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New World Health Organization Estimate Puts Coronavirus Cases At 760M
One in 10 people may be infected by the virus globally and "the vast majority of the world remains at risk," the W.H.O. says.
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When Will the World Have Enough Covid Vaccines?
Feb.08 -- Jerome Kim, director general of the International Vaccine Institute, a Seoul-based non-profit international organization devoted to research in vaccine development and delivery for the developing world, discusses the rollout of...
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Vaccine Alliance To Fund Global Stockpile Of Ebola Vaccines
It's expected to cost Gavi $178 million.
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WHO Director-General Says Infection-Fighting Equipment Stocks Insufficient
Feb.07 -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the shortages in supplies for infection-fighting, particularly masks and respirators, during a news conference in Geneva.
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WHO Set to Study Virus Origin in China: Executive Director
Jul.23 -- Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, says China is showing readiness to organize the UN agency’s long-delayed study of the virus’s animal origins. He spoke Thursday at a briefing...
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WHO Raises Coronavirus Threat Assessment To Highest Level
The agency is adjusting its evaluation to "very high" based on "the continued increase in the number of cases, and the number of affected countries."
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Virus Update: Outbreak Spreads to India, Threatens China Economy
Jan.30 -- The coronavirus death toll rose to 170 and confirmed cases in China soared past 7,700, as the outbreak spread to India and the Philippines for the first time. Stephen Engle reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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WHO Forms Global Coalition To Create Vaccine After U.S. Cuts Funding
The WHO is working with global leaders and philanthropists to develop vaccines for COVID-19. Experts say President Trump could be slowing them down.
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White House Solving Wrong Problem With Stimulus, Carlos Gutierrez Says
Mar.10 -- Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Albright Stonebridge Group chairman, discusses the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
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China Has Huge Capacity to Produce Vaccines: RAND's Bouey
Jan.06 -- Jennifer Bouey, senior policy researcher and Tang Chair in China policies studies at think tank RAND Corporation, discusses the Asian nation's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the rollout of vaccinations, and the...
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Monkeypox interview with Professor Chloe Orkin
Interview on monkeypox with Professor Chloe Orkin, Professor of HIV medicine at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust.
Prof Orkin talks through the disease's symptoms and treatment, what might have caused it to...
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Global Aid Group Says It Is Facing Vaccination Roadblocks in Congo
Doctors Without Borders says it is struggling to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people.
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Don't Count on Warm Weather Stopping Virus, Johns Hopkins' Sharfstein Warns
Mar.16 -- Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus with Bloomberg's Taylor Riggs...
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Johns Hopkins' Toner Says China Is Too Late, Coronavirus Is Out of Control
Jan.30 -- Dr. Eric Toner, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior scholar, discusses the efforts to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu, Joe Weisenthal and Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg...
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Stock footage of hand sanitiser
General shots of hand cleaning using hand sanitiser.
Retailers are due to hold further talks with the Environment Secretary amid widespread stockpiling that has seen a number of supermarkets ration certain products.
Shoppers concerned...
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Europe Equities Seen to Be More Vulnerable to Coronavirus
Feb.26 -- Christoph Schenk, chief investment officer at Zuercher Kantonalbank, discusses the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy and equity markets. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: European Open."
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Market Is Pricing in a Pandemic; Fed Likely to Cut: Pimco
Feb.26 -- Gene Frieda, global strategist at Pimco, and Maya Bhandari, multi-asset allocation portfolio manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, discuss the market reaction to the spreading coronavirus and how it may impact Federal...
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Coronavirus: Are African Countries Ready?
Feb.26 -- Professor Jimmy Whitworth of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine discusses the risk that the coronavirus poses to sub-Saharan Africa. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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Fauci Says Overwhelming Majority of People Getting Infected Now Are Young
Jun.26 -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House coronavirus task force member and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says some areas of the U.S. are doing well mitigating the spread of the coronavirus while...
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Earliest Vaccine Release Could Be Early Next Year, Dr. Jonathan Quick Says
May.19 -- Dr. Jonathan Quick, Rockefeller Foundation managing director, says the earliest release of a Covid-19 vaccine could be in the first half of next year but most likely will be toward the end of 2021. He speaks with Bloomberg's...
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First COVID Drug Trials To Be Released In Two Weeks, WHO Director Says
The trials included testing remdesivir, which has been seen as a "hopeful" drug to cure the virus.
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WHO Suspends Hydroxychloroquine Trial Over Safety Concerns
The WHO is pausing testing on hydroxychloroquine for a week or two while it reviews data to make sure it's safe to continue testing it.
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WHO Urges An End To Sales of Live Animals At Food Markets
Scientists say disease transmission often occurs when humans come in contact with an infected animal's bodily fluids.
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U.S. To Compare W.H.O. COVID Data From China With Intelligence Reports
State Department says it will compare W.H.O. report on virus with information gathered by U.S. intelligence community.