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The UN needs $675 million to stop coronavirus in its tracks
2020-02-08
[UN News] Speaking in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that latest data indicated 24,363 confirmed infections in China and 490 deaths from the respiratory disease (2019-nCoV), which was declared on 31 December.

"In the last 24 hours, we had the most cases in a single day since the outbreak started (3925 new cases globally)," he said.

Noting the concern generated by the virus, Tedros added that "we must not forget how difficult it is for the people of Wuhan", in reference to the city at the epicentre of the outbreak in central China.

Outside China, 191 cases have been reported in 24 countries and there has been one death in the Philippines, the WHO Director-General told journalists.

Of that number, 31 cases are people with no travel history to China, he explained, but all of them are close to contacts of confirmed cases, or to someone from the hotspot city of Wuhan, where the epidemic originated.‘Window of opportunity’ to stop transmission

This “relatively small number” of infections outside China – which is home to 99 per cent of cases, with 80 per cent of these in Hubei province alone – has presented a “window of opportunity” to prevent the outbreak from developing into a global crisis, the WHO Director-General insisted.

Highlighting that the UN health agency’s major concern is that the virus could reach countries without the capacity to detect infections, Mr. Tedros urged the international community to show solidarity – political, technical and financial – to ensure that it does not spread further.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  "The Useless Nitwits needs $675 million appeal to stop coronavirus in its tracks"

Suuuurrrre -with 15 cents going to the virus and the rest going into the kleptocrats' pockets. >:-(

And Epstein didn't kill himself.
Posted by: Barbara   2020-02-08 18:23  

#9  Well I guess someone has to pay for the conference in an exotic location and hte pre-conference luncheon at some other 54-star location. Not to mention the pre-planning workout...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-02-08 13:34  

#8  "M.R.E.'s" = Meals Rejected by Ethiopians
"W.H.O." = Wakandan Hypocrites Obstructing
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-08 12:43  

#7  Make China pay
It’s their invention
They let it spread with their denial game
It’s their fault
They broke the treaty and were developing biological warfare weapons
They should be sanctioned
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    2020-02-08 12:42  

#6  But WHO brings the finest in Ethiopian medical practices to the table.

c.f. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-02-08 12:23  

#5  Strange...everything that ever happens, the solution is always more money for the UN. I'm sure it's a coincidence.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2020-02-08 10:32  

#4  Does that include the 25% for walking-around [Turtle Bay] money?
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-08 09:26  

#3  You get more of what you pay for...
Posted by: AlanC   2020-02-08 08:48  

#2  If we wanted coronavirus to spread ...
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-08 06:04  

#1  Have we not seen this movie before? I could only recommend we forego any such UN investment.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-08 05:41  

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