COVID-19

Australia’s coronavirus death toll rises to 54 as authorities warn restrictions are here to stay

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Australia’s coronavirus death toll continues to rise, with authorities warning it is too early to think about lifting social distancing ...

Medical Product Alert N°4/2020

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This Medical Product Alert relates to a number of confirmed falsified chloroquine products circulating in the WHO region of Africa. ...

Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

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<p><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced ...

Strengthening accountability to end TB

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WHO today released a Checklist to enable Member States and their partners to assess the status of work at the ...

A meeting on digital innovations, TB and implementation research organised by WHO and the European Respiratory Society

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WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Programme (WHO/GTB) and the European Respiratory Society convened a technical meeting on digital innovations, TB and implementation ...

WHO public consultation on draft Target Product Profiles for Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a major yet preventable global health problem, with an estimated 10 million new cases worldwide in 2018, ...

Aussie tales of life in lockdown around the world

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Australians have found themselves stranded and facing extraordinary circumstances all over the world. Powered by WPeMatico

Parents call for pause in homework

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Exclusive: COVID-19 could sideline homework for students, with experts calling for a homework amnesty through the period of at-home learning. ...

How Labour Day weekend changed Victoria’s virus fight

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Among the dozens of places visited by one of Victoria’s latest COVID-19 patients, one venue sticks out. Powered by WPeMatico

Victorian super spreader linked to dozens of infections

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This coronavirus article is unlocked and free to read in the interest of community health and safety. For full access ...

115 vaccines in the works for COVID-19

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There are now 115 vaccines under development to prevent COVID-19, according to a wide-ranging worldwide review by the journal Nature. ...