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Airline passenger revenue to plunge by USD 314 billion in 2020: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 15 (ANI): Airline passenger revenue is set to plunge by USD 314 billion in 2020, which is a decline of 55 per cent from 2019 due to coronavirus as per the updated analysis released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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WHO does not recommend BCG vaccination for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 14 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday played down studies suggesting that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine may be effective in the prevention of the highly contagious coronavirus infection.
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COVID-19 ten times deadlier than swine flu: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 14 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (local time) warned that the COVID-19, which originated in China's Wuhan last year, is 10 times deadlier than the swine flu.
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WHO says over 22,000 healthcare workers across 52 countries infected by CO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 12 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has hit over 22,000 healthcare workers across 52 countries and regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
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Lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to 'deadly resurgence' of COVI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 11 (ANI): As the world battles coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday (local time) warned countries against hastily lifting restrictions which have been put in place to curb the spread of the virus.
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'Don't politicize this virus': Tedros defends WHO's handling of coronaviru
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (local time) defended the organisation's handling and response to the coronavirus pandemic, a day after UN health body came under stinging criticism from US President
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Seven US Senators oppose position to China in UN Human Rights Council Cons
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): Seven US Senators have written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group and said that China should not occupy the position of
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400 million Indian workers may sink into poverty due to COVID-19: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 8 (ANI): With 90 per cent of people working in India's informal economy, about 400 million workers are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the coronavirus crisis, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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25 million jobs at risk with airline shutdown: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 8 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a new analysis showing that some 25 million jobs are at risk of disappearing with plummeting demand for air travel amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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ICJ urges UNHRC to act against China for coronavirus pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to act against China for committing grave offenses against humanity by spreading the lethal coronavirus across the world resulting in the death of thousan
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Switzerland less likely to return to normal on April 20: Senior official
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 3 (Xinhua/ANI):As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Switzerland, it is less likely that the country could return to normal life on April 20, when the current restrictive measures end, a senior Swiss official said on Friday.
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Air passenger demand plunges on COVID-19 travel restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 3 (ANI): Passenger traffic data for February released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) shows that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) fell 14.1 per cent compared to February 2019.
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