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WHO declares novel coronavirus (#COVID19)outbreak a pandemic The World Health Organization declared #COVID19 as a first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. Today’s declaration of a #COVID19 pandemic is a call …

Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19, WHO …

Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19 In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public …

Online Course: COVID-19: Methods for detection, Prevention, Response and Control This course provides a general introduction to nCoV and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident …

WHO has finally named the disease caused by the novel coronavirus: ”COVID-19” C-O-V-I-D hyphen one nine – COVID-19″ WHO has finally named the disease caused by the novel coronavirus: ”COVID-19.”. …

Novel Coronavirus(2019-nCoV) Situation Report – 19 Data as reported by 8 February 2020 DOWNLOAD PDF FILE HIGHLIGHTS No new countries reported cases of 2019-nCoV in the past 24 hours. The …

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: Myth busters World Health Organization Is it safe to receive a letter or a package from China? Yes, it is safe. People receiving …

What is Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)?   According to International Health Regulations (2005), the term ”Public Health Emergency of International Concern” is defined as “an extraordinary event …