GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - FEBRUARY 18 : Atmosphere at World Health Organization (WHO) head office during COVID-19 coronavirus crisis on February 18, 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Footage by Vincent Isore/IP3 via Getty Images)
Speaking in a virtual briefing from Washington with other Pan American Health Organization directors, Etienne said coronavirus cases in Colombia’s border area with Venezuela have increased ten-fold in the last 2 weeks. Death rates are climbing in areas of Mexico, and similar trends are seen in Ecuador, Costa Rrica and Bolivia, she said.
President John Dramani Mahama says government has commissioned a Singaporean company to construct housing units for personnel of the security services, including...
