The World Health Organization's regional director for the Americas urged the United States on Tuesday to keep helping countries in the region to fight the novel coronavirus even as the Trump administration leaves the U.N. agency.
FILE PHOTO: Director of the Pan American Health Organization Carissa Etienne speaks to the media during a meeting of Public Health ministers of the Mercosur trade block in Montevideo February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Stapff/File Photo
Coronavirus has infected almost 3 million people in the region that has massive inequalities, vulnerable indigenous groups in the Amazon and megacities where people live in close quarters and share public transportation, said the director, Carissa Etienne. The Geneva-based WHO was founded in 1948 and Etienne said U.S. ties with PAHO go back further to its founding in Washington in 1902.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Many states scrambling to update hurricane plans for virusOfficials across the U.S. South are scrambling to adjust their hurricane plans around the coronavirus pandemic.
Weiterlesen »
South America's reopening and US protests could spread virusThere are concerns in the US that widespread protests over the death of George Floyd could cause new outbreaks in a nation where the new coronavirus has disproportionately affected racial minorities.
Weiterlesen »
Health Officials Worry Mass Protests Could Ignite Coronavirus SurgeAs protesters demonstrate across the country seeking justice in the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, health officials are concerned that these mass gatherings could add to COVID-19 cases.
Weiterlesen »
Retailers already hit by coronavirus board up as U.S. protests rageRetail giant Target shuttered stores across the U.S. as retailers already reeling from closures due to the coronavirus pandemic shut stores amid protests that included looting in many U.S. cities on Sunday.
Weiterlesen »
Coronavirus cases spike among Marin County essential workers as more testing is urgedMarin County has been reopening at a slower pace than other parts of California, cognizant of the potential for continued spread of the virus.
Weiterlesen »