Developing world sees surge of coronavirus cases
CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports on growing global fears about the coronavirus' impact on developing countries, even as Europe begins to reopen.
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CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports on growing global fears about the coronavirus' impact on developing countries, even as Europe begins to reopen.
The World Health Organization is walking back a comment suggesting that the spread of COVID-19 from an asymptomatic person is rare. Dr. Ashish K. Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, joins CBSN to discuss when patients are the most contagious, and a new Harvard Medical School study which suggests the coronavirus may have been in China as early as August.
Government data show Moscow had thousands more coronavirus-linked deaths than officially counted, as WHO calls Russia's numbers "difficult to understand."
Health experts are disputing an assertion from the World Health Organization that the spread of COVID-19 by asymptomatic carriers is "very rare." New York pediatrician Dr. Dyan Hes joins CBSN to discuss the concerns and how you can keep your kids safe this summer.
U.N. health agency lauded Beijing's information sharing but left out frustration over expediency, because it needed further cooperation.
The U.S. is currently the largest funder of the WHO, and the organization is expected to be weakened by its departure.
President Trump has called for an end to the violence and looting occurring throughout Minneapolis, threatening military force. President Trump also announced Friday that the U.S. will no longer be a part of the World Health Organization. Ben Tracy reports.
President Trump announced Friday that the U.S. is withdrawing from the World Health Organization. He also criticized China for passing a national security law for Hong Kong. Reuters White House reporter Jeff Mason joined CBSN to dscuss.
President Trump announced Friday that he's "terminating" the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization, claiming China has total control over it. He continued to blame China for "misleading" the world about the coronavirus. Watch his remarks.
The president avoided questions from reporters in what the White House billed as a news conference.
Small island just off mainland China is home to almost 24 million people, but they'd been bracing for a crisis like COVID-19 for 17 years.
CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has more on COVID-19's impact on the global community.
There's growing fear that polio cases could surge as the world focuses on fighting the coronavirus. Foreign affairs reporter for The Washington Post Emily Rauhala joined CBSN to discuss what we're seeing in countries where health groups have suspended vaccination campaigns amid the pandemic.
In a conversation with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, Joe Biden Foreign Policy Adviser Antony Blinken talks scrutiny over the World Health Organization and what a Biden presidency would do different on the global stage.
Dr. David Nabarro, a special envoy of the WHO Director General on COVID-19 and a medical doctor with a long history of battling global viruses, joins CBS News' Pamela Falk to say it's "bizarre" that the U.S. would threaten to defund the health organization during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr. Trump on Monday tweeted a copy of a letter sent to the the Director-General of the World Health Organization listing his grievances with the organization's response to the the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump continues pushing businesses to reopen in a meeting with restaurant executives at the White House on Monday, as companies across the country continue to await disbursement of funds from the CARES Act. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid joined CBSN to discuss what specific policies the Trump administration is considering to help Americans.
"It's like basically taking the fire engines away from the fire," says Dr. David Nabarro after U.S. suspends funding to organization.
President Trump late Monday night threatened to permanently pull all U.S. funding for the World Health Organization. In a letter he released through Twitter, Mr. Trump said unless changes were made by the agency in how it tackles the coronavirus response, he will direct all U.S. funding cease and possibly pull its membership from the body. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Beijing says it "took an active part" in drafting a formal call at the World Health Organization for a global investigation into the source of the coronavirus.
Japan, South Korea and Iran reported sharp spikes in coronavirus cases as the World Health Organization warned the window for stopping the epidemic is narrowing. Globally, nearly 78,000 people are infected and more than 2,300 have died. Debora Patta reports.
The World Health Organization said the global risk from coronavirus is "very high." The announcement comes as health officials confirm the virus has spread to more than 50 countries. Dr. Jon LaPook joined CBSN with more on the growing outbreaks.
"This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," a top WHO official said.
The Justice Department has filed its first enforcement action against alleged coronavirus fraud. It obtained a temporary restraining order Sunday against the website coronavirusmedicalkit.com. Prosecutors say the site claimed to offer consumers access to vaccine kits from the World Health Organization, but there are currently no vaccines for the disease. Anna Werner joins “CBS This Morning” to explain how to avoid the scam and others like it.
Dr. David Heymann, a special adviser to the World Health Organization, said "risk assessments" should guide decisions about relaxing restrictions meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus.