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Emergency Meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Health on Preparedness and Response for Covid-19 Disease Epidemic

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19), ECOWAS MINISTERS OF HEALTH IN EMERGENCY MEETING IN BAMAKO TO HARMONIZE AND COORDINATE REGIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Abuja, February 13, 2020 --- As part of its preparedness and response plan to the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic, the West African Health Organization (WAHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Mali, is convening on February 14, 2020...

WAHO Statement 2 on the Outbreak of novel Coronavirus in China

WAHO Statement 2 on the Outbreak of novel Coronavirus in China 1 February 2020 – The West African Health Organization (WAHO) wishes to update the general public on the current situation of the outbreak of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) which started in China in December 2019. The infection is spreading rapidly and widely, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare...

WAHO Statement No1 on the Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus in China As At 27 January 2020

WAHO Statement No1 on the Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus in China Bobo-Dioulasso, 27 January 2020 – This statement on the recent outbreak of Coronavirus infection in China is issued by the West African Health Organization (WAHO), the Institution of ECOWAS for health, to inform the general public of ongoing measures to protect the region and what people should do to...
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