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Gloves

CDC’s advisory on when to wear gloves to reduce risks from Covid-19

For the general public, CDC recommends wearing gloves at these times. When cleaning When you are routinely cleaning and disinfecting your home. Follow precautions listed on the disinfectant product label, whic...

Music

African artists take creative approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic

They are creating public service announcements, songs and music videos as part of an online campaign called #DontGoViral which has already reached more than 90 million people in the past week alone. “The succes...

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First person account: Fashionable face masks, creativity and dressing to shop in the COVID era

Kai Bussant was interviewed by UN News in December 2019 as part of an International Labour Organization (ILO) photography project called “Dignity at Work: the American Experience”. She has since left her ...

Hunger-Child

UN and partners launch $6.7 billion appeal for vulnerable countries

The updated Global Humanitarian Response Plan, launched on Thursday, provides help and protection that prioritize the most vulnerable in society, such as older people, people with disabilities, and women and gi...

work-from-home

CDC: What workers and employers can do to manage workplace fatigue during COVID-19

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has touched all aspects of society including how we work. Emergency responders, health care workers, and others providing essential services to the community have bee...

Virus-hunters

UN: Virus hunters continue search for animal link to human COVID-19 infections

Since the respiratory disease emerged in central China in late December, health officials have raced to locate where and how the virus was first transmitted from its animal host to humans. Wet market ‘played a ...

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Lessons from 40 year ‘victory over smallpox’ can be used to combat coronavirus today

The eradication “stands as the greatest public health triumph in history”, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a virtual event, adding that “there are many lessons to lear...

Emirates

Downtime for 200+ Emirates aircraft at Dubai World Central, Dubai International airports

While the world yearns to travel once again, meet and hug loved ones, seek new adventures and close those business deals, Emirates is busy protecting and readying the world’s largest all wide-body fleet t...

A-Hussein

With 95% reduction in flights IATA and Postal Union warn of mail capacity shortage

The International Air Transport Association, IATA, and Universal Postal Union, UPU, warned that air capacity for postal services is insufficient and urged governments to do more to support the movement of mail ...

8x

JetClass starts Flightpooling to make urgent travel cheaper during Covid-19

JetClass, the private business airline headquartered out of Vienna, Austria, has announced the launch of Flightpooling, a flexible, safe and cost-effective flight-sharing programme designed to provide urgent tr...