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The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterates that there is not yet a specific antiviral treatment whose safety and effectiveness are proven to treat COVID-19. Corticosteroids and medical oxygen remain essential in saving the lives of patients with severe cases of COVID-19.

L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) voudrait rappeler qu’il n’existe pas encore de traitement antiviral spécifique dont l’innocuité et l’efficacité soient prouvées pour le traitement de la COVID-19. Les corticostéroïdes et l'oxygène médical sont essentiels pour sauver la vie des patients gravement atteints par la COVID-19.

After a year of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 80,700 Ghanaians getting infected with the virus and over 580 lost lives, the path to recovery for the people of Ghana can finally begin.

A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) acolhe favoravelmente as inovações realizadas em todo o mundo, incluindo no que diz respeito à adaptação de medicamentos, ao uso de medicina tradicional e ao desenvolvimento de novas terapêuticas na busca de potenciais tratamentos contra a doença por coronavírus 2019 (COVID-19).

The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes innovations around the world including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines and developing new therapies in the search for potential treatments for COVID-19.

L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) accueille favorablement les innovations à travers dans le monde, y compris le recyclage des médicaments, des produits issus de la pharmacopée traditionnelle et la mise au point de nouvelles thérapies dans le cadre de la recherche de traitements potentiels de la maladie à coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).

Le ministère algérien de la Santé, de la Population et de la Réforme Hospitalière a signalé le premier cas de COVID-19 dans le pays. Les autorités sanitaires rapportent que des tests indiquent qu'un adulte italien, arrivé dans le pays le 17 février 2020, a été testé positif au coronavirus.

The Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform of Algeria has reported the country’s first case of COVID-19. Health authorities report that tests indicate that an Italian adult, who arrived in the country on 17 February 2020 has tested positive for coronavirus disease.

In another historic step for humanity towards a world free of polio, an independent commission of experts today certified – on World Polio Day – that the second of three types of the wild poliovirus had been eradicated globally.

We, the Ministers of Health and senior immigration officials of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the nine neighboring countries to the DRC, met on 21 October 2019 in Goma the DRC;