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COVID-19

UN health agency advice informs decision to delay Olympic Games for first time since 1944

The decision to delay the Games was announced in a joint statement from the International Olympics Committee (IOC), which is a partner with the United Nations, and the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee. The Joint...

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COVID-19

COVID-19: UN says lockdown across India is in line with WHO guidance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s order for the country’s 1.3 billion people to stay home, is an escalation of the 07:00 – 21:00 “Janata curfew” introduced on March 22, and it comes a day after the government grou...

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COVID-19

G-20 summit provides chance to rally strongly against coronavirus threat: UN chief

In a letter to the members of the Group of 20 industralized powers (G-20), António Guterres welcomed their decision to convene an emergency virtual summit on the pandemic, which has already affected health, edu...

WHO teams up with FIFA
COVID-19

Pass the message: Five steps to kicking out coronavirus

WHO, FIFA launch joint campaign to equip football community to tackle COVID-19 Geneva, 23 March 2020: FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up ...

Fresh water for the residents of the Majengo slums on Kenya's coast has come on tap as part of a UN-Habitat rehabilitation
COVID-19

Water access critical to beating back COVID-19 spread in slum areas

UN-Habitat said the impacts of the new coronavirus disease could be considerably higher on the urban poor living in slums, where overcrowding also makes it difficult to follow other recommended measures such as...

Syed Abid Ali, Co-Founder and CCO, PhishRod.
COVID-19

PhishRod offers free toolkit to boost COVID-19 awareness, support work from home

PhishRod is offering a free toolkit that contains awareness content and work from home policy template, along with free access to Policy Compliance Manager amid rise in phishing attacks related to coronavirus. ...

Tony Anscombe, Global Security Evangelist and Industry Ambassador at ESET.
COVID-19

Beware of scams exploiting coronavirus fears

From malware-laden emails to fake donations, these are some of the most common cons you should watch out for amid the public health crisis, according to Tony Anscombe, Global Security Evangelist and Industry Am...

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COVID-19

ServiceNow releases four apps to help organisations navigate COVID-19 crisis

ServiceNow has announced a customer care plan to support its public and private sector customers in managing the COVID‑19 pandemic. As part of this effort, the company has announced four new community apps to h...

Sandy Shen, Senior Research Director at Gartner.
COVID-19

Gartner lists three immediate actions for CIOs bracing for COVID-19 disruptions

With the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, CIOs should focus on three short-term actions to increase their organisations’ resilience against disruptions and prepare for rebound and growth, according to Gartn...

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COVID-19

IDC says uncertainty looms over GCC mobile market following COVID-19 outbreak

Smartphone shipments to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, increased 6.3% quarter on quarter in Q4 2019 to total 5.15 million units, according to the latest insights from global technology rese...