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States must respect rights of those in isolation over virus: UN
Feb 28, 2020 05:18The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says countries should use quarantine against the deadly new coronavirus only when they are truly needed.
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Health Ministry: More Iranian coronavirus patients discharged from hospital
Feb 27, 2020 18:10An Iranian Health Ministry official says despite the surging number of coronavirus cases across the country, more patients have recovered and been released from the hospital during past days, depicting a promising prognosis for Iranians contracting coronavirus infection.
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WHO official slams Trump’s 'incoherent' comments on coronavirus
Feb 27, 2020 15:58A World Health Organization (WHO) has said that he found US President Donald Trump's remarks during a news conference on his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak a "little incoherent."
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Iran briefs WHO, foreign envoys on measures to contain coronavirus
Feb 27, 2020 07:44Iran’s Foreign Ministry played host to a meeting to inform the World Health Organization (WHO) representative and foreign ambassadors residing in Tehran about the Islamic Republic’s measures to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic.
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Countries stepping up efforts to fight new coronavirus
Feb 25, 2020 12:15Countries throughout the globe are escalating efforts to contain an outbreak of the new coronavirus that has so far infected over 77,650 people, mainly in China.
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World must prepare for ‘potential pandemic’: WHO Chief
Feb 25, 2020 05:39The World Health Organization chief says the world should be working harder to contain the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, and should be preparing for a "potential pandemic."
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UN envoy urges Turkey, Russia to de-escalate situation in Syria's Idlib
Feb 20, 2020 08:48UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has called on Moscow and Ankara to de-escalate the situation in the Arab country's Idlib Province after the Turkish president threatened "imminent" operation in the last stronghold of terrorists in northern Syria.
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US assassination of Soleimani breached international norms: UN rapporteur
Feb 19, 2020 07:34A United Nations (UN) special rapporteur says the US assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was in breach of international norms and the UN charter.
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Libya rebels claim to have ‘destroyed’ Turkish cargo ship in Tripoli
Feb 18, 2020 17:53Ghassan Salame, the UN’s Libya envoy, confirmed that the port had been attacked but did not give details.
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Situation in Libya deeply troubling, UN warns
Feb 16, 2020 17:21A United Nations (UN) official has warned that the situation in Libya is “deeply troubling,” a fragile ceasefire in the crisis-hit country has seen dozens of violations, and a UN arms embargo imposed on the country has become a “joke.”