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The World Health Organization (WHO) will roll out at least 120 million affordable, high-quality rapid Covid-19 tests for low and middle-income countries, said in an announcement on Monday According to a statement

The global death toll from the coronavirus has passed one million.With over one million lives having succumbed to COVID-19 globally, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that while the “agonising milestone” is a

The second coronavirus wave in France could “overwhelm” the country amid exhaustion of the front line workers battling the pandemic, a senior health official has warned. “The second wave is arriving faster

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers to cooperation between countries in the field of medicine. “As to healthcare, just like in economy, we now need to

The overall number of global coronavirus cases on Monday surpassed the 31 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 960,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The total number

The UN peacekeeping chief said that it was critical for member states to pay their assessed contributions in full and in due time. “We are going through pressures on the peacekeeping budget,”