New York, US (PANA) - The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, and may contract even further if restrictions on economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses, according to analysis released on Wednesday by the UN Department [...]Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 worldwide, while the global caseload is heading towards one million, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there has been "a [...]Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which is operating in 16 provinces of DR Congo, including North-Kivu and in other hospitals and health centers, is preparing to face the rush of coronavirus patients, an official source told PANA here Wednesday. Stéphane Reynier de Montlaux , the ’All Sections’ [...]Full text...