Pandemic

Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a news conference on the coronavirus (COVID-2019) in Geneva, Switzerland February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the novel coronavirus outbreak was not out of control globally nor causing large-scale deaths and it…

Italy will host a European summit on Tuesday in an effort to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, which has killed 7 people in the country.   Health ministries from Austria, France, Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany and Croatia will attend the event, after the number of infections in Italy rose to…

Reuters Growing fears that the novel coronavirus may escalate into a global pandemic hammered stocks on Monday. The flu-like illness known as COVID-19 has caused deaths in Iran, Italy, and South Korea in recent days. In total it has infected more than 77,000 people, killed about 2,400, and spread to…

GENEVA (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten, the World Health Organization said on Monday, insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level. “The key message that should give all countries hope, courage and confidence is that…

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Newly-appointed French Health and Solidarity Minister Olivier Veran attends the opening debate on the French government's pensions reform bill at the National Assembly in Paris, France, February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit TessierPARIS (Reuters) - New French health minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday there is a “credible risk” China’s coronavirus outbreak…

AP Images / Kin CheungInvestors holding the World Bank's pandemic bonds stand to either reap massive profits or lose hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on the coronavirus outbreak's lethality. The instruments offer higher-than-average returns, but bondholders will lose their principal in the event of a qualifying pandemic. If certain…

Travelers pass a checkpoint at the China-Russia border.PHOTO: SVETLANA MAYOROVA/TASS/SIPA USA/NEWSCOMThe repatriation of 565 Japanese citizens from Wuhan, China, in late January offered scientists an unexpected opportunity to learn a bit more about the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) raging in that city. To avoid domestic spread of the virus, Japanese officials…

The national plan to try to stop the new coronavirus from spreading any further might fracture international trade, violate peoples rights, and make untenable the workloads of local and state public health departments. It almost certainly wont slow the virus.…

In recent days, some public health experts and scientists have begun uttering the P-word in reference to a surging outbreak of the new coronavirus thats already infected at least 24,000 people and killed over 400: pandemic. But when will we know if the Wuhan …