣 we can all help slow the spread of #COVID19 . (Credit: @SiouxsieW & @XTOTL )
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The following countries 🌍 reported their first confirmed cases of #COVID19 today: 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇵🇪 Peru 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇻🇦 Vatican City #coronavirus
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Weekend #coronavirus recap: -1.7 million+ cases & 100,000+ deaths as of 12 April🌎 -421,370+ recovered ( @JHUSystems )🏥 -Pope calls for global unity at live-streamed #Easter mass 🥚 -Daily death toll declining in Italy 🇮🇹, Spain 🇪🇸 & France 🇫🇷 -India might extend lockdown🇮🇳
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"Many of us have worked 7 days a week, 20 hours a day, for the last 7 months. Everything we do is focused on trying to save lives... None of us are perfect, but we all serve, and we will continue to serve the vulnerable people of the world," - @WHO director @DrMikeRyan today.
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"The situation is catastrophic," says @WHO chief @DrTedros about the conflict in #Ethiopia . "The blockade on communications, including on journalists being able to report from #Tigray , means it remains a forgotten crisis – out of sight, and out of mind."
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@WHO A total of 135 countries & territories have reported confirmed cases of #COVID19 . These numbers reflect the latest case count as of 16:00 CET, 14 Mar 2020 from the @WHO #coronavirus dashboard:
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There are now over 900,000 #COVID19 cases worldwide.🌎 Timeline 👇 6 Mar: 100,000 cases 18 Mar: 200,000 cases 21 Mar: 300,000 cases 24 Mar: 400,000 cases 26 Mar: 500,000 cases 28 Mar: 600,000 cases 29 Mar: 700,000 cases 31 Mar: 800,000 cases 01 Apr: 900,000+ cases #coronavirus
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@WHO A total of 153,648 confirmed #COVID19 cases have been reported from 146 countries & territories 🌎. These case counts reflect the latest numbers from the @WHO #coronavirus dashboard as of 16:00 CET, 15 Mar 2020. Link:
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Confirmed Latin America #COVID19 cases as of March 18 via country Ministries of Health: 🇧🇷 291 (as of Mar 17) 🇨🇱 238 🇪🇨 155 🇵🇪 145 🇲🇽 🇨🇴 93 🇵🇦 86 🇦🇷 79 🇨🇷 63 🇺🇾 50 🇻🇪 36 🇩🇴 21 🇧🇴 12 🇵🇾 11 🇨🇺 10 🇭🇳 9 🇬🇹 7 🇵🇷 5
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@WHO (2/2) #COVID19 cases as of 8 Mar 16:00 CET @WHO 🇨🇿26 🇮🇱25 🇫🇮23 🇻🇳🇵🇹21 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇧🇷19 🇩🇿17 🇴🇲🇸🇰16 🇪🇨14 🇷🇴13 🇬🇪🇶🇦🇸🇮12 🇭🇷🇸🇦11 🇪🇪10 🇦🇿🇦🇷9 🇷🇺🇲🇽🇭🇺7 🇧🇾🇵🇭🇵🇱🇮🇩🇵🇪6 🇵🇰🇬🇫🇨🇷🇳🇿🇨🇱5 🇸🇳🇦🇫4 🇲🇹🇲🇰🇧🇩3 🇧🇬🇧🇦🇲🇦🇰🇭🇱🇺🇿🇦🇲🇻🇲🇶🇨🇲🇫🇷*2 🇳🇵🇱🇰🇳🇬🇱🇹🇲🇨🇦🇲🇩🇴🇯🇴🇹🇳🇦🇩🇱🇻🇺🇦🇱🇮🇧🇹🇷🇸🇻🇦🇧🇱🇬🇮🇹🇬🇨🇴🇲🇩🇫🇴1 *St Martin
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"My greatest fear at the moment is that countries now have a lemming syndrome & they'll open on the basis that the country next door opened up, [even though] they don't have the same situation, vaccine coverage, or health system...& end up opening prematurely" - @DrMikeRyan @WHO .
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@WHO These #coronavirus numbers are from the latest @WHO #COVID19 situation report published 27 Feb. Read the full report here:
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"Nowhere in the world would you find a crisis like what you see in the northern part of #Ethiopia ... we are witnessing hell in #Tigray ," said @DrTedros today, adding that @WHO cannot deliver medicines, food or other supplies due to blockades on humanitarian aid since mid-July.
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"I need to be blunt: the world is not treating the human race the same way. It pains me...But it's happening. I hope the world comes back to its senses and treats all human life equally." - @WHO chief @DrTedros on the 🌎 attention given to crises affecting Black & white lives.
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -2.2 million cases & 140,000+ deaths as of 17 April 🌎 -565,000+ recovered 🏥 -Africa may see up to 300,000 deaths this year, @UN predicts -ICU rates decline in Italy 🇮🇹, Spain 🇪🇸 -US 🇺🇸 death toll tops 30k+ 📈 -Japan in state of emergency 🇯🇵
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@WHO @DrTedros 1️⃣ The speed and scale of #COVID19 transmission. "Almost 125,000 cases have been reported from 118 countries. In the past two weeks, the number of cases reported outside China has increased almost 13-fold, & the number of affected countries has almost tripled," - @DrTedros
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Confirmed Latin America #COVID19 cases as of March 19 via country Ministries of Health: 🇧🇷 621 🇨🇱 342 🇵🇪 234 🇪🇨 199 🇲🇽 118 🇵🇦 109 🇨🇴 108 🇦🇷 97 🇨🇷 87 🇺🇾 79 🇻🇪 42 🇩🇴 34 🇧🇴 15 🇭🇳 12 🇵🇾 🇨🇺 11 🇬🇹 8 🇵🇷 6 🇳🇮 🇸🇻 1
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"The [ #Tigray ] region has been under siege for almost 500 days, with dire shortages of fuel and food. We continue to call on #Ethiopia and #Eritrea to end the blockade," says @WHO Director-General @DrTedros at a press briefing today.
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#BTSArmy : Be like BTS, join the conversation at #UNGA75 ! Check out our crowdsourced list of #UNGA events at .
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💜 💙 It’s time to reimagine a better, fairer world. 💜 💙 Join @BTS_twt and UNICEF on 23 September for a very special message at the #UNGA . #BTSLoveMyself
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -1.5 million confirmed cases & 80,000+ deaths as of 8 Apr 🌎 -NY state has more cases than any country outside US 🗽 - #Wuhan reopens 🔓 - @WHO : do not politicize #COVID19 , unity is the only option 📢 -Brazil 🇧🇷, India 🇮🇳 see surge in new cases 📈
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Today's #coronavirus recap -500,000+ cases globally in 199 countries & territories 🌎 -21,000+ deaths total -🇲🇱 🇰🇳 🇬🇼 report first #COVID19 cases - #China has no new local infections, closes borders to foreign nationals 🇨🇳 -US is epicenter of pandemic, @nytimes reports 📍
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🚨 Breaking 🚨 Spain’s 🇪🇸 Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the country will be put on lockdown due to #coronavirus . Additionally, the PM’s wife Begoña Gómez has tested positive for #COVID19 . 🇪🇸 has 4,231 cases & 120 deaths so far.
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Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez confirms Spain to be put on lockdown over coronavirus
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@WHO @mvankerkhove "More than 58,600 people have recovered from #coronavirus in #China . That’s more than 70% of cases reported in China as of today," - @mvankerkhove at @WHO #COVID19 briefing 9 Mar.
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Countries reporting the most #COVID19 cases as of 24 April 🌎 👇 🇺🇸 USA 883k 🇪🇸 Spain 219k 🇮🇹 Italy 192k 🇫🇷 France 159k 🇩🇪 Germany 154k 🇬🇧 UK 144k 🇹🇷 Turkey 104k 🇮🇷 Iran 88k 🇨🇳 China 84k 🇷🇺 Russia 68k 🇧🇷 Brazil 51k (Source: @JHUSystems ) #coronavirus
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Today's #coronavirus recap -1.9 million+ cases & 120,000+ deaths as of 14 Apr 🌍 -471,000+ recovered 😷 -India extends lockdown 🇮🇳 -IMF:🌐 economy faces worst recession since Great Depression -🇮🇹🇪🇸🇦🇹🇩🇰 slowly reopen -UK🇬🇧 #COVID19 deaths surge -1.5 billion out of school 🏫
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At today's @WHO briefing, @DrTedros urged for a stop to the siege & blockade of #Tigray , calling it "dreadful." "Close to 7M [people have been] under siege for >18 months. There's no telecom, no banking services, no electricity, no medicine. [Only], a trickle of food and fuel."
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@WHO A total of 184,976 confirmed #COVID19 cases and 7,529 deaths have been reported from 159 countries & territories 🌎. These case counts reflect the latest numbers from the @WHO #coronavirus dashboard as of 16:00 CET, 17 Mar 2020. Link:
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"This is the worst humanitarian crisis," says @DrTedros on the situation in #Tigray . "More than 6M people have no access to food and medicine. We're not able to send medicine, and on top of that, there is no access to basic services, like banking, and telecom." #PeaceforHealth
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -2.7 million cases & 190,000+ deaths as of 24 April 🌎 -780,000+ recovered 🏥 - @WHO launches #COVID19 R&D accelerator 🔬 -US deaths top 50k 🇺🇸 -Spain 🇪🇸 daily deaths hit new low -Cases surge in Brazil's Amazon 🇧🇷 -Vietnam 🇻🇳 starts to reopen
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@WHO (2/2) Confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 9 Mar 16:00 CET via @WHO 🇮🇱39 🇸🇲37 🇩🇰36 🇨🇿🇱🇧32 🇫🇮🇻🇳🇵🇹30 🇧🇷25 🇮🇪21 🇩🇿20 🇵🇸19 🇴🇲🇸🇮16 🇪🇨🇷🇴🇶🇦🇸🇦15 🇬🇪13 🇦🇷12 🇭🇷🇵🇱11 🇪🇪🇵🇭🇨🇱10 🇦🇿🇭🇺🇨🇷9 🇷🇺🇲🇽7 🇧🇾🇮🇩🇵🇪🇵🇰6 🇸🇰🇬🇫🇳🇿5 🇸🇳🇦🇫🇲🇰🇧🇬🇲🇻4 🇲🇹🇧🇩🇿🇦🇱🇻🇫🇴3 🇧🇦🇲🇦🇰🇭🇱🇺🇲🇶🇫🇷🇨🇲🇳🇬🇹🇳🇦🇱2 🇳🇵🇱🇰🇱🇹🇲🇨🇦🇲🇩🇴🇯🇴🇦🇩🇺🇦🇱🇮🇧🇹🇷🇸🇻🇦🇧🇱🇬🇮🇹🇬🇨🇴🇲🇩🇵🇾1
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Yesterday, @WHO 's director of health emergencies @DrMikeRyan called the situation in #Tigray "very upsetting" & access to medicines has not improved. "Doctors working with patients with diabetes haven't been able to get basic insulin & diabetes treatments since last summer."
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Today's #coronavirus recap -3.3 million cases & 237,000+ deaths as of 1 May 🌎 -1,046,000+ recoveries 😷 -WHO: #COVID19 has natural origins 🦠 -10+ US states reopen businesses 🇺🇸 -Ecuador's 🇪🇨 deaths still surging -India extends lockdown 🇮🇳 -S. Africa eases restrictions 🇿🇦
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Confirmed Latin America #COVID19 cases as of March 20 via country Ministries of Health: BR🇧🇷 904 CL🇨🇱 434 EC🇪🇨 367 PE🇵🇪 263 MX🇲🇽 164 CO🇨🇴 145 PA🇵🇦 137 AR🇦🇷 128 CR🇨🇷 113 UY🇺🇾 94 DO🇩🇴 72 VE🇻🇪 42 HN🇭🇳 24 BO🇧🇴 16 CU🇨🇺 16 PR🇵🇷 14 PY🇵🇾 13 GT🇬🇹 12 HT🇭🇹 2 NI🇳🇮 1 SV🇸🇻 1
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Deaths from #COVID19 as of 22 Feb via @WHO #coronavirus 🌎 Total: 2,361 deaths 🇨🇳 China: 2,348 deaths 🇮🇷 Iran: 5 deaths 🚢*: 2 deaths 🇰🇷 South Korea: 2 deaths 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1 death 🇯🇵 Japan: 1 death 🇫🇷 France: 1 death 🇮🇹 Italy: 1 death *Diamond Princess ship
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Confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 22 Feb @WHO #coronavirus 🌎Total: 77,923 🇨🇳: 76,392 🚢: 634* 🇰🇷: 433 🇯🇵: 132 🇸🇬: 86 🇹🇭 🇺🇸: 35 🇮🇷: 28 🇲🇾: 22 🇦🇺: 21 🇩🇪 🇻🇳: 16 🇦🇪: 13 🇫🇷: 12 🇮🇹: 11 🇬🇧 🇨🇦: 9 🇮🇳 🇵🇭: 3 🇷🇺 🇪🇸: 2 🇰🇭 🇫🇮 🇳🇵 🇱🇰 🇸🇪 🇧🇪 🇪🇬 🇮🇱 🇱🇧: 1 *Diamond Princess
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"The siege of 6 million people in Tigray by Eritrean & Ethiopian forces for over 500 days is one of the longest in modern history," says @WHO chief @DrTedros . "No food has reached #Tigray since mid-December and almost no fuel has been delivered since August of last year."
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Catch the latest episode of the #AfricaHealthtechPodcast ! Prof. @Kelly_Chibale & Dr. Mathew Njoroge unpack the balance between innovation and ethics in healthcare. How can we ensure safety and equity in emerging tech? Tune in to find out:
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At today's @WHO #COVID19 briefing, @DrTedros underscored @WHO 's commitment to getting health services to those in need. "To end the siege [in #Tigray ] is part of my job. I did it for #Yemen . I have traveled there. I did it for #Syria . I'm doing it for #Ukraine ."
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"In #Ethiopia , not enough food is reaching those who need it most. Since the declaration of the humanitarian truce in Tigray six weeks ago, just 172 trucks of aid were able to reach the region, representing just 4% of the need." - @DrTedros on #Tigray at today's @WHO presser.
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“I know that many people have to work every single day to win their daily bread...If we’re limiting movement, what is going to happen to these people? Each and every country, based on their situation, must answer this question.” - @DrTedros at @WHO #COVID19 briefing 30 Mar.
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"Once again, we salute our health workers. In the middle of this crisis, many #healthworkers are losing their lives to save others. And we salute you. All of the respect and appreciation from us." - @DrTedros at @WHO press briefing on #COVID19 today. #coronavirus
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The vaccination of the rich world does not mean the pandemic is over.
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An analogy to describe the ethical dilemma around #COVID19 booster shots from @WHO director @DrMikeRyan : "We're planning to hand out extra life jackets to people who already have life jackets and leaving other people to drown without a life jacket. That's the ethical reality."
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"We will continue to do everything we can to provide essential life-saving support to all those affected by this crisis. @WHO and our partners ask for unfettered access to the affected regions [ #Tigray ]. The lives of millions of people are at stake," @DrTedros said today,
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At age 5, Neil Young contracted polio and was partially paralyzed on his left side. Joni Mitchell got polio she was 9. Both went on to make incredible music. This year, they each took a heroic stand against vaccine misinformation.
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -2.4+ million cases & 160,000+ deaths as of 20 April 🌎 -Singapore 🇸🇬 sees 'second wave' of new infections 📈 - @WHO warns countries: lifting restrictions does not mean epidemic is over 🔓 -Italy's #COVID19 cases drop ⬇ -Deaths surge in Ecuador 🇪🇨
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Wear a mask. 😷 But avoid these common mask-wearing mistakes, writes @taraparkerpope for @nytimes . ⬇
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Today, @WHO chief @DrTedros called for "unfettered humanitarian access" to #Tigray "to avert the humanitarian calamity and hundreds of thousands more people from dying" due to the blockade. "The immediate need is for food, fuel and medicines to be allowed into the region."
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"The @WHO will continue to work with every country and every partner to serve the people of the world with a relentless commitment to science, solutions and solidarity." - @DrTedros at today's #COVID19 briefing after Trump froze US funding for #WHO on Tuesday.
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At the @WHO presser yesterday, @DrTedros read a letter from a physician in #Tigray , who says they have had to use expired antidiabetic drugs and tap water instead of IV fluids after running out. "It's unimaginable...when a government is denying its own people medicine or food."
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"There are a lot of candidate interventions going into clinical trials. Many are randomized controlled trials, where you really find out if something is safe & effective. Sometime in the summer we’ll see which are working," -Dr. Tony Fauci on #COVID19 💊 at today's WH briefing
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Deaths from #COVID19 as of 27 Feb via @WHO #coronavirus 🌎 Total: 2,804 deaths 🇨🇳 China: 2,747 deaths 🇮🇷 Iran: 22 deaths 🇰🇷 South Korea: 13 deaths 🇮🇹 Italy: 12 deaths 🚢*: 4 deaths 🇯🇵 Japan: 3 deaths 🇫🇷 France: 2 deaths 🇵🇭 Philippines: 1 death *Diamond Princess ship
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Confirmed #COVID19 cases as of 27 Feb via @WHO 🌎: 82,294 🇨🇳: 78,630 🇰🇷: 1,766 🚢: 705 🇮🇹: 400 🇯🇵: 186 🇮🇷: 141 🇸🇬: 93 🇺🇸: 59 🇰🇼: 43 🇹🇭: 40 🇧🇭: 33 🇦🇺: 23 🇲🇾: 22 🇩🇪: 21 🇫🇷: 18 🇻🇳: 16 🇬🇧🇦🇪: 13 🇪🇸: 12 🇨🇦: 11 🇮🇶: 6 🇴🇲: 4 🇮🇳🇵🇭🇭🇷: 3 🇷🇺🇮🇱🇦🇹🇵🇰🇫🇮🇸🇪🇱🇧: 2 🇰🇭🇳🇵🇱🇰🇧🇪🇪🇬🇦🇫🇩🇿🇨🇭🇧🇷🇩🇰🇪🇪🇬🇪🇬🇷🇲🇰🇳🇴🇷🇴: 1
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Yesterday, @WHO Director-General @DrTedros asked the governments of #Ethiopia and #Eritrea to end to the siege of #Tigray and allow humanitarian aid into the region. "End the siege now, get supplies into the region on a regular and sustainable basis, and work for peace."
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Today's #coronavirus recap: -2.1 million cases & 135,000+ deaths as of 16 Apr 🌎 -540,000+ recovered 🏥 -UK 🇬🇧, Japan 🇯🇵 extend lockdowns - #COVID19 cases rise among 🇧🇷 indigenous groups -Restrictions must be lifted 'extremely carefully' - @WHO 🔒 -90k+ deaths in Europe 📈
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"We need unfettered access to millions of people who are in desperate need," says @WHO 's @DrMikeRyan . Blocking humanitarian aid violates international law. "Nowhere right now on this planet has that situation been more precisely illustrated than in #Ethiopia and #Tigray ."
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"At this stage, hydroxychloroquine has yet to be found effective in regards to #COVID19 . In fact, authorities have warned of potential side effects & many countries have limited its use to clinical trials," - @WHO director @DrMikeRyan on #HCQ at #coronavirus briefing 20 May (1/2)
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#Coronavirus in US at a glance: 🇺🇸 122,653 confirmed cases 🇺🇸 2,112 deaths 🇺🇸 CDC issues domestic travel advisory for NY, NJ & CT 🇺🇸 NYC mayor says city has one week's worth of medical supplies left. #COVID19 case count via @CDCgov as of 29 Mar:
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On mask-wearing in #schools , @WHO 's @DrMikeRyan says #masks are useful as part of a comprehensive strategy, "but wearing a mask is not an alternative to physical distancing, it's not an alternative to hand washing, & it's not an alternative to decompressing class size." #COVID19
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Additionally, health officials in the following countries confirmed cases of #COVID19 today: -Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 -Iceland 🇮🇸 -Mexico 🇲🇽 -San Marino 🇸🇲 #coronavirus #outbreak
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Q: How does #coronavirus spread? A: Through close contact (within 1-2 meters) and respiratory droplets 💦. If an infected person coughs or sneezes, the droplets can enter your body via the mouth, eyes, or nose and make you sick. - @mvankerkhove at @WHO #COVID19 Q&A today.
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"We acknowledge that there is emerging evidence in this field...and therefore, we believe we have to be open to this evidence and understand its implications regarding transmission & precautions," - @allegranzib of @WHO on airborne spread of #COVID19 at a press briefing today.
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Civilians who need medical attention are dying in #Tigray because they cannot access medicines, warns @DrTedros . "We urge the Eritrean and Ethiopian forces to end the war...and I urge the international community to pay attention and resolve this problem."
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Updates from @DrTedros at today's @WHO briefing on #coronavirus : -95,265 confirmed cases of #COVID19 globally & 3281 deaths. -In past 24h, #China reported 143 cases + 33 other countries reported 2055 cases. -Around 80% of new cases outside 🇨🇳 are from 3 countries: 🇮🇷 🇮🇹 🇰🇷
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"It’s very important that we consider ALL the publications related to [a treatment]. And sometimes it can take several publications to get a full understanding. A lot more data will come out." - @DrMikeRyan warns not to draw conclusions about potential #COVID19 drugs too early 💊
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Weekend #coronavirus recap: -1,200,000+ confirmed cases & 63,000+ deaths as of 5 Apr 🌍 -259,380+ recovered ( @JHUSystems ) 🏥 - #COVID19 deaths seem to be slowing down in Italy, France, Spain 📊 -US tops 300,000 cases, no national lockdown yet 🇺🇸 -🇬🇧 PM Johnson in hospital 🩺
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As of Tuesday morning 17 Mar, the United States has reported: 🇺🇸 4,482 confirmed #COVID19 cases 🇺🇸 86 deaths 🇺🇸 Cases in 49 states + D.C. 🇺🇸 More than 50% of cases in 3 states: Washington, California, New York
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"I don't know if the world really gives equal attention to black and white lives. All attention to #Ukraine is very important, of course. It impacts the whole world. But even a fraction of this is not being given to #Tigray , Yemen, #Afghanistan , Syria..." - @WHO Chief @DrTedros
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