President Xi presided over a high-level meeting Sunday to review his govt's efforts to contain the virus and called for more efforts to tackle China's 'largest public health emergency'.
A week after WHO deemed the virus an international threat, it said it’s not getting all the data it needs to upgrade its advice to companies and governments worldwide.
The risk of catching a serious infection on an aircraft is low. The air supply to a modern airliner is different from a movie theater or an office building.
Cancer medicines are globally unavailable & unaffordable to vast majority of people without insurance coverage or financial protection, WHO says in World Cancer Report.
Politics is well underway even as countries cooperate to tackle coronavirus. And lest you think China is being cornered, remember what it is doing to Taiwan.
WHO declared an global health emergency as China reported 9,692 cases of coronovirus infection. The country is also bringing residents back to Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.
Declaration of global health emergency gives WHO’s director-general powers to give temporary recommendations to countries that include travel advisories & restrictions.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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