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  Closing borders could allow China virus to spread faster: WHO

  Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 10:28pm on January 31, 2020

  The World Health Organization cautioned Friday that closing borders was probably ineffective in halting the transmission of the deadly novel coronavirus from China and could...

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  Coronavirus kills 213 in China, WHO declares global warning

  Agence France-Presse. Wuhan | Updated at 10:50am on January 31, 2020

  The World Health Organisation declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus outbreak, as China reported on Friday the death toll had climbed to 213...

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  China virus hits 291 people, kills six

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 12:21pm on January 21, 2020

  Asian countries on Tuesday ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and...

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  PM for giving free

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 03:19pm on December 11, 2019

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday vowed to eliminate leprosy from the country before 2030, urging local pharmaceutical companies to produce medicines for the leprosy...

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  Samoa death toll in Measles still rising

  Agence France-Presse . Wellington | Updated at 02:14pm on December 03, 2019

  The World Health Organisation warned of a ‘slide back’ in global efforts to eliminate measles Tuesday, as the death toll from an outbreak that has...

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  Sedentary teens risk health, heart and mind: WHO

  Reuters . Geneva | Updated at 07:45pm on November 22, 2019

  Teenagers worldwide are jeopardising their health by failing to get enough exercise to reduce their risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, a World Health Organisation-led...

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  Europe’s prisons failing to monitor inmates’ health: WHO

  Agence-France-Presse .  Copenhagen | Updated at 12:00am on November 22, 2019

  Prison authorities in Europe are not doing enough to monitor the health of inmates, meaning prisoners are more likely to suffer untreated conditions and are...

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  16.8pc adults, 13.6pc children have mental disorder in Bangladesh

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:33am on November 08, 2019

  At least 16.8 per cent of the adult population in and 13.6 per cent of the children in Bangladesh suffer from mental disorders, revealed a...

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  251 new dengue patients hospitalised

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:26pm on October 28, 2019

  At least 251 new dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours until  8am Monday. Of them, 89 were hospitalised in the capital...

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  WHO accused of controlling Ebola vaccine supply in DRC

  Agence France-Presse . Kinshasa | Updated at 03:04pm on September 23, 2019

  Aid group Doctors Without Borders on Monday accused the World Health Organisation of rationing the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo where more...