Donald Trump Terminates U. S relationship With WHO

President Donald Trump said Friday he was breaking off US ties with the

Coronavirus Can't Be Transmitted Through Breastfeeding - WHO

The World Health Organisation

WHO To Collaborate With Madagascar On It Covid-19 Herbal Cure

The World Health Organization

WHO Suspends Trial of Hydroxychloroquine For Covid-19 Treatment

China Supports WHO's Investigation Into The Origin Of Coronavirus

Chinese President, Xi Jinping on Monday

"WHO Offered $20M Bribe To Poison COVID-19 Cure" - Madagascan President

In a shocking claim the President of

Covid-19: WHO Gives Safety Guidelines On Objects

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says

Coronavirus May Never Go Away - WHO

The WHO has disclosed that the #COVID19 might be a disease here to stay with humans, just like Malaria. Adding that though a vaccine might later come into play, But may not completely annihilate the disease.

New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a second wave of infections. A top World Health Organization official, meanwhile, warned that it’s possible the new coronavirus may be here to stay.

"This virus may never go away, I think it’s important to put this on the table,” Dr. Michael Ryan said, 

“This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities,” he said, noting that other previously novel diseases like HIV have never disappeared.

Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic first began late last year, reportedly were pressing ahead Wednesday to test all 11 million residents for the virus within 10 days after a handful of new infections were found.

A top WHO official warned against expecting a coronavirus vaccine to provide a quick, complete end to the pandemic. "We have some perfectly effective vaccines on this planet that we have not used effectively," he said. "This virus may never go away."

WHO Meet 70 African Traditional Medicine Experts For Coronavirus Cure

According to the World Health Organisation which says it met with 70 traditional medicine experts in a bid to find a cure for the coronavirus pandemic.

@WHOAFRO tweeted, “70 traditional medicine experts from countries across #Africa held a virtual meeting with @WHO on the role of traditional medicine in the #COVID19 response.

“They unanimously agreed that clinical trials must be conducted for all medicines in the Region, without exception.”

WHO African Region made this known via its Twitter handle on Tuesday.

The health organisation said an agreement was reached with the herbal medicine experts on clinical trials of their remedies.

The meeting is coming days after Madagascar said it found an herbal remedy capable of curing the disease.

Earlier, Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina criticized WHO and other international organisations for allegedly scorning local “remedy” for COVID-19.

“If it wasn’t Madagascar, and if it was a European country that had actually discovered this remedy, would there be so much doubt? I don’t think so,” he told French media in an interview.

Before the meeting, WHO had repeatedly warned that the COVID-Organics infusion, which Rajoelina has touted as a remedy against the deadly coronavirus, has not been clinically tested.

But Madagascar claimed the drink is derived from artemisia a plant with proven anti-malarial properties and other indigenous herbs.

Already Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, and Tanzania have taken delivery of consignments of the potion, which was launched last month.

WHO, UN Adopts A Regime for Covid-19 Treatment - Abuja Doctor

The COVID-19 Team Leader at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Dr. Yunusa Thairu, has given a rare insight into the treatment regimen for the COVID-19, explaining how a cocktail of an anti-retroviral drug, Aluvia, as well as Zinc and Vitamin C tablets are deployed.

Dr. Thairu disclosed this on Monday, while answering questions after the official opening of the 506-bed space COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Centre in Idu, Abuja.

According to him, the regimen was adopted at a meeting with the World Health Organisation, WHO, and the United Nations, UN, alongside with some other unnamed stakeholders.

The meeting, according to him, resolved to use Chloroquine or Aluvia which is a combination of antiviral therapy and other management techniques that can be used to make COVID-19 patients be good.

His words: “Lagos State started its protocol by using Aluvia with Vitamin C, Zinc and that was why we visited Lagos and then we saw the patients’ response.

“We found out that for us blacks, that a combination of Aluvia with Chloroquine will reduce the viral load.

“That is the protocol that we started at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital right from the beginning.

“The treatment is for us to use Zinc, to allow the Aluvia enter into the cells to kill the virus and also unite it by Vitamin C.

“All of us know the role that Vitamin C plays in terms of allowing new cells to perform, so that those destroyed by the virus can grow.

“So, this is the treatment protocol. The treatment is Aluvia with Zinc, Chloroquine at the beginning which will help us actually recover and that is the success story of what we have,” he added on the COVID-19 treatment regimen

Covid-19: Madagascar's President Snubs WHO For Not Endorsing It Herbal Cure

Madagascar's President Rajoelina has snubbed WHO for not endorsing it Covid-19 Herbal cure. He said WHO has shut eyes, as a drug to combat COVID-19 has been discovered by a poor African country

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has however, slammed the World Health Organization for not endorsing its COVID-19 herbal cure.

Last month, the Malagasy president officially launched Covid-Organics (CVO), an organic herbal concoction, claiming that it can prevent and cure patients suffering from the novel coronavirus.

"If it were an European country which had discovered this remedy, would there be so many doubts,'' he said in an exclusive interview with France 24, Paris-based international television news network and Radio France International.

''The problem is that it comes from Africa. And they cannot accept that a country like Madagascar, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, has discovered this formula to save the world," he added.

The World Health Organization (WHO) had warned against the use of CVO without any medical supervision and cautioned against self-medication. The WHO further said that they have not approved the concoction for the patients suffering from COVID-19.

On Thursday, the WHO, however, has called for clinical trials of CVO.

"Covid-Organics is a preventive and curative remedy against COVID-19, which works very well," said President Rajoelina.

He attributed recovery of 105 COVID-19 patients in Madagascar to the herbal potion.

"A marked improvement was observed in the health of the patients who received this remedy just 24 hours after they took the first dose. The cure was noted after seven days, even ten days. This remedy is natural and non-toxic," he said.

Madagascar has donated CVO, which is claimed to cure the COVID-19 to several African countries.

Last week, the African Union in a statement said it is talking with Madagascar to obtain technical data regarding the safety and efficiency of the herbal remedy.

Madagascar slams WHO for not endorsing its herbal cure https://t.co/6VnTVhBB3X

— YGist Ng (@YgistNG) May 11, 2020

WUHAN Wholesale Market Played A Role In Outbreak Of Coronavirus - WHO

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has revealed that the wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan played a role in the outbreak of the coronavirus in December, 2019.

Dr. Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert on food safety and zoonotic viruses speaking at a Geneva news briefing said that investigations are ongoing to know the exact role played Wuhan played in the outbreak of COVID-19.

“Chinese government closed the Wuhan market in January as part of efforts to curb the spread of the virus and ordered a temporary ban on trade and consumption of wildlife.

The market played a role in the event, that’s clear.

“But what role we don’t know, whether it was the source or amplifying setting or just a coincidence that some cases were detected in and around that market.”

He, however said it is unclear whether live animals or infected vendors or shoppers brought the virus into the market.

Reports shows that U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said there was enormous evidence to show that COVID-19 came from the Wuhan laboratory.

However, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, debunked the claims that that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan.

(See List) 70 Potential Vaccines, 3 Are Already Being Tested On Humans - WHO

Data obtained from the World Health Organisation reveals there are 70 Vaccines under development and currently being tested around the world to help combat the spread of COVID-19. Out of the 70 potential vaccines, 3 are already being tested on humans.

The three being tested on humans are as follows;

Adenovirus Type 5 Vector and is developed by CanSino Biological Inc./Beijing Institute of Biotechnology (A Chinese company)

DNA plasmid vaccine Electroporation device and is developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. (A US-based Company)

LNPencapsulated mRNA and is developed by Moderna/NIAID (A US-based Company)

Out of the three vaccines being tested on humans, the Adenovirus is already in Phase 2 while the others remain in Phase 1 of the testing stage. It typically takes between 10 to 15 years to get a Vaccine out but Health Organisations across the world are hoping to reduce this to one year due to the urgency of eradicating the COVID-19 virus

See the complete list of COVID-19 vaccines under development including the 67 yet to be tested on humans.

WHO To Commence COVID-19 Vaccine Trials In Nigeria

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed Nigeria has indicated interest to be part of the solidarity trial of vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19) and that efforts are underway to start the process in the country. 

The WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Fiona Braka made this disclosure at the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 of which she is a member. 

According to her, there are rigorous processes involved in approving a vaccine for any disease adding that 89 vaccines are currently in development globally. 

Braka said: “on the subject of vaccines and clinical trials for COVID-19, I will like to say that research and development is an important aspect of the response and researchers around the world are working hard on accelerating the development of vaccines and therapeutics for Covid-19. 

“WHO has launched various working groups to accelerate various aspects of vaccine development. 

“Together with global health actors and partners, over the past week, WHO launched the Access to Covid-19 Tools ACT Accelerator, a global collaboration to accelerate development for equitable access to new Covid-19 diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. 

“We have a total of 89 vaccines that are in development globally, including seven in clinical evaluation and several therapeutics are in clinical trials. 

“WHO is committed to ensuring that as medicines and vaccines are developed, they are shared equitably with all countries and people. 

“We do have the solidarity trial which is an international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for Covid-19, launched by the WHO and partners. 

“More than 100 countries have joined the solidarity trial and to date, over 1, 200 patients have been randomized from the first five countries to evaluate the safety and efficacy of full drug and drug combinations. 

“Nigeria has also expressed interest to be part of this solidarity trial and efforts are underway to start the process in Nigeria”, she added. 

Meanwhile the Director General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has urged citizens to learn to live with the COVID-19 until there is a vaccine to halt its spread. 

He said “we really encourage all Nigerians, because we are at the beginning of a journey and the most likely scenario is that until we have a vaccine, we would have to learn to live with COVID-19 in our country. 

“We have to tell ourselves the truth about this and encourage one another because there is no point doing that. All of us here are just as vulnerable as catching the virus as are many other people. We will do our best, but we will always have to remember that it is a virus, you cannot build a wall and anything can still happen in spite of our best efforts”, he added.

Eight Potential Covid-19 Vaccine Approves For Clinical Trial – W.H.O Announces

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General of WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that 102 potential Covid-19 vaccines are being developed around the world as scientists worldwide find a permanent solution to the novel Coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands worldwide and shut down economic life.

According to documents posted on the organization’s website on Thursday, eight of the potential vaccines have been approved for clinical trial.

According to the WHO, China’s vaccine clinical trial request was accepted today as the WHO only had seven vaccine requests four days ago.

Of the groups approved by WHO for clinical trials on humans, four are from China, one is from England, one is American and another is a combined American and European group. No African request has been approved.

According to the WHO, on March 16, the American National Institute of Health (NIH) became the first institute to start testing in human trial subjects.

Covid-19 Cases Rise to Over 28,000 in Africa - WHO

The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Saturday.

“Over 28,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent – with over 8,000 associated recoveries and 1,300 deaths recorded,’’ it said.

The WHO African Region COVID-19 dashboard showed that in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa suffered the most severe outbreak, while Cameroon and Ghana had more than 2, 500 confirmed cases.

The figures on the dashboard showed that South Africa, Algeria and Cameroon had continued to top the list of countries with the highest reported cases.

It showed that South Africa had 4, 220 cases and 79 deaths followed by Algeria with 3, 127 cases and 415 deaths, while Cameroon had 1,403 confirmed cases with 49 deaths.

According to the dashboard, South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, Mauritania and are countries with the lowest confirmed cases in the region.

It showed that South Sudan had the lowest confirmed cases of five reported with zero death.

Mauritania, the dashboard showed, was second country with the lowest confirmed cases with seven reported cases and one death.

Sao Tome and Principe, the third country with the lowest cases, had recorded eight confirmed cases with zero death.

Also, the dashboard showed that Nigeria was number five among the countries with the highest cases with 1, 182 confirmed cases and 35 deaths.

Coronavirus Cases In Africa Rise To Over 16,800 ― WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 16,800.

The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday.

“Number of COVID-19 cases on the African continent rise to over 16,800, with 3,271 recoveries and 896 deaths.’’

Reports shows that the WHO figures may have been assemble on Wednesday and not latest from various countries on the continent as at Thursday.

The breakdown on the WHO African Region COVID-19 dashboard showed that South Africa, Algeria and Cameroon had continued to top the list of countries with the highest proclaim cases.

South Africa has 2,506 cases and 34 deaths followed by Algeria with 2,160 cases and 336 deaths, while Cameroon has 855 stalwart cases with 17 deaths.

As stated by WHO, South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, Burundi and Mauritania still remain countries with lowest chronic cases in the region.

South Sudan and Sao Tome and Principe were the lowest confirmed cases, which had four cases each with zero death.

Burundi was second country with lowest confirmed cases with five proclaim cases and zero death.

Mauritania in the third category with lowest cases as the country had proclaimed seven confirmed cases with one death.

The global body proclaimed that COVID-19 cases had risen to 373 confirmed cases with 11 deaths in Nigeria.

Nevertheless, giving an update on Thursday, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, confirmed that a total of 407 people have been confirmed to have COVID-19 in Nigeria, 99 patients have been discharged and 12 deaths recorded.

WHO Regrets Trump's Fund Suspension, Reveals Focus is on Saving Lives

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reacting to Trump’s announcement yesterday that he was placing “hold on all funding to the WHO while its mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic is investigated.”

“We regret the decision of the president of the United States to order a halt in funding to the World Health Organization,” he told a press conference held via video link from Geneva.

“The United States of America has been a longstanding and generous friend to WHO, and we hope it will continue to be so,” said the WHO chief, who was accused by Trump of being China-centric.

According to Trump, China provides just about one-tenth of the WHO’s funding — $40 million — in comparison to the U.S. share of $400-$500 million.

Tedros said that with support “from the people and government of the United States,” the WHO is working to improve the health of many of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

“The WHO is reviewing the impact on our work of any withdrawal of U.S. funding, and will work with our partners to fill any financial gaps we face to ensure our work continues uninterrupted,” he added.

He went on to say that the WHO is not only fighting coronavirus but also “polio, measles, malaria, Ebola, HIV, tuberculosis, malnutrition, cancer, diabetes, mental health, and many others.”

Tedros started his address with a reminder that world’s nations met to form the UN in 1945 at the end of the World War II.

“One of the first things they discussed was establishing an organization to protect and promote the health of the world’s people,” he said.

Breaking: Trump Suspends WHO Funding as Covid-19 Deaths Surpass 26,000 Globally – Accuses WHO of Mismanagement

Breaking: Trump Suspends WHO Funding as Covid-19 Deaths Surpass 26,000 Globally
– Accuses WHO of mismanagement

President Trump today ordered a suspension to the United States funding of the World Health Organization, accusing it of ‘mismanaging’ the crisis.

America contributed more than $400m to the WHO last year, making it by far the biggest donor. The organization’s budget for 2018-2019 was around $6bn.

Speaking in the White House rose garden, Trump said: “With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have deep concerns whether America’s generosity has been put to the best use possible. The reality is that the WHO failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion.”

“If we cannot trust them, if this is what we will receive from the WHO, our country will be forced to find other ways to work with other nations to achieve public health goals,” he added

The WHO failed in its “basic duty and must be held accountable”, the president went on.

There are now 2 million confirmed cases worldwide, and the U.S. remains the global epicenter, with 2,300 people reported dead on Tuesday alone.

Harvard’s global health director, a WHO critic, called Trump’s move an ‘extraordinarily bad idea’ that will ‘make Americans less safe.’

Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health at Georgetown University, told the MSNBC network: “Without a WHO that’s empowered there will be many, many more deaths, and not just as it marches through sub-Saharan Africa, which is next, but also here in the United States.”

Breaking: Trump Suspends WHO Funding as Covid-19 Deaths Surpass 26,000 Globally – Accuses WHO of mismanagement

Breaking: Trump Suspends WHO Funding as Covid-19 Deaths Surpass 26,000 Globally
– Accuses WHO of mismanagement

President Trump today ordered a suspension to the United States funding of the World Health Organization, accusing it of ‘mismanaging’ the crisis.

America contributed more than $400m to the WHO last year, making it by far the biggest donor. The organization’s budget for 2018-2019 was around $6bn.

Speaking in the White House rose garden, Trump said: “With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have deep concerns whether America’s generosity has been put to the best use possible. The reality is that the WHO failed to adequately obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion.”

“If we cannot trust them, if this is what we will receive from the WHO, our country will be forced to find other ways to work with other nations to achieve public health goals,” he added

The WHO failed in its “basic duty and must be held accountable”, the president went on.

There are now 2 million confirmed cases worldwide, and the U.S. remains the global epicenter, with 2,300 people reported dead on Tuesday alone.

Harvard’s global health director, a WHO critic, called Trump’s move an ‘extraordinarily bad idea’ that will ‘make Americans less safe.’

Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health at Georgetown University, told the MSNBC network: “Without a WHO that’s empowered there will be many, many more deaths, and not just as it marches through sub-Saharan Africa, which is next, but also here in the United States.”