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| On June 26 the World Health Organizations chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said at a press conference that Oxfords vaccine was probably the worlds leading candidate | Positive | LONDON On June 5 researchers at the University of Oxford quietly made a change to a latestage clinical trial of their COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-sp/special-report-how-a-british-covid-19-vaccine-went-from-pole-position-to-troubled-start-idUSKBN28Y0XU | 2020-12-25 |
| Local and World Health Organization officials say the variant is different from one identified in Britain though both carry mutations that make them more transmissible than previously circulating dominant strains | Negative | JOHANNESBURG The rate of coronavirus infections in South Africa will soon surpass the peak hit in the first wave earlier in the year the health ministry warned on Wednesday as the country battles a new fasterspreading variant of the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-set-to-surpass-covids-first-wave-peak-idUSKBN28X2KQ | 2020-12-24 |
| The World Health Organization estimates about of people need to get vaccinated to achieve herd immunity meaning enough people are protected for the disease to stop spreading | Positive | ZURICH As 2020 closes regulatory approval of COVID19 vaccines has raised hopes the world can defeat the pandemic next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/production-and-delivery-challenges-set-up-turbulent-year-of-the-vaccine-idUSKBN28X0PO | 2020-12-24 |
| Biotechnology Innovation Organization a trade group is also challenging the rule in a separate lawsuit in California | Negative | A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a lastminute Trump administration rule aimed at lowering drug prices as of next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-drug-pricing/federal-judge-blocks-trump-administration-drug-pricing-rule-idUSKBN28X2II | 2020-12-24 |
| MEXICO CITY A senior Mexican official said on Tuesday that the World Health Organization does not recommend banning flights from the United Kingdom over a new variant of coronavirus when asked whether Mexico would suspend air travel from Britain | Negative | MEXICO CITY A senior Mexican official said on Tuesday that the World Health Organization does not recommend banning flights from the United Kingdom over a new variant of coronavirus when asked whether Mexico would suspend air travel from Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-mexico/mexico-says-who-does-not-recommend-flight-bans-from-uk-idUSKBN28W1SR | 2020-12-23 |
| The U.N. International Labour Organization estimates 16 million people were victims of forced labour in 2016 with in agriculture forestry and fisheries | Negative | Our findings can advance understanding of this largely hidden issue and support global efforts to combat this humanitarian he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-trafficking-fisheries/satellites-used-to-expose-risks-of-forced-labour-in-global-fishing-idUSKBN28V2NN | 2020-12-22 |
| IATA which represents most major airlines said the World Health Organization had adopted a mantra of test test and test and We implore governments to act on this | Neutral | PARIS Europe faces significant disruption to air transport as a growing number of countries bans flights from Britain due to fears over a new coronavirus strain prompting airlines to repeat calls for more testing to keep borders open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/air-transport-in-turmoil-as-flights-from-uk-banned-idUSKBN28V1UC | 2020-12-22 |
| The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new COVID19 virus variant | Negative | The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new COVID19 virus variant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-who/who-says-in-close-contact-with-uk-officials-on-new-covid-19-virus-variant-idUSKBN28T0ZA | 2020-12-20 |
| Englands Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said the authorities had alerted the World Health Organization and were continuing to analyse the data | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed an effective lockdown on over 16 million people in England and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas saying Britain was dealing with a new coronavirus strain up to more transmissible than the original | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-britain/to-fight-new-covid-strain-uk-pm-johnson-reverses-christmas-plans-for-millions-idUSKBN28T0K2 | 2020-12-20 |
| The World Health Organization said on Friday it was in touch with the South African researchers who identified the new variant | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa has identified a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections the health minister said on Friday days after Britain said it had also found a new variant of the virus boosting cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-identifies-new-coronavirus-strain-causing-surge-in-cases-idUSKBN28S2HH | 2020-12-19 |
| ZURICH World Health Organization officials said on Friday an international team led by the U.N. agency would be going to China in the first week of January to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | ZURICH World Health Organization officials said on Friday an international team led by the U.N. agency would be going to China in the first week of January to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-investigators-heading-to-china-in-early-january-to-probe-virus-idUSKBN28S2I6 | 2020-12-19 |
| BRASILIA Brazil needs the help of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to implement a carbon emissions trading framework the nations economy minister Paulo Guedes said during an event on Wednesday | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil needs the help of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to implement a carbon emissions trading framework the nations economy minister Paulo Guedes said during an event on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-guedes-carbon/brazils-guedes-calls-for-oecd-help-with-emissions-trading-idUSKBN28Q2NN | 2020-12-17 |
| SINGAPORE Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | Positive | SINGAPORE Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-who/who-says-beijing-welcomes-covid-19-investigators-trip-to-china-idUSKBN28R0C6 | 2020-12-17 |
| SYDNEY Australia launched a formal appeal to the World Trade Organization on Wednesday seeking a review of Chinas decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley | Negative | SYDNEY Australia launched a formal appeal to the World Trade Organization on Wednesday seeking a review of Chinas decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-barley/australia-ups-ante-in-china-trade-row-with-wto-challenge-of-barley-tariffs-idUSKBN28Q069 | 2020-12-17 |
| Beijing will welcome an international team of COVID19 investigators due to travel to China in January said the World Health Organization which is leading the mission | Positive | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| SYDNEY Australia will launch a formal appeal to the World Trade Organization later on Wednesday seeking a review of Chinas decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley Minister for Trade Simon Birmingham said | Negative | SYDNEY Australia will launch a formal appeal to the World Trade Organization later on Wednesday seeking a review of Chinas decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of Australian barley Minister for Trade Simon Birmingham said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-barley/australia-ups-ante-in-china-trade-row-with-appeal-to-wto-over-beijing-barley-tariffs-idUSKBN28Q069 | 2020-12-16 |
| The Trump Organization has argued the case is politically motivated | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is leaving the White House but he is not going to fade away quietly | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-trump/after-the-white-house-trump-faces-uncertain-future-and-legal-threats-idUSKBN28P19C | 2020-12-16 |
| UNESCO the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization is best known for designating and protecting archaeological and heritage sites from the Galapagos Islands to the tombs of Timbuktu | Positive | PARIS Four years after the United States quit UNESCO the United Nations cultural agency over accusations of antiIsrael bias diplomats say the Parisbased body has managed to put its house in order potentially easing the way for Washingtons return | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-unesco-usa/revamped-less-political-unesco-sets-sights-on-tricky-u-s-return-idUSKBN28E33Z | 2020-12-05 |
| GENEVA World Health Organization officials on Friday warned governments and citizens not to drop their guard over the COVID pandemic now a vaccination was close saying healthcare systems could still buckle under pressure | Negative | GENEVA World Health Organization officials on Friday warned governments and citizens not to drop their guard over the COVID pandemic now a vaccination was close saying healthcare systems could still buckle under pressure | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-against-pandemic-complacency-amid-vaccine-rollout-idUSKBN28E2HH | 2020-12-05 |
| The promise of COVID19 vaccines is and potentially World Health Organization European director Hans Kluge said on Thursday a day after Britain became the first Western country to approve a shot | Positive | The promise of COVID19 vaccines is and potentially World Health Organization European director Hans Kluge said on Thursday a day after Britain became the first Western country to approve a shot | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-praises-phenomenal-promise-of-covid-vaccines-idUSKBN28D1K0 | 2020-12-04 |
| The World Health Organization has recommended a 14day period for quarantine | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said a shorter quarantine period of seven days with a negative COVID19 test and 10 days without a test would work for individuals showing no symptoms after virus exposure providing alternatives to the current 14day standard | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cdc/u-s-health-agency-shortens-quarantine-guidance-following-coronavirus-exposure-idUSKBN28C2LR | 2020-12-03 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization on Wednesday tightened guidelines on wearing face masks recommending that where COVID19 is spreading they be worn by everyone in health care facilities and for all interactions in poorlyventilated indoor spaces | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization on Wednesday tightened guidelines on wearing face masks recommending that where COVID19 is spreading they be worn by everyone in health care facilities and for all interactions in poorlyventilated indoor spaces | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-masks/who-fine-tunes-advice-on-covid-masks-for-public-health-workers-idUSKBN28C173 | 2020-12-03 |
| An editorial in the influential New England Journal of Medicine cites problems with a World Health Organization study that found Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral remdesivir failed to improve COVID19 survival and said it does not refute trials that demonstrated benefits of the drug in treating the illness | Negative | An editorial in the influential New England Journal of Medicine cites problems with a World Health Organization study that found Gilead Sciences Incs antiviral remdesivir failed to improve COVID19 survival and said it does not refute trials that demonstrated benefits of the drug in treating the illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-remdesivir/medical-journal-editorial-refutes-who-finding-on-gileads-remdesivir-for-covid-19-idUSKBN28C3EZ | 2020-12-03 |
| On Monday the World Health Organization urged Brazil to be very very about its rising coronavirus infection numbers which DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described as very very worrisome | Negative | SAO PAULO The state of Sao Paulo home to Brazils biggest city imposed stricter social distancing measures on Monday as it wrestles to contain a fresh rise in COVID19 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/sao-paulo-imposes-covid-19-restrictions-as-cases-surge-again-idUSKBN28A2LK | 2020-12-01 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that Mexico is in bad regarding the coronavirus as infections and deaths surge while the Mexican government forecast the pandemic would likely continue worsening until January | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that Mexico is in bad regarding the coronavirus as infections and deaths surge while the Mexican government forecast the pandemic would likely continue worsening until January | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-who/who-calls-mexicos-rising-coronavirus-trend-very-worrisome-idUSKBN28A314 | 2020-12-01 |
| GAZA The World Health Organization delivered 15 ventilators to Gaza hospitals on Sunday amid a spike in COVID19 infections that has tested the Palestinian territorys underdeveloped health system | Positive | GAZA The World Health Organization delivered 15 ventilators to Gaza hospitals on Sunday amid a spike in COVID19 infections that has tested the Palestinian territorys underdeveloped health system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-gaza/gaza-gets-vital-medical-aid-as-hospitals-struggle-with-rising-infections-idUSKBN2890HU | 2020-11-30 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization needs to see clinical data and information of good manufacturing practice to be able to evaluate Russias Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine WHO assistant director general Mariangela Simao said on Friday | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization needs to see clinical data and information of good manufacturing practice to be able to evaluate Russias Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine WHO assistant director general Mariangela Simao said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-russia/who-says-it-wants-to-see-clinical-data-on-russias-sputnik-vaccine-idUSKBN28729T | 2020-11-28 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations top emergency expert said on Friday it would be highly for the WHO to say the coronavirus did not emerge in China where it was first identified in a food market in December last year | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organizations top emergency expert said on Friday it would be highly for the WHO to say the coronavirus did not emerge in China where it was first identified in a food market in December last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-who-china/who-says-would-be-highly-speculative-to-say-covid-did-not-emerge-in-china-idUSKBN28726F | 2020-11-28 |
| Pharmaceutical firms should offer the World Health Organizations COVAX initiative designed to make available supplies to poorer countries the best possible conditions and good for their vaccines Mueller said | Positive | BERLIN Companies that have benefitted from the coronavirus crisis such as Amazon and drugmakers should join wealthy countries in helping to fund access to vaccines for poorer nations Germanys international development minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-amazon/amazon-pharma-firms-should-help-covid-19-vaccine-reach-poorest-german-minister-idUSKBN2842FS | 2020-11-25 |
| The World Health Organization considers positive test rates above concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered | Neutral | The United States recorded its biggest weekly rise in COVID19 deaths since August increasing from the previous week to average about 1500 people per day according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends-graphic/u-s-posts-sharpest-weekly-rise-in-covid-19-deaths-since-august-idUSKBN2832WL | 2020-11-24 |
| The Ottawa will present its proposals to the World Trade Organization in midDecember in the hope its 164 members will sign up early in 2021 | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union Canada and 11 other countries agreed on Monday to measures such as eliminating export curbs they believe should form the basis of a global deal to help tackle COVID19 and future pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade/eu-canada-others-push-trade-plan-to-help-in-covid-19-battle-idUSKBN2832H4 | 2020-11-24 |
| They also urge greater transparency and believe the WTO World Health Organization and World Customs Organization can work more closely to be ready for future pandemics | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union Canada and 11 other countries agreed on Monday to measures such as eliminating export curbs they believe should form the basis of a global deal to help tackle COVID19 and future pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-trade/eu-canada-others-push-trade-plan-to-help-in-covid-19-battle-idUSKBN2832H4 | 2020-11-24 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations chief scientist said on Monday the organisation was waiting to see the efficacy and safety of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine and urged other developers to maintain efforts in order to provide enough doses for billions of people | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organizations chief scientist said on Monday the organisation was waiting to see the efficacy and safety of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine and urged other developers to maintain efforts in order to provide enough doses for billions of people | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccine/who-awaits-astrazeneca-data-says-more-vaccines-needed-idUSKBN28329Y | 2020-11-24 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization has had assurances from China that an international field trip to investigate the origins of the new coronavirus will be arranged as soon as possible its top emergency expert said on Monday | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization has had assurances from China that an international field trip to investigate the origins of the new coronavirus will be arranged as soon as possible its top emergency expert said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-mission/china-gives-pledge-on-access-for-covid-origins-probe-who-idUSKBN2832E3 | 2020-11-24 |
| ZURICH A World Health Organization special COVID19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections | Negative | ZURICH A World Health Organization special COVID19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-envoy/who-covid-envoy-fears-third-wave-calls-europe-response-incomplete-idUSKBN28206N | 2020-11-22 |
| Aid workers have raised fears that if Washington designates the Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization it could prevent lifesaving aid reaching the country | Neutral | NEW YORK U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres said on Friday that wartorn Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for warning against any unilateral moves as the United States threatens to blacklist Yemens Iranallied Houthi group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-yemen-security-un/u-n-chief-says-yemen-in-imminent-danger-of-famine-warns-against-unilateral-moves-idUSKBN2801XI | 2020-11-21 |
| The World Trade Organization said that while global trade in goods had rebounded in the third quarter from lockdowns there would be a slowdown at the end of 2020 | Neutral | throughout with analyst quotes updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-bond-yields-fall-as-virus-gains-fed-aid-ebbs-idUSL1N2I61JB | 2020-11-21 |
| ADDIS Ethiopias military accused World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday of supporting and trying to procure arms and diplomatic backing for Tigray states dominant political party which is fighting federal forces | Negative | ADDIS Ethiopias military accused World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday of supporting and trying to procure arms and diplomatic backing for Tigray states dominant political party which is fighting federal forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-conflict-who/ethiopia-accuses-who-chief-tedros-of-backing-tigray-rebels-idUSKBN27Z13Z | 2020-11-20 |
| World Health Organization experts have also pointed to a vaccine coverage rate as a way to reach population immunity through vaccination | Positive | Governments and officials are voicing hopes that COVID19 vaccines could bring herd with some calculating that immunising just twothirds of a population could halt the pandemic disease and help protect whole communities or nations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-analysis/analysis-can-first-covid-19-vaccines-bring-herd-immunity-experts-have-doubts-idUSKBN27Y124 | 2020-11-19 |
| The World Health Organization considers a positivity rate above to be concerning | Negative | The U.S. medical establishment on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to share critical COVID19 data with Presidentelect Joe Bidens team to avoid needless deadly lags in tackling a raging pandemic that is threatening to overwhelm hospitals nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-medical-leaders-rebuke-trump-urge-covid-19-cooperation-with-biden-team-idUSKBN27X2IK | 2020-11-18 |
| The World Health Organization says neither food nor packaging are known transmission routes for the virus | Negative | Major foodproducing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with Chinas scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus which some say is tantamount to a trade restriction | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-food/chinas-irritated-trade-partners-push-back-on-coronavirus-food-tests-idUSKBN27X14P | 2020-11-18 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday there had been 65 coronavirus infections among staff at its Geneva headquarters since the start of the pandemic and that a possible small cluster of cases was under investigation | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday there had been 65 coronavirus infections among staff at its Geneva headquarters since the start of the pandemic and that a possible small cluster of cases was under investigation | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-cases/who-says-it-investigating-potential-cluster-of-covid-19-cases-among-staff-idUSKBN27W2ER | 2020-11-17 |
| A facility set up by the World Health Organization and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than billion to buy and distribute COVID19 shots for poorer countries but said it still needs more | Positive | A facility set up by the World Health Organization and the GAVI vaccine group has exceeded an interim target of raising more than billion to buy and distribute COVID19 shots for poorer countries but said it still needs more | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-covax/vaccine-alliance-secures-2-billion-to-fund-covid-shots-for-poor-nations-idUSKBN27T13O | 2020-11-14 |
| The head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should not pin all their hopes on rapid vaccination | Negative | European officials warned against COVID19 complacency on Thursday and said measures to control a surge in infections as winter approaches must continue despite hopes that new vaccines can bring the pandemic under control | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/europe-must-grit-teeth-on-covid-19-as-vaccine-euphoria-fades-idUSKBN27S2EU | 2020-11-13 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is in discussions with the Russian institute that developed the Sputnik V candidate vaccine against COVID19 over its potential application for emergency use listing the U.N. agency said on Thursday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization is in discussions with the Russian institute that developed the Sputnik V candidate vaccine against COVID19 over its potential application for emergency use listing the U.N. agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-who/who-in-talks-with-russian-institute-on-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27S27E | 2020-11-13 |
| The Trump administration has accused the World Health Organization of being and of being its puppet which WHO directorgeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has denied | Negative | GENEVA The United States which has accused China of having hidden the extent of its coronavirus outbreak called on Tuesday for a transparent and WHOled international investigation into the origin of the pandemic criticising its current terms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-denounces-terms-for-who-led-inquiry-into-covid-origins-idUSKBN27Q1LX | 2020-11-11 |
| So far this year the Observatory of Killed Journalists which is maintained by the United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization has five victims registered in Mexico | Negative | MEXICO CITY A Mexican reporter who wrote about violent crime in the central state of Guanajuato died of gunshot wounds on Monday local authorities confirmed in the second murder of a journalist in less than a month | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-violence/mexican-reporter-about-to-broadcast-discovery-of-human-remains-is-shot-dead-idUSKBN27Q01E | 2020-11-10 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization chief on Monday welcomed efforts to strengthen the Genevabased body through reform and said it was looking forward to working closely with the administration of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization chief on Monday welcomed efforts to strengthen the Genevabased body through reform and said it was looking forward to working closely with the administration of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-chief-looks-forward-to-working-very-closely-with-biden-team-idUSKBN27P14F | 2020-11-10 |
| TAIPEI Chinas efforts to block Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic will only increase the worlds hostility towards the country the islands premier said on Tuesday | Negative | TAIPEI Chinas efforts to block Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic will only increase the worlds hostility towards the country the islands premier said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-taiwan/blocking-taiwan-at-who-will-increase-hostility-to-china-premier-says-idUSKBN27Q0HX | 2020-11-10 |
| Instead reforming the badly damaged World Trade Organization with new rules against subsidies and other nonmarket practices is viewed as a bigger priority | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has pledged to work more closely with U.S. allies in confronting China on trade and is seen as unlikely to roll back his predecessors tariffs on imported steel aluminum Chinese and European goods any time soon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-trade/bidens-trade-policy-will-take-aim-at-china-embrace-allies-idUSKBN27N0W4 | 2020-11-08 |
| GENEVA The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov | Negative | GENEVA The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto/wto-cancels-meeting-aimed-at-breaking-leadership-impasse-idUSKBN27M298 | 2020-11-07 |
| GENEVA The U.S. mission in Geneva urged World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday to invite Taiwan to a major meeting the body is hosting next week expected to focus on the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | GENEVA The U.S. mission in Geneva urged World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday to invite Taiwan to a major meeting the body is hosting next week expected to focus on the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-assembly/u-s-urges-who-chief-to-invite-taiwan-to-assembly-idUSKBN27M15Z | 2020-11-07 |
| Brussels views its own tariffs authorized by the World Trade Organization last month as important leverage in negotiations to end a dispute that began in 2004 | Negative | U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer last month warned any EU tariffs would force a U.S. and Trump has threatened to strike back | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wto-aircraft-eu/eu-set-to-impose-tariffs-on-4-billion-u-s-goods-next-week-idUSKBN27M2C9 | 2020-11-07 |
| The World Health Organization is looking at biosecurity around mink farms in countries across the world to prevent further spillover after Denmark ordered a national mink cull because of an outbreak of coronavirus infections in the animals | Negative | The World Health Organization is looking at biosecurity around mink farms in countries across the world to prevent further spillover after Denmark ordered a national mink cull because of an outbreak of coronavirus infections in the animals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-looks-at-mink-farm-biosecurity-globally-after-danish-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN27M1DD | 2020-11-07 |
| Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus directorgeneral of the World Health Organization were among other speakers who delivered video messages at the opening ceremony | Positive | SHANGHAI China will import over trillion worth of goods over the next decade and the country is accelerating its opening up in spite of the global coronavirus pandemic Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-trade-expo/chinese-president-xi-pledges-to-import-more-as-pandemic-shakes-global-economy-idUSKBN27K1UZ | 2020-11-05 |
| World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said now was the time for world leaders to act | Neutral | A wave of COVID19 lockdowns and curbs has stirred resistance across Europe with the rightwing British politician who helped force an EU referendum harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/europes-covid-19-curbs-prompt-pushback-amid-bleak-countdown-to-christmas-idUSKBN27I17E | 2020-11-04 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia imposed a record oil output cut in April to support prices as the COVID19 pandemic shrank demand | Negative | MOSCOW Top managers of Russian oil companies and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Monday discussed a possible extension of oil output restrictions into the first quarter of 2021 two industry sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/russian-oil-bosses-debate-extending-output-curbs-into-2021-sources-idUSKBN27I1AX | 2020-11-03 |
| The World Health Organization considers rates above concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered | Negative | The number of new COVID19 cases in the United States hit another record high last week rising to more than 575000 while deaths inched up according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends/as-u-s-covid-19-cases-break-records-weekly-deaths-rise-3-idUSKBN27I2OF | 2020-11-03 |
| The FDA formally approved the drug this month despite recent results from a World Health Organizationsponsored trial showing remdesivir did not improve patient outcomes | Negative | MOSCOW Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez has asked the Kremlin to allow it to produce a generic version of U.S. COVID19 drug remdesivir used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump despite lacking a patent to do so the firms director said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-remdesivir/russian-firm-seeks-to-produce-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-without-patent-idUSKBN27I0QH | 2020-11-03 |
| The Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties according to three senior bank officials with direct knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-deutsche-bank-exclusive/exclusive-tired-of-trump-deutsche-bank-wants-out-but-sees-no-good-options-sources-idUSKBN27J0G0 | 2020-11-03 |
| The International Civil Aviation Organization Manual on Testing and Cross Border Risk Management Measures expected in November would offer voluntary technical guidance but not oblige countries to remove quarantines | Positive | A global aviation manual now under review by a UN body suggests global guidelines calling for the use of highly reliable tests when screening passengers to detect the novel coronavirus ahead of flights three sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-aviation-testing/guidelines-for-covid-19-tests-for-airline-passengers-could-set-global-bar-for-reliability-sources-say-idUSKBN27H1KT | 2020-11-02 |
| GENEVA A group of World Health Organization experts held a virtual meeting with Chinese counterparts on Friday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | Neutral | GENEVA A group of World Health Organization experts held a virtual meeting with Chinese counterparts on Friday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/who-experts-talks-to-chinese-on-covid-pandemic-idUSKBN27F2IZ | 2020-10-31 |
| The Trump Organization which is privately owned does not publicly disclose its earnings or the value of its assets | Neutral | TURNBERRY Scotland For Donald Trump his golf courses are jewels in his selfbranded business empire from the swaying palm trees of Trump National Doral in south Florida to the panoramic sea views of Trump Turnberry on the windswept west coast of Scotland | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-golf-insight/donald-trumps-billion-dollar-golf-course-development-play-little-to-show-so-far-idUSKBN27C2ES | 2020-10-28 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is finalising advice on how to minimise the risk when elections are held during the coronavirus pandemic Mike Ryan the WHOs top emergency expert told an online briefing on Monday | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization is finalising advice on how to minimise the risk when elections are held during the coronavirus pandemic Mike Ryan the WHOs top emergency expert told an online briefing on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-election/who-finalising-advice-on-de-risking-elections-during-pandemic-idUSKBN27B29V | 2020-10-27 |
| GENEVA Europe needs some serious in the fight against the coronavirus but the World Health Organization is still optimistic European countries will not need to need to go into national lockdowns WHO officials said on Monday | Positive | GENEVA Europe needs some serious in the fight against the coronavirus but the World Health Organization is still optimistic European countries will not need to need to go into national lockdowns WHO officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/europe-needs-serious-acceleration-in-fight-against-coronavirus-who-idUSKBN27B27I | 2020-10-27 |
| which includes Russia and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is due to increase production by 2 million bpd in January 2021 | Positive | NEW YORK Oil fell nearly on Friday finishing lower for the week in anticipation of a surge in Libyan crude supply and demand concerns caused by surging coronavirus cases in the United States and Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-about-2-on-libyan-output-covid-19-demand-concerns-idUSKBN27804F | 2020-10-24 |
| Only last week Novak said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies would ease output curbs as planned despite a global spike in COVID19 cases | Positive | MOSCOW Russias energy minister said on Tuesday it was too early to discuss the future of global oil production curbs beyond December less than a week after saying plans to reduce the output restrictions should proceed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/russias-novak-says-premature-to-talk-about-opec-plans-beyond-2020-idUSKBN2751TG | 2020-10-21 |
| Both officials called for an overhaul of the Genevabased World Trade Organization as it prepares to select a new leader | Neutral | LONDON The United States and Britain expressed optimism about the prospects of a trade deal on Tuesday as they launched the latest round of talks focused on goods and tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-usa-trade-progress/u-s-britain-upbeat-as-trade-talks-enter-new-round-idUSKBN2752D0 | 2020-10-21 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has not indicated any plan so far to scrap that supply boost | Negative | MOSCOW OPEC and its allies fear a prolonged second wave of the COVID19 pandemic and a jump in Libyan output could push the oil market into surplus next year according to a confidential document seen by Reuters a gloomier outlook than just a month ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil-opec-exclusive/exclusive-opec-fears-second-virus-wave-could-lead-to-oil-surplus-in-2021-idUSKBN27124V | 2020-10-17 |
| LONDON The World Health Organization said on Friday it had had very good dialogue with developers of a second Russian vaccine candidate against COVID19 | Positive | LONDON The World Health Organization said on Friday it had had very good dialogue with developers of a second Russian vaccine candidate against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-russia/who-in-dialogue-with-russia-on-its-second-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-idUSKBN2712KA | 2020-10-17 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Friday it would assess monoclonal antibodies and other antiviral drugs in its trial of potential COVID19 treatments after the trial found Gilead Sciences remdesivir had no impact on survival rates | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Friday it would assess monoclonal antibodies and other antiviral drugs in its trial of potential COVID19 treatments after the trial found Gilead Sciences remdesivir had no impact on survival rates | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-trials/who-trial-to-assess-other-antibody-antiviral-drugs-after-remdesivir-doubt-idUSKBN2712HV | 2020-10-17 |
| Gilead Sciences Incs remdesivir had little or no effect on COVID19 patients length of hospital stay or chances of survival a clinical trial by the World Health Organization has found | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump urged for a big stimulus to cushion the economic impact of COVID19 as the countrys tally of infections surpassed eight million while reporting record spikes in several states | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2710EU | 2020-10-16 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico plans to vaccinate nearly all of its population against COVID19 by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical companies and the World Health Organizationbacked COVAX plan the government said on Tuesday | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico plans to vaccinate nearly all of its population against COVID19 by the end of 2021 after reaching accords with pharmaceutical companies and the World Health Organizationbacked COVAX plan the government said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-aims-to-vaccinate-vast-bulk-of-population-for-covid-19-by-end-2021-idUSKBN26Y1R9 | 2020-10-14 |
| ZURICH More than 180 countries have committed to participate in the World Health Organizations effort to finance COVID19 vaccines to be distributed fairly to both rich and poor countries the groups chief scientist said on Monday | Positive | ZURICH More than 180 countries have committed to participate in the World Health Organizations effort to finance COVID19 vaccines to be distributed fairly to both rich and poor countries the groups chief scientist said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covax/who-says-180-plus-countries-including-china-committed-to-vaccine-effort-idUSKBN26X25E | 2020-10-13 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations top emergencies expert said on Friday that authorities should try to avoid lockdowns as many countries see a sharp rise in the number of COVID19 infections | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organizations top emergencies expert said on Friday that authorities should try to avoid lockdowns as many countries see a sharp rise in the number of COVID19 infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-wants-to-avoid-punishing-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKBN26U1YE | 2020-10-10 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations top emergencies expert said on Friday that European governments must take decisive action to shut down transmission of the coronavirus including by curbing mass gatherings to avoid more painful lockdowns | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organizations top emergencies expert said on Friday that European governments must take decisive action to shut down transmission of the coronavirus including by curbing mass gatherings to avoid more painful lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-europe/who-urges-europe-to-stem-rise-of-covid-19-cases-curb-mass-gatherings-idUSKBN26U20G | 2020-10-10 |
| Washington Paris and Moscow are cochairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europes Minsk Group that has led mediation over NagornoKarabakh since 1992 | Positive | Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought with artillery and heavy guns on Thursday as the United States France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeris-and-ethnic-armenians-fight-as-russia-u-s-and-france-seek-ceasefire-idUSKBN26T16H | 2020-10-09 |
| GENEVA Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi OkonjoIweala and South Korean trade minister Yoo Myunghee are the final candidates to head the World Trade Organization ensuring the watchdog will have the first female leader in its 25year history | Positive | GENEVA Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi OkonjoIweala and South Korean trade minister Yoo Myunghee are the final candidates to head the World Trade Organization ensuring the watchdog will have the first female leader in its 25year history | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto/nigerian-south-korean-women-to-vie-for-wto-leadership-idUSKBN26T1LP | 2020-10-09 |
| The World Health Organization has urged caution about plasma treatments for COVID19 saying evidence they work is low even as the United States issued emergency authorisation for such therapies | Negative | TOKYO Japans Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday an alliance of drugmakers it spearheads has enrolled its first patient in a global clinical trial of a blood plasma treatment for COVID19 after months of regulatory delays | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-takeda-plasma/takeda-led-covid-19-plasma-treatment-enters-clinical-trial-with-first-patient-idUSKBN26U020 | 2020-10-09 |
| For the first time since midJune the percentage of tests that came back positive for the virus was under the threshold that the World Health Organization has said is concerning | Negative | After crushing their COVID19 outbreaks in the spring and keeping them in check all summer states in the U.S. Northeast are now seeing infections accelerate with New York reporting nearly 10000 new cases last week | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trends/covid-19-cases-surge-in-u-s-midwest-and-northeast-idUSKBN26Q30B | 2020-10-06 |
| GENEVA China said at a World Trade Organization meeting that restrictions by the United States on Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat are in violation of the bodys rules a trade official said | Negative | GENEVA China said at a World Trade Organization meeting that restrictions by the United States on Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat are in violation of the bodys rules a trade official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-wto/china-says-u-s-tiktok-wechat-bans-break-wto-rules-idUSKBN26Q26O | 2020-10-06 |
| With 850 cases per 100000 people according to the World Health Organization the Madrid area has Europes worst rate | Negative | MADRID Some 4 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-madrid/thanks-for-the-chaos-madrid-returns-to-lockdown-idUSKBN26N1QS | 2020-10-03 |
| Organizations have often ponied up ransoms to liberate their data | Positive | WASHINGTON Facilitating ransomware payments to sanctioned hackers may be illegal the U.S. Treasury said on Thursday signaling a crackdown on the fastgrowing market for consultants who help organizations pay off cybercriminals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-treasury-cyber/companies-may-be-punished-for-paying-ransoms-to-sanctioned-hackers-u-s-treasury-idUSKBN26M77U | 2020-10-02 |
| Some 25 million people globally are estimated by the U.N.s International Labour Organization to be victims of forced labor | Negative | The U.S. Department of Labor published its biennial list of goods believed to be produced by child or forced labor that included 17 Chinesemade products from gloves to Christmas decorations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-china-forcedlabor/u-s-puts-china-at-top-of-forced-labor-list-idUSKBN26M3ZW | 2020-10-01 |
| The World Health Organization the U.N. childrens agency UNICEF the International Organization for Migration World Vision and medical charity ALIMA have launched investigations on the back of the report | Negative | The World Health Organization the U.N. childrens agency UNICEF the International Organization for Migration World Vision and medical charity ALIMA have launched investigations on the back of the report | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-ebola-sexcrimes-reaction/congo-jobs-for-sex-expose-prompts-calls-for-greater-scrutiny-of-aid-workers-idUSKBN26M406 | 2020-10-01 |
| The International Organization for Migration and childrens agency UNICEF said they would investigate after 51 women accused mainly foreign aid workers of sexual abuse during the 20182020 Ebola crisis | Negative | The International Organization for Migration and childrens agency UNICEF said they would investigate after 51 women accused mainly foreign aid workers of sexual abuse during the 20182020 Ebola crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-ebola-sexcrimes-unitednations/u-n-s-iom-and-unicef-vow-to-investigate-jobs-for-sex-claims-in-congo-idUSKBN26M3ZY | 2020-10-01 |
| In Europe which accounts for nearly of deaths the World Health Organization has warned of a worrying spread in western Europe just weeks away from the winter flu season | Negative | The global death toll from COVID19 rose past 1 million on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally a bleak milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy overloaded health systems and changed the way people live | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-deaths/global-coronavirus-deaths-pass-agonizing-milestone-of-1-million-idUSKBN26K08Y | 2020-09-29 |
| GENEVA Chinas ambassador to the World Trade Organization said on Monday that a panel ruling by the global trade body this month which found that Washington had breached rules through its multibillion dollar China tariffs was objective and | Negative | GENEVA Chinas ambassador to the World Trade Organization said on Monday that a panel ruling by the global trade body this month which found that Washington had breached rules through its multibillion dollar China tariffs was objective and | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-wto/china-calls-wto-ruling-on-trumps-tariffs-objective-and-fair-idUSKBN26J2CJ | 2020-09-29 |
| The European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe urged both sides to stop military actions and return to negotiations as did Pope Francis | Positive | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| The World Health Organization considers rates above concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered | Negative | The number of tests coming back positive for COVID19 is topping in several states in the U.S. Midwest as cases and hospitalizations also surge in the region according to a Reuters analysis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/positive-covid-19-test-rates-top-25-in-some-u-s-midwest-states-idUSKBN26I10Y | 2020-09-28 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos foreign minister said on Friday that Mexico has signed a commitment agreement to buy potential COVID19 vaccines through the World Health Organizations global COVAX plan which aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of next year | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos foreign minister said on Friday that Mexico has signed a commitment agreement to buy potential COVID19 vaccines through the World Health Organizations global COVAX plan which aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-has-signed-commitment-to-buy-covid-19-vaccines-through-covax-foreign-minister-idUSKCN26G29S | 2020-09-26 |
| 15 the World Trade Organization found the United States breached global trading rules by imposing multibilliondollar tariffs in Trumps trade war with China | Negative | WASHINGTON About 3500 U.S. companies including Tesla Inc Ford Motor Co Target Corp Walgreen Co and Home Depot have sued the Trump administration in the last two weeks over the imposition of tariffs on more than billion in Chinesemade goods | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tariffs/some-3500-u-s-companies-sue-over-trump-imposed-chinese-tariffs-idUSKCN26G31G | 2020-09-26 |
| BEIJING The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway a Chinese health official said on Friday | Positive | BEIJING The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway a Chinese health official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-who/china-says-who-gave-blessing-for-coronavirus-vaccine-emergency-use-programme-idUSKCN26G17R | 2020-09-26 |
| SAN JOSE The Costa Rican government said on Friday it has signed up for the World Health Organizations COVAX facility vaccine program to be able to preorder more than one million doses of the vaccine once it is made available | Positive | SAN JOSE The Costa Rican government said on Friday it has signed up for the World Health Organizations COVAX facility vaccine program to be able to preorder more than one million doses of the vaccine once it is made available | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-costa-rica-vaccine/costa-rican-government-says-has-signed-up-for-whos-covax-vaccine-plan-idUSKCN26G30Y | 2020-09-26 |
| A New York state judge on Wednesday ordered Trumps son Eric a Trump Organization executive vice president to answer questions under oath in that probe by Oct | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump made a final push to keep his tax returns away from Manhattans top prosecutor saying he deserves a fair to show a subpoena for the returns was overbroad and issued in bad faith according to a court filing on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-deserves-fair-chance-to-challenge-subpoena-for-tax-returns-filing-idUSKCN26F2TG | 2020-09-25 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said his country will finalize this week a deal to join the World Health Organizations global COVAX plan which aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of next year | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said his country will finalize this week a deal to join the World Health Organizations global COVAX plan which aims to deliver at least 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/mexico-to-sign-up-for-whos-coronavirus-covax-vaccine-plan-this-week-idUSKCN26D1UD | 2020-09-23 |
| NEW YORK Russian President Vladimir Putin told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the World Health Organization should be strengthened to coordinate the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and proposed a highlevel conference on vaccine cooperation | Positive | NEW YORK Russian President Vladimir Putin told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the World Health Organization should be strengthened to coordinate the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and proposed a highlevel conference on vaccine cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-un-assembly-russia/russias-putin-wants-stronger-who-proposes-conference-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKCN26D2H3 | 2020-09-23 |
| Some 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID19 an alliance led by the World Health Organization said on Monday but superpowers China and the United States did not sign up | Positive | Some 156 nations have joined a global scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID19 an alliance led by the World Health Organization said on Monday but superpowers China and the United States did not sign up | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccines/more-than-150-nations-join-global-vaccine-plan-but-u-s-china-absent-idUSKCN26C2BR | 2020-09-22 |
| The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus it said on Monday | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday took down its guidance warning on possible airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus saying that the draft recommendation was posted in error | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-cdc-airborne/u-s-cdc-takes-down-coronavirus-airborne-transmission-guidance-idUSKCN26C23O | 2020-09-22 |
| The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus it said on Monday after U.S. health officials published draft new guidance by mistake warning that it can spread through airborne particles | Negative | The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus it said on Monday after U.S. health officials published draft new guidance by mistake warning that it can spread through airborne particles | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-transmission/who-says-no-change-to-covid-19-transmission-guidance-after-u-s-draft-change-idUSKCN26C2IU | 2020-09-22 |
| The World Health Organization considers positivity rates above concerning | Negative | The United States set a oneday record with over 1 million coronavirus diagnostic tests being performed but the country needs 6 million to 10 million a day to bring outbreaks under control according to various experts | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/u-s-sets-record-with-over-one-million-coronavirus-tests-in-a-day-idUSKCN26B0O1 | 2020-09-21 |
| NEW YORK President Donald Trumps son Eric is willing to be questioned in connection with a probe by New Yorks attorney general into whether his father and the Trump Organization overstated the value of assets to obtain loans and tax benefits if it can wait until after the Nov | Negative | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps son Eric is willing to be questioned in connection with a probe by New Yorks attorney general into whether his father and the Trump Organization overstated the value of assets to obtain loans and tax benefits if it can wait until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-new-york-lawsuit/trumps-son-agrees-to-sit-for-questioning-in-new-york-probe-after-the-election-idUSKBN268345 | 2020-09-18 |
| The Trump Organization has said the probe into Donald Trump a Republican by James a Democrat was all about politics | Negative | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps son Eric is willing to be questioned in connection with a probe by New Yorks attorney general into whether his father and the Trump Organization overstated the value of assets to obtain loans and tax benefits if it can wait until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-new-york-lawsuit/trumps-son-agrees-to-sit-for-questioning-in-new-york-probe-after-the-election-idUSKBN268345 | 2020-09-18 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producers making up the socalled group are cutting 7 | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices rose for a fourth straight day on Friday as Goldman Sachs estimated the market is in deficit and a new storm started building in the Gulf of Mexico putting crude on track for a weekly gain of about | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-as-goldman-predicts-deficit-new-storm-builds-in-gulf-idUSKBN26905S | 2020-09-18 |
| The Philippines has joined a World Health Organizationled vaccine trials and allocation plan and is promoting itself as a site for pharma firms phase 3 trials Vergeire said | Positive | MANILA The Philippines continues to negotiate supply deals with a wide range of COVID19 vaccine makers its health ministry said on Wednesday despite its president scolding Western firms and saying he wanted Chinese and Russian vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-vaccin/philippines-says-engaging-western-pharma-firms-despite-duterte-anger-idUSKBN2670JW | 2020-09-16 |
| Representatives of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization attend a peace conference | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalization-moves-follow-years-of-failed-diplomatic-initiatives-idUSKBN2661PR | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer reacted defiantly on Tuesday to a World Trade Organization decision finding punitive U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in violation of WTO rules saying that the trade body is inadequate to stop Chinas harmful technology practices | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer reacted defiantly on Tuesday to a World Trade Organization decision finding punitive U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods in violation of WTO rules saying that the trade body is inadequate to stop Chinas harmful technology practices | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-ustr/defiant-ustr-says-wto-china-tariff-ruling-shows-trade-bodys-inadequacy-idUSKBN2662NE | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not aware of the World Trade Organization ruling on a trade dispute with China but said he would take a look at it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not aware of the World Trade Organization ruling on a trade dispute with China but said he would take a look at it | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-trump/trump-says-will-have-to-do-something-about-wto-after-china-ruling-idUSKBN26639D | 2020-09-16 |
| LONDON Iran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries as long as the group protects Iranian interests alongside other members Irans OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday | Positive | LONDON Iran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries as long as the group protects Iranian interests alongside other members Irans OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-opec-iran-zamaninia/iran-says-it-supports-opec-as-long-as-its-interests-are-protected-idUSKBN2652E8 | 2020-09-15 |
| LONDON Investment bank Morgan Stanley has ramped up the risk of Britain and the European Union flopping onto World Trade Organization terms to from after the UK signalled a willingness this week to walk away from Brexit talks | Positive | LONDON Investment bank Morgan Stanley has ramped up the risk of Britain and the European Union flopping onto World Trade Organization terms to from after the UK signalled a willingness this week to walk away from Brexit talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-eu-morganstanley/morgan-stanley-hikes-chance-of-wto-style-brexit-to-40-idUSKBN2621CH | 2020-09-12 |
| United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | Neutral | United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2600SX | 2020-09-11 |
| The World Health Organization has flagged the AstraZeneca vaccine which is being developed with the University of Oxford as the most promising for coronavirus | Positive | AstraZeneca should still know by yearend whether its experimental vaccine protects people against coronavirus as long as it is cleared to resume trials soon its chief executive said on Thursday amid doubts over its rollout | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-expects-covid-vaccine-result-by-year-end-if-trials-resume-idUSKBN2611C2 | 2020-09-11 |
| The World Trade Organizations effort to select a leader entered a new stage this week as ambassadors from 164 member countries met with senior officials for private to say who they support | Positive | The World Trade Organizations effort to select a leader entered a new stage this week as ambassadors from 164 member countries met with senior officials for private to say who they support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto-analysis/wto-leadership-race-seen-as-hostage-to-u-s-election-idUSKBN2610P5 | 2020-09-10 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies a grouping known as are currently cutting output by 7 | Neutral | CAIRO Iraqs federal government has requested that the Kurdistan Regional Government cut its oil production by 120000 barrels per day Iraqs state news agency INA quoted a KRG minister as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iraq-oil/iraq-asks-krg-to-cut-production-by-120000-bpd-state-news-agency-idUSKBN26036K | 2020-09-10 |
| GENEVA World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic as he called on countries to invest in public health | Positive | GENEVA World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic as he called on countries to invest in public health | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-must-be-better-prepared-for-next-pandemic-says-who-boss-idUSKBN25Y1IY | 2020-09-08 |
| MOSCOW The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies may discuss this month countries which have lagged in reducing their oil output under a global oil cut deal Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies may discuss this month countries which have lagged in reducing their oil output under a global oil cut deal Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia-novak/russias-novak-says-opec-may-discuss-underperformers-this-month-ria-idUSKBN25Y1EU | 2020-09-08 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID19 vaccine a senior official said on Monday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID19 vaccine a senior official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/who-says-working-with-china-on-requirements-for-covid-vaccine-approval-idUSKBN25Y1MC | 2020-09-08 |
| The World Health Organization is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID19 vaccine a senior official said on Monday | Positive | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN25Z0PG | 2020-09-08 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID19 until the middle of next year a spokeswoman said on Friday stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID19 until the middle of next year a spokeswoman said on Friday stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-briefing/widespread-covid-19-vaccinations-not-expected-until-mid-2021-who-says-idUSKBN25V1B0 | 2020-09-05 |
| A record supply cut since May by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies a group known as has supported prices | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices fell more than on Friday and posted their biggest weekly decline since June as fears of a slow economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic compounded worries about weak oil demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-3-posts-weekly-drop-on-demand-concerns-idUSKBN25V02Q | 2020-09-05 |
| It is rare for Islamist Hamas and Abbass secular Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization to have such highlevel contacts after years of infighting | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a rare meeting with rival factions on Thursday as they sought to present a united front over Israel and the United Arab Emirates deal to normalise ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-factions/rival-palestinian-factions-hold-rare-joint-meeting-over-israel-uae-deal-idUSKBN25U31R | 2020-09-04 |
| NAIROBI The World Health Organization wants to secure an initial 230 million doses of any COVID19 vaccine for Africa officials said Thursday while emphasising that any vaccine in development should also be tested on the continent | Positive | NAIROBI The World Health Organization wants to secure an initial 230 million doses of any COVID19 vaccine for Africa officials said Thursday while emphasising that any vaccine in development should also be tested on the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/who-aiming-for-20-of-africa-to-get-initial-covid-jabs-from-access-plan-idUSKBN25U1BR | 2020-09-04 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies Turkey and Greece vehemently disagree over claims to natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean and the extent of their continental shelves | Negative | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| Organizations such as the IndiaChina Economic and Cultural Council based in Beijing that have been sponsoring visas for CAIFU will also be subject to security clearances | Negative | NEW DELHI India has ordered tougher scrutiny of visa requests by a Chinese nonprofit headed by a senior official of the ruling communist party designating it as an entity of concern in a broader security sweep sources involved in the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-visas-exclusive/exclusive-india-steps-up-scrutiny-of-chinese-influence-group-idUSKBN25U1KW | 2020-09-04 |
| The EU condemned Trumps decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization in April and says Trumps withdrawal from other treaties and accords undermines Western priorities. | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions top diplomat called on Thursday for Washington to reverse its sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and another member of the ICC calling the measures unacceptable and | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-icc-sanctions-eu/u-s-blacklisting-of-icc-prosecutor-must-be-reversed-eu-says-idUSKBN25U2Q0 | 2020-09-04 |
| After the World Health Organization met groups representing longterm COVID sufferers last month the WHOs director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus assured We hear you loud and | Neutral | LONDON Until March 19 this year Felicity Callard a 49 yearold British university professor and lecturer was fit active and strong | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-long-fear-feature/fear-and-dread-haunt-covid-19-long-haulers-idUSKBN25U0ET | 2020-09-03 |
| A record supply cut by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies a grouping known as has supported prices | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil fell more than on Wednesday reversing early gains after a report showed gasoline demand fell in the United States in the latest week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-drops-2-reversing-course-as-u-s-gasoline-demand-slumps-idUSKBN25T03L | 2020-09-03 |
| LONDON Seventysix wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots the projects colead said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Seventysix wealthy nations are now committed to joining a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots the projects colead said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-covax-exc/exclusive-vaccine-group-says-76-rich-countries-now-committed-to-covax-access-plan-idUSKBN25T39P | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday that it will not pay some million it currently owes to the Genevabased World Health Organization and will instead redirect the money to help pay its United Nations bill in New York | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday that it will not pay some million it currently owes to the Genevabased World Health Organization and will instead redirect the money to help pay its United Nations bill in New York | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/amid-plans-to-quit-u-s-will-not-pay-what-it-owes-who-this-year-idUSKBN25T3AS | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday pushed back on concerns expressed by the World Health Organization after a U.S. health official said a coronavirus vaccine might be approved without completing full trials | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday pushed back on concerns expressed by the World Health Organization after a U.S. health official said a coronavirus vaccine might be approved without completing full trials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/white-house-slams-who-over-criticism-of-push-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN25S62T | 2020-09-02 |
| On Monday World Health Organization officials said moving too quickly to make a vaccine widely available could pose risks | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday pushed back on concerns expressed by the World Health Organization after a U.S. health official said a coronavirus vaccine might be approved without completing full trials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/white-house-slams-who-over-criticism-of-push-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN25S62T | 2020-09-02 |
| The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID19 vaccines but did not clarify whether EU states would acquire shots through the WHO scheme | Positive | The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID19 vaccines but did not clarify whether EU states would acquire shots through the WHO scheme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-01 |
| GENEVA The emergency authorisation of COVID19 vaccines requires a great deal of seriousness and the World Health Organization said on Monday after the United States announced it was considering fasttracking candidate drugs | Negative | GENEVA The emergency authorisation of COVID19 vaccines requires a great deal of seriousness and the World Health Organization said on Monday after the United States announced it was considering fasttracking candidate drugs | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-care/emergency-authorisation-of-covid-19-vaccines-needs-great-care-who-idUSKBN25R2CK | 2020-09-01 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France to Cuba as a World Health Organization vaccine initiative will fall short of its needs | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexico is pressing ahead with an effort to forge COVID19 vaccine alliances across a wide ideological spectrum of countries from France to Cuba as a World Health Organization vaccine initiative will fall short of its needs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-vaccine/covid-19-vaccine-diplomacy-mexico-courts-allies-across-ideological-spectrum-idUSKBN25Q0H9 | 2020-08-31 |
| The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID19 vaccines for all | Positive | The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID19 vaccines for all | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-vaccines/new-reckoning-for-who-vaccine-plan-as-governments-go-it-alone-idUSKBN25O0L6 | 2020-08-29 |
| GENEVA Wealthier countries that join the World Health Organizations COVID19 vaccine plan are being offered a new option to pick and choose which shots they get while reserving a right to receive their full of doses documents seen by Reuters show | Positive | GENEVA Wealthier countries that join the World Health Organizations COVID19 vaccine plan are being offered a new option to pick and choose which shots they get while reserving a right to receive their full of doses documents seen by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-offer-exclusiv/exclusive-who-sweetens-terms-to-join-struggling-global-covax-vaccine-facility-documents-idUSKBN25O1L5 | 2020-08-29 |
| The World Health Organization said resources permitting people exposed to the novel coronavirus should continue to get tested even if they do not show immediate symptoms of infection | Neutral | Several U.S. Midwest states reported record oneday increases in the number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday as nationwide deaths from the virus topped 180000 and officials braced for the possibility of another surge with school openings | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/covid-19-cases-spike-in-u-s-midwest-as-deaths-reach-over-180000-idUSKBN25N2D9 | 2020-08-28 |
| The World Health Organization reiterated its advice on Thursday that resources permitting people exposed to the novel coronavirus should be tested even if they do not show immediate symptoms of infection | Neutral | The World Health Organization reiterated its advice on Thursday that resources permitting people exposed to the novel coronavirus should be tested even if they do not show immediate symptoms of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-testing/people-exposed-to-virus-but-without-symptoms-should-be-tested-if-feasible-who-idUSKBN25N2G7 | 2020-08-28 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into whether observed in a COVID19 PCR swab test made by Chinas BGI Biotechnology Co Ltd were linked to how it was used in Sweden | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was looking into whether observed in a COVID19 PCR swab test made by Chinas BGI Biotechnology Co Ltd were linked to how it was used in Sweden | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-testing-who/who-says-it-is-in-talks-with-chinas-bgi-on-test-kit-after-swedish-complaint-idUSKBN25N24X | 2020-08-28 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that his agency was setting up a review committee to evaluate the performance of its International Health Regulations during the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that his agency was setting up a review committee to evaluate the performance of its International Health Regulations during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronaviorus-who-rules/who-panel-to-review-international-health-regulations-in-pandemic-tedros-idUSKBN25N26Y | 2020-08-28 |
| On Tuesday the World Health Organization said Gazas hospitals currently have capacity for 350 COVID19 patients for a population of two million | Neutral | GAZA Gaza was in lockdown on Tuesday after the first cases of COVID19 in the general population of the Palestinian enclave whose restricted borders until now had helped spare it from an outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/gaza-in-lockdown-to-contain-its-first-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN25L0XC | 2020-08-26 |
| MEXICO CITY Young people are driving the spread of the coronavirus in the Americas the head of the Pan American Health Organization said on Tuesday noting that both deaths and caseloads have doubled in the region over the past six weeks | Negative | MEXICO CITY Young people are driving the spread of the coronavirus in the Americas the head of the Pan American Health Organization said on Tuesday noting that both deaths and caseloads have doubled in the region over the past six weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-americas/young-people-fueling-recent-spike-of-coronavirus-in-americas-u-n-agency-says-idUSKBN25L22M | 2020-08-26 |
| The World Health Organization was cautious about endorsing the use of the plasma to treat those who are ill saying evidence that it works remains low quality | Negative | oil and gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stocks-advance-on-coronavirus-treatment-hopes-dollar-gains-idUSL1N2FQ0VB | 2020-08-25 |
| Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said on Monday but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments | Positive | Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said on Monday but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covax/who-says-172-countries-engaging-with-global-covid-19-vaccine-plan-idUSKBN25K16Y | 2020-08-25 |
| Some 172 countries are engaging with the WHOled COVAX plan designed to ensure equitable access to COVID19 vaccines the World Health Organization said but added more funding is urgently needed | Positive | A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID19 was infected again fourandahalf months later in the first documented instance of human reinfection researchers at the University of Hong Kong said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25L0DW | 2020-08-25 |
| NEW YORK The New York state attorney general is investigating whether Donald Trump and the Trump Organization improperly manipulated the value of the U.S. presidents assets to secure loans and obtain economic and tax benefits and said Trumps son Eric has been uncooperative in the civil probe | Negative | NEW YORK The New York state attorney general is investigating whether Donald Trump and the Trump Organization improperly manipulated the value of the U.S. presidents assets to secure loans and obtain economic and tax benefits and said Trumps son Eric has been uncooperative in the civil probe | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-new-york-lawsuit/new-york-probing-whether-donald-trump-and-the-trump-organization-manipulated-asset-values-idUSKBN25K1XG | 2020-08-25 |
| The board also accepted Senegals La Banque Agricole and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization as partners that can implement projects with fund money | Positive | The Green Climate Fund was set up under U.N. climate talks in 2010 to help developing nations tackle global warming and started allocating money in 2015 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-global-finance/climate-fund-for-poor-nations-vows-to-drive-green-covid-recovery-idUSKBN25I0P7 | 2020-08-23 |
| ZURICH The World Health Organization said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults while children between six and 11 should wear them on a riskbased approach | Negative | ZURICH The World Health Organization said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults while children between six and 11 should wear them on a riskbased approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-children/who-says-children-aged-12-and-over-should-wear-masks-like-adults-idUSKBN25I0OH | 2020-08-23 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday if the world unites and succeeds in finding a vaccine | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday if the world unites and succeeds in finding a vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-end/who-chief-hopes-coronavirus-pandemic-will-last-less-than-two-years-idUSKBN25H294 | 2020-08-22 |
| Iman Shankiti the World Health Organization representative in Lebanon said the country was at a dangerous juncture | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter COVID19 infections which have doubled since the catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-lockdown/lebanon-imposes-new-partial-lockdown-to-fight-covid-19-idUSKBN25H1JS | 2020-08-22 |
| The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration in a statement disclosing Mondays accident called for stepping up search and rescue capacity to respond to distress calls | Negative | GENEVA At least 45 African migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea in the largest recorded shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year U.N. agencies said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migrants-un/at-least-45-african-migrants-die-off-libya-in-worst-shipwreck-of-2020-u-n-idUSKCN25F2KN | 2020-08-20 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia a group known as agreed record output cuts to tackle the fallout from the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | DUBAI The oil market has not yet stabilised Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told state TV on Wednesday but added that the measures implemented by OPEC have been successful in raising crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-oil-opec-iran/irans-zanganeh-says-oil-market-still-fragile-tv-idUSKCN25F2FG | 2020-08-20 |
| He said turning off satellite equipment violated rules created by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations a group of international agencies that promote sustainable fishing | Negative | GUAYAQUIL Ecuador Ecuadors armed forces said on Tuesday that dozens of vessels from a predominantly Chinese fishing fleet that is operating near the Galapagos Islands have turned off tracking systems to prevent monitoring of their activities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-ecuador-environment-china/ecuador-says-some-chinese-vessels-near-galapagos-have-cut-communications-systems-idUSKCN25E2XI | 2020-08-19 |
| The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to COVID19 vaccines warning about the risks from socalled vaccine nationalism | Negative | The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to COVID19 vaccines warning about the risks from socalled vaccine nationalism | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-who-explai/explainer-world-health-organizations-struggle-for-a-global-covid-19-vaccine-plan-idUSKCN25E2O8 | 2020-08-19 |
| Nations that hoard possible COVID19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday issuing a lastditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact | Neutral | Nations that hoard possible COVID19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday issuing a lastditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-blasts-vaccine-nationalism-in-last-ditch-push-against-hoarding-idUSKCN25E0AZ | 2020-08-19 |
| The Saudiled Organization of Islamic Countries has only held lowlevel meetings over Kashmir despite Islamabads demands | Neutral | Pakistans army chief met with senior Saudi Arabian officials in Riyadh on Monday in an effort to ease a row between the two countries over policy towards the disputed region of Kashmir | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-saudi-arabia/pakistani-army-chief-visits-saudi-arabia-to-revive-ties-strained-over-kashmir-idUSKCN25D10H | 2020-08-18 |
| Under World Trade Organization rules China is required to announce a decision of its review requested by Australias agricultural sector and endorsed by the government within 90 days | Positive | SYDNEY Australia has appealed Chinas prohibitive tariff on barley shipments from the worlds thirdbiggest exporter of the grain two people familiar with the matter told Reuters as Australian farmers scramble to find alternative markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-barley-china/australia-appeals-chinas-barley-import-tariff-as-trade-tensions-worsen-idUSKCN25E0K2 | 2020-08-18 |
| MANILA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s 30s and 40s many of which were unaware they were infected posing a danger to vulnerable groups | Negative | MANILA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s 30s and 40s many of which were unaware they were infected posing a danger to vulnerable groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/pandemic-now-driven-by-20s-30s-40s-group-many-asymptomatic-who-idUSKCN25E0AZ | 2020-08-18 |
| The International Maritime Organization is providing technical advice | Positive | TOKYO A Japanese bulk carrier struck a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on July 25 spilling about 1000 tonnes of fuel oil and triggering a state of environmental | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mauritius-environment-next-steps-expl/explainer-who-pays-for-mauritius-oil-spill-and-how-much-idUSKCN25A196 | 2020-08-15 |
| The data from the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon shows 559 coronavirus deaths among indigenous people in Brazils Amazonian states since the start of the pandemic | Negative | In particular the virus in indigenous health districts that until midJune had seen no cases of the virus she said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon-anal/indigenous-land-intrusions-help-drive-higher-virus-death-toll-in-the-amazon-idUSKCN25A2BX | 2020-08-15 |
| Chinas national standard is 35 micrograms though the World Health Organization recommends levels of no more than 10 | Negative | China saw average concentrations of lungdamaging airborne particles known as PM2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-pollution/china-air-pollution-falls-10-8-because-of-coronavirus-slowdown-idUSKCN25A16Q | 2020-08-15 |
| Representatives of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization attend a peace conference | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it saw no evidence of coronavirus being spread by food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it saw no evidence of coronavirus being spread by food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering the food chain | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/people-should-not-fear-spread-of-covid-19-in-food-packaging-who-idUSKCN2592D5 | 2020-08-14 |
| CAIRO The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had appealed for million in aid for Lebanon after last weeks massive explosion in Beirut destroyed or damaged hospitals clinics and medical supplies | Negative | CAIRO The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had appealed for million in aid for Lebanon after last weeks massive explosion in Beirut destroyed or damaged hospitals clinics and medical supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-who/who-seeking-76-million-for-lebanon-after-beirut-blast-concerned-about-coronavirus-idUSKCN2581YL | 2020-08-13 |
| Pakistan has long pressed the Saudiled Organization of Islamic Countries to convene a highlevel meeting to highlight alleged Indian violations in the part it controls | Negative | Pakistans army chief will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend officials said seeking to calm diplomatic strains over Kashmir as financial support for Islamabad hangs in the balance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-saudi-arabia/pakistan-army-chief-to-visit-saudi-arabia-in-quest-to-smooth-ties-idUSKCN2582NX | 2020-08-13 |
| The Philippines and Kazakhstan have expressed interest in the vaccine while a senior World Health Organization says it has not received enough information to evaluate it | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the worlds first COVID19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscows rapid approval of the drug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-says-medics-to-get-anti-covid-shots-in-two-weeks-some-russians-wary-idUSKCN25821K | 2020-08-13 |
| The World Health Organization and Russian health authorities are discussing the process for possible WHO prequalification a WHO spokesman said on Tuesday | Positive | Russias granting of regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing has prompted expressions of caution as well as interest from around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-fac/factbox-world-reaction-to-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2581BN | 2020-08-13 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization and Russian health authorities are discussing the process for possible WHO prequalification for its newly approved COVID19 vaccine a WHO spokesman said on Tuesday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization and Russian health authorities are discussing the process for possible WHO prequalification for its newly approved COVID19 vaccine a WHO spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-who/who-says-discussing-new-covid-19-vaccine-with-russia-idUSKCN2571BC | 2020-08-12 |
| BRASILIA The World Health Organization has not received enough information on the Russian COVID19 vaccine to evaluate it the assistant director of its regional branch the Pan American Health Organization Jarbas Barbosa said on Tuesday | Negative | BRASILIA The World Health Organization has not received enough information on the Russian COVID19 vaccine to evaluate it the assistant director of its regional branch the Pan American Health Organization Jarbas Barbosa said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-paho/who-lacks-info-to-evaluate-russian-covid-19-vaccine-says-paho-idUSKCN25725P | 2020-08-12 |
| The United States last year won World Trade Organization authorization to impose tariffs on up to | Negative | WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. senators have asked the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to remove tariffs imposed in October 2019 on European Union food wine and spirits according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-wto-aircraft-airbus-congress/senators-urge-u-s-to-remove-tariffs-on-eu-foods-beverages-idUSKCN25610E | 2020-08-11 |
| Azar said the world should recognise Taiwans health accomplishments pointing to Taiwans exclusion from the World Health Organization due to Chinese objections which considers Taiwan merely a wayward province | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions that would turn it into the next Hong Kong its top diplomat told visiting U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa/taiwan-tells-visiting-u-s-official-china-seeks-to-turn-it-into-next-hong-kong-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-11 |
| Asked on Thursday about the Russian vaccine World Health Organization emergencies director Michael Ryan said trial data was needed to ensure any vaccines are safe and effective | Positive | MANILA Russia is willing to supply a coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines or team up with a local firm to mass produce it its ambassador to Manila said on Friday as infections in the Southeast Asian nation surge | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-philippines-russia/russia-offers-to-supply-philippines-with-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2531H1 | 2020-08-10 |
| GENEVA A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID19 had extensive and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected a spokesman said on Tuesday | Negative | GENEVA A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID19 had extensive and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected a spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-china-team-interviewed-wuhan-scientists-over-virus-origins-idUSKCN2501CE | 2020-08-05 |
| Eight candidates from Mexico to Moldova are bidding to become the next directorgeneral of the World Trade Organization to replace Roberto Azevedo who steps down at the end of August | Positive | Eight candidates from Mexico to Moldova are bidding to become the next directorgeneral of the World Trade Organization to replace Roberto Azevedo who steps down at the end of August | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto-explainer/explainer-how-the-next-wto-chief-will-be-chosen-and-the-task-ahead-idUSKBN24Z0U9 | 2020-08-04 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a silver for COVID19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long with some countries requiring a reset of strategy | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a silver for COVID19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that the road to normality would be long with some countries requiring a reset of strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/anxious-who-implores-world-to-do-it-all-in-long-war-on-covid-19-idUSKBN24Z1AG | 2020-08-04 |
| GENEVA Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID19 the World Health Organizations head said on Monday as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection | Negative | GENEVA Mothers should breastfeed their babies even if they have contracted COVID19 the World Health Organizations head said on Monday as the benefits outweigh the risks of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-breastfeeding/who-urges-mothers-to-breastfeed-even-if-infected-with-covid-19-idUSKBN24Z1B7 | 2020-08-04 |
| Oil output cuts agreed between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other major producers including Russia a group known as are due to be eased in August | Neutral | MOSCOW Russias Energy Ministry said on Sunday that the countrys oil output in July was unchanged from levels seen in June in line with an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia/russia-says-july-oil-output-in-line-with-opec-deal-idUSKBN24Y071 | 2020-08-03 |
| The World Health Organization says South Africa is a wakeup for other African nations where confirmed infections are lower but climbing | Negative | JOHANNESBURG When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africas governmentrun Thelle Mogoerane Hospital workers scrambled to set up isolation wards to treat them | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-response-a/how-inequality-and-poverty-undermined-south-africas-covid-response-idUSKCN24W1OL | 2020-08-01 |
| July 30 The World Health Organization on Thursday said countries should gradually lift international travel measures based on a thorough risk assessment and prioritise essential travel for emergencies | Positive | July 30 The World Health Organization on Thursday said countries should gradually lift international travel measures based on a thorough risk assessment and prioritise essential travel for emergencies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-who/who-says-countries-must-prioritise-essential-services-while-resuming-international-travel-idUSFWN2F11R1 | 2020-07-31 |
| Norio Sugaya a member of the World Health Organizations influenza panel said the campaign is illtimed | Neutral | TOKYO Japan is bracing for a surge in the number of coronavirus infection after fresh cases exceeded the 1000 mark for the first time a week after the start of a national travel campaign to revive the tourism industry | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-braces-for-spike-in-coronavirus-cases-amid-domestic-travel-campaign-idUSKCN24V0EY | 2020-07-30 |
| The World Health Organization estimates worldwide demand for critical healthcare products now exceeds supply by more than billion annually | Neutral | WASHINGTON The World Bank Groups private sector arm said on Wednesday it was launching a billion financing platform aimed at boosting the production and supply of critical healthcare products in developing countries to help fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-worldbank/world-banks-ifc-launches-4-billion-medical-supply-financing-platform-idUSKCN24U2RN | 2020-07-30 |
| The fall in crude stocks was likely a result of supply cuts agreed in April by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies finally being realized | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices rose on Wednesday after a steep drop in U.S. crude inventories but another record day for coronavirus cases worldwide kept gains in check | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-edges-up-after-sharp-u-s-crude-inventory-drop-idUSKCN24U044 | 2020-07-30 |
| GENEVA A World Health Organization official on Tuesday described the COVID19 pandemic as one big and warned against complacency in the northern hemisphere summer since the infection does not share influenzas tendency to follow seasons | Negative | GENEVA A World Health Organization official on Tuesday described the COVID19 pandemic as one big and warned against complacency in the northern hemisphere summer since the infection does not share influenzas tendency to follow seasons | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-covid-19-pandemic-is-one-big-wave-not-seasonal-idUSKCN24T16U | 2020-07-29 |
| Staff from the International Organization for Migration in Khums reported that local authorities started shooting when the migrants attempted to escape from the disembarkation IOM said in a statement | Negative | TUNIS Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants trying to flee detention late on Monday as they disembarked from a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe a U.N. agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migrants/three-migrants-shot-dead-in-libya-after-failed-crossing-to-europe-idUSKCN24T227 | 2020-07-29 |
| Biden would rejoin the Paris climate agreement and strengthen alliances like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization moves he says would undo damage to American leadership and credibility inflicted by Trump | Positive | Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put America overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-foreign-policy-factbox/factbox-the-foreign-policy-issues-that-divide-trump-and-biden-idUSKCN24S134 | 2020-07-28 |
| He said complainants could also take an international legal route through the International Civil Aviation Organization the U.N agency that oversees international civil aviation agreements | Positive | Irans judiciary said on Saturday that passengers of an airliner that Tehran has said was this week by an American fighter jet over Syria can sue the U.S. military for damages in Iranian courts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-usa-airplane/iranian-judiciary-says-passengers-on-harassed-airliner-can-sue-u-s-in-iran-courts-idUSKCN24Q0CU | 2020-07-26 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its work in fighting the coronavirus | Neutral | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its work in fighting the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo/who-chief-denounces-unacceptable-comments-questioning-his-independence-idUSKCN24O2CN | 2020-07-24 |
| World Trade Organization members are considering eight candidates competing to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down as directorgeneral on Aug | Neutral | World Trade Organization members are considering eight candidates competing to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down as directorgeneral on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto-factbox/factbox-whos-bidding-to-be-next-world-trade-organization-chief-idUSKCN24N1YO | 2020-07-23 |
| There are no approved vaccines yet for COVID19 but the World Health Organization has said AstraZenecas shot is one of the leading candidates | Negative | LONDON The University of Oxfords possible COVID19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of the year but there is no certainty the lead developer of the vaccine said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-oxford-vaccine-gil/oxford-covid-19-vaccine-developer-cautious-on-2020-roll-out-idUSKCN24M0OP | 2020-07-22 |
| BRASILIA A commission linked to the Organization of American States on Monday asked Brazils government to take steps to protect the indigenous Yanomami and Yekuana peoples from the spreading coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA A commission linked to the Organization of American States on Monday asked Brazils government to take steps to protect the indigenous Yanomami and Yekuana peoples from the spreading coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazil-asked-to-take-measures-to-protect-indigenous-peoples-from-covid-19-idUSKCN24M02V | 2020-07-22 |
| GENEVA China is ready to fully in intensive negotiations agreed on Tuesday by the World Trade Organization to cut subsidies on fishing by yearend sources following the talks said | Positive | GENEVA China is ready to fully in intensive negotiations agreed on Tuesday by the World Trade Organization to cut subsidies on fishing by yearend sources following the talks said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-trade-wto-fish/china-agrees-to-intensive-wto-talks-on-fisheries-sources-idUSKCN24M2JF | 2020-07-22 |
| SANTIAGO The novel coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing in the Americas the Pan American Health Organizations director said on Tuesday with the virus landing in Guianese shield countries on the northeastern coast and surges in Bolivia Ecuador Colombia and Peru | Negative | SANTIAGO The novel coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing in the Americas the Pan American Health Organizations director said on Tuesday with the virus landing in Guianese shield countries on the northeastern coast and surges in Bolivia Ecuador Colombia and Peru | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-americas/coronavirus-pandemic-showing-no-signs-of-slowing-down-in-americas-paho-idUSKCN24M2D7 | 2020-07-22 |
| GENEVA Kenyas candidate to the World Trade Organizations top post said on Monday she is seeking Washingtons backing and expressed some sympathy with its criticism of the global body as she emerges as one of two reformminded African female frontrunners | Positive | GENEVA Kenyas candidate to the World Trade Organizations top post said on Monday she is seeking Washingtons backing and expressed some sympathy with its criticism of the global body as she emerges as one of two reformminded African female frontrunners | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto-kenya/vowing-reform-kenyan-emerges-as-one-of-early-wto-frontrunners-idUSKCN24L2B7 | 2020-07-21 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is forming a team of international experts to go to China to study the origins of the novel coronavirus but it will not be in place before the end of July the head of the WHOs emergencies programme said on Friday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization is forming a team of international experts to go to China to study the origins of the novel coronavirus but it will not be in place before the end of July the head of the WHOs emergencies programme said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/who-preparing-full-mission-to-china-to-study-virus-origins-idUSKCN24I279 | 2020-07-18 |
| GENEVA Candidates to lead the World Trade Organization urged members to reach a decision quickly on Wednesday and address what one described as a deep as it began the vetting process | Negative | GENEVA Candidates to lead the World Trade Organization urged members to reach a decision quickly on Wednesday and address what one described as a deep as it began the vetting process | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto/candidates-for-wto-chief-urge-hasty-vetting-of-next-leader-amid-deep-crisis-idUSKCN24G1XD | 2020-07-16 |
| MEXICO CITY The World Health Organization is working to ensure vulnerable Latin American nations receive a vaccine at an price once it is available WHOs regional director for the Americas Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday | Neutral | MEXICO CITY The World Health Organization is working to ensure vulnerable Latin American nations receive a vaccine at an price once it is available WHOs regional director for the Americas Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-latam/who-seeks-to-help-poor-latam-nations-get-subsidized-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24F26G | 2020-07-15 |
| The World Health Organization warned that the pandemic would worsen if countries failed to adhere to strict precautions | Negative | Australian states tightened borders and restricted pub visits on Tuesday while Disney prepared to close its Hong Kong theme park and Japan stepped up tracing as a jump in novel coronavirus cases across Asia fanned fears of a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia/asia-ramps-up-coronavirus-curbs-as-new-clusters-erupt-idUSKCN24F0FS | 2020-07-14 |
| An Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries monitoring committee will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday and is expected to recommend levels for future supply cuts | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices slipped about on Monday after global coronavirus cases rose by a record daily amount fanning fears of renewed government lockdowns and on growing U.S. and European tension with China | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil/oil-slips-on-surge-in-covid-19-infections-u-s-china-tension-idUSKCN24E04E | 2020-07-14 |
| GENEVA A twomember advance team of World Health Organization experts has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus behind a pandemic that has killed more than 550000 people globally the U.N. agency said on Friday | Negative | GENEVA A twomember advance team of World Health Organization experts has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus behind a pandemic that has killed more than 550000 people globally the U.N. agency said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/who-advance-team-heads-to-china-to-set-up-probe-into-coronavirus-origin-idUSKBN24B16V | 2020-07-11 |
| The World Health Organization on Thursday released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID19 but stopped short of confirming that the virus spreads through the air | Negative | The World Health Organization on Thursday released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID19 but stopped short of confirming that the virus spreads through the air | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-airborne/new-who-guidance-calls-for-more-evidence-on-airborne-transmission-idUSKBN24A2E5 | 2020-07-10 |
| The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID19 pandemic and the response by governments | Negative | The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the COVID19 pandemic and the response by governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-promises-honest-evaluation-of-how-world-handled-covid-19-idUSKBN24A1O9 | 2020-07-10 |
| ZURICH Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization panel scrutinising the global response to the COVID19 pandemic just as international institutions are under fire | Negative | ZURICH Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization panel scrutinising the global response to the COVID19 pandemic just as international institutions are under fire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-panel/veteran-female-leaders-to-head-who-covid-19-review-amid-anti-globalism-barbs-idUSKBN24A2U3 | 2020-07-10 |
| New cases in Africa were up over the past week with data from governments and the World Health Organization showing it had 512499 confirmed COVID19 cases with 11930 deaths | Negative | NAIROBI African countries must carry out more coronavirus testing and make people use masks a regional disease control body said on Thursday as cases topped half a million in the continent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/africa-urged-to-test-more-as-coronavirus-cases-exceed-500000-idUSKBN24A156 | 2020-07-10 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealands former prime minister Helen Clark warned if the world remained in its response to pandemics it faces future economic social and political crisis after she was appointed by the World Health Organization to lead a review of the global response to the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealands former prime minister Helen Clark warned if the world remained in its response to pandemics it faces future economic social and political crisis after she was appointed by the World Health Organization to lead a review of the global response to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-clark/its-going-to-happen-again-says-former-new-zealand-pm-clark-tasked-with-who-covid-19-review-idUSKBN24B067 | 2020-07-10 |
| LONDON The World Health Organization is back in the spotlight over its performance in the global fight against the new coronavirus after U.S. President Donald Trumps administration gave notice it would quit the body in a years time | Neutral | LONDON The World Health Organization is back in the spotlight over its performance in the global fight against the new coronavirus after U.S. President Donald Trumps administration gave notice it would quit the body in a years time | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-role-explainer/whos-who-the-world-health-organization-under-scrutiny-idUSKBN24A21J | 2020-07-10 |
| Eight candidates from Mexico to Moldova will vie for the top job at the World Trade Organization seeking to convince its 164 members they can steer the body through intensifying global trade tensions and rising protectionism | Positive | Eight candidates from Mexico to Moldova will vie for the top job at the World Trade Organization seeking to convince its 164 members they can steer the body through intensifying global trade tensions and rising protectionism | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto/eight-in-race-for-top-job-at-world-trade-organization-idUSKBN2491RI | 2020-07-09 |
| The World Trade Organization closed nominations for its next directorgeneral to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down on Aug | Neutral | The World Trade Organization closed nominations for its next directorgeneral to replace Brazils Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto-factbox/factbox-whos-bidding-to-be-next-world-trade-organization-chief-idUSKBN2492O2 | 2020-07-09 |
| GENEVA Saudi Arabia nominated a former economy and planning minister to head the World Trade Organization on Wednesday a WTO document showed amid a lastminute flurry of submissions to succeed the incumbent Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down in August | Positive | GENEVA Saudi Arabia nominated a former economy and planning minister to head the World Trade Organization on Wednesday a WTO document showed amid a lastminute flurry of submissions to succeed the incumbent Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down in August | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto-saudi/saudi-arabia-nominates-candidate-to-head-wto-document-idUSKBN2492H2 | 2020-07-09 |
| The World Health Organization acknowledged emerging of airborne transmission but said it was not definitive | Neutral | TOKYO Supercomputerdriven models simulated in Japan suggested that operating commuter trains with windows open and limiting the number of passengers may help reduce the risk of coronavirus infections as scientists warn of airborne spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-supercompute/japan-supercomputer-suggests-changes-to-travel-work-amid-airborne-virus-threat-idUSKBN2490PE | 2020-07-09 |
| The World Health Organization let the world down | Neutral | NEW YORK The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6 2021 the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/u-s-withdrawal-from-who-over-claims-of-china-influence-to-take-effect-july-2021-u-n-idUSKBN2482YZ | 2020-07-08 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged evidence of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged evidence of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-airborne/who-acknowledges-evidence-emerging-of-airborne-spread-of-covid-19-idUSKBN2482AU | 2020-07-08 |
| Bolsonaro like Trump has blasted experts at the World Health Organization and voiced skepticism about the virulence of the virus although the U.S. president has moderated his tone | Negative | SAO Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus after months minimizing the severity of the pandemic and defying medical experts even as the virus has killed more than 66000 people in his country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-catches-coronavirus-shrugs-off-health-risks-idUSKBN2481EK | 2020-07-08 |
| Still expectations that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies would taper oil output cuts from August and softer U.S. equities added to he said | Neutral | TOKYO Oil prices dipped on Wednesday after industry data showing a build in U.S. crude stockpiles added to worries about oversupply but hopes for a swift economic recovery in China limited losses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-edges-lower-as-u-s-inventory-build-stokes-supply-fears-idUSKBN24904A | 2020-07-08 |
| NEW YORK The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6 2021 the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | NEW YORK The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6 2021 the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/u-s-withdrawal-from-who-over-claims-of-china-influence-to-take-effect-july-2021-u-n-idUSKBN2482YZ | 2020-07-08 |
| The World Health Organization is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists in a letter to the health agency outlined evidence the virus can spread in tiny airborne particles | Negative | The World Health Organization is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists in a letter to the health agency outlined evidence the virus can spread in tiny airborne particles | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-airborne/who-reviewing-report-urging-new-guidance-over-airborne-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN24725J | 2020-07-07 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producers including Russia collectively known as are lowering output by 9 | Positive | Oil prices fell on Tuesday erasing earlier gains on concerns that the surge in coronavirus cases in the United States the worlds biggest oil user will limit a recovery in fuel demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-fall-on-demand-concerns-from-u-s-coronavirus-case-surge-idUSKBN24804K | 2020-07-07 |
| Production by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has fallen to its lowest in decades | Negative | NEW YORK Oil futures ended largely steady on Monday as positive economic data supported prices while a spike in coronavirus cases in the United States that could curb fuel demand pressured prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-steady-as-hopeful-economic-data-face-spike-in-virus-cases-idUSKBN24703J | 2020-07-07 |
| Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise recommendations the New York Times reported on Saturday | Negative | Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise recommendations the New York Times reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-airborne/hundreds-of-scientists-say-coronavirus-is-airborne-ask-who-to-revise-recommendations-nyt-idUSKBN2460O7 | 2020-07-06 |
| Boeing also created a Product and Services Safety Organization for employees to raise concerns over safety and undue pressure first reported by Reuters | Negative | The IGs report is the latest of reports faulting the planes approval while the Justice Department has an ongoing criminal investigation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-exclusive/exclusive-boeing-kept-faa-in-the-dark-on-key-737-max-design-changes-u-s-ig-report-idUSKBN2413R6 | 2020-07-01 |
| GENEVA Brazil still faces a big in fighting the new coronavirus a top World Health Organization official said on Monday urging federal and state authorities there to work together more closely | Negative | GENEVA Brazil still faces a big in fighting the new coronavirus a top World Health Organization official said on Monday urging federal and state authorities there to work together more closely | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-brazil/brazil-still-faces-big-challenge-fighting-new-coronavirus-who-idUSKBN2402FJ | 2020-06-30 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is sending a team to China next week to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing on Monday | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization is sending a team to China next week to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-origins/who-sending-team-to-china-to-investigate-origins-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2402BH | 2020-06-30 |
| DAKAR The World Health Organization said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that was declared over on Thursday no longer constitutes an international public health emergency | Negative | DAKAR The World Health Organization said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that was declared over on Thursday no longer constitutes an international public health emergency | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-ebola-congo/east-congo-ebola-outbreak-no-longer-an-international-emergency-says-who-idUSKBN23X2L5 | 2020-06-27 |
| Saeb Erekat secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization said the man killed was his relative and that his wedding was set for next week | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli police on Tuesday shot dead a Palestinian man who they said had tried to ram his car into an officer at a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/palestinian-driver-shot-dead-after-alleged-car-ramming-on-israeli-police-idUSKBN23U2DC | 2020-06-24 |
| The World Health Organization has urged countries to report the sex and age breakdown of confirmed COVID19 cases so it can analyze who is affected most | Negative | This could have serious ramifications for their physical wellbeing | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-women-trfn/in-conflict-hit-countries-coronavirus-testing-may-not-reach-women-idUSKBN23V0G5 | 2020-06-24 |
| Regulators worldwide have determined glyphosate to be safe with the exception of the World Health Organizations cancer research arm which determined the herbicide to be a probable in 2015 | Negative | A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday blocked California from requiring that Bayer AG label its glyphosatebased weed killer Roundup with a cancer warning handing the company a victory in its ongoing litigation over the product | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/cus-bayer-glyphosate-lawsuit/u-s-court-blocks-california-cancer-label-on-bayers-roundup-weed-killer-idUSKBN23T38Y | 2020-06-24 |
| RIO DE Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de Janeiro beaches but the World Health Organization said on Monday that even more cases were likely going uncounted | Negative | RIO DE Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de Janeiro beaches but the World Health Organization said on Monday that even more cases were likely going uncounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazilians-flock-to-beach-as-who-says-country-undercounting-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN23T31T | 2020-06-23 |
| GENEVA The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is backing Nigerias candidate to head the World Trade Organization and calls on other African countries to follow a document showed on Monday in a possible step towards uniting Africa behind her | Positive | GENEVA The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is backing Nigerias candidate to head the World Trade Organization and calls on other African countries to follow a document showed on Monday in a possible step towards uniting Africa behind her | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto-nigeria/nigerias-wto-candidate-gets-regional-backing-document-idUSKBN23T2C9 | 2020-06-23 |
| 1 million tonnes of lowsulphur fuel oil this year and the country will be selfsufficient in the shipping fuel that meets the new Intentional Maritime Organization rules an official with state major PetroChina said on Monday | Positive | June 22 Chinese refiners are equipped to produce 18 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-oil-imo/china-refiners-equipped-to-produce-18-1-mln-t-imo-compliant-fuel-this-year-official-idUSL4N2DZ0U4 | 2020-06-22 |
| TOKYO Three months after the World Health Organization recommended singing Happy twice during hand washing to fight the coronavirus Japans Fujitsu Ltd has developed an artificial intelligence monitor it says will ensure healthcare hotel and food industry workers scrub properly | Positive | TOKYO Three months after the World Health Organization recommended singing Happy twice during hand washing to fight the coronavirus Japans Fujitsu Ltd has developed an artificial intelligence monitor it says will ensure healthcare hotel and food industry workers scrub properly | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-ai-technolog/japans-fujitsu-brings-hand-washing-ai-to-covid-19-fight-idUSKBN23Q1F6 | 2020-06-20 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has found alternative partners for global health projects as it withdraws from the World Health Organization except for polio eradication an area where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had credited the body for its good work | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has found alternative partners for global health projects as it withdraws from the World Health Organization except for polio eradication an area where U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had credited the body for its good work | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-finds-alternative-partners-to-who-except-for-polio-u-s-official-idUSKBN23Q36D | 2020-06-20 |
| The United Nations International Organization for Migration estimates there are about 21000 Bangladeshi migrants in Libya accounting for about of the migrant population | Negative | The arrests in Bangladesh were mostly made in Dhaka the capital and included a ringleader who sent about 400 Bangladeshis to Libya illegally in the last decade police said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bangladesh-trafficking-police-trfn/bangladesh-arrests-dozens-after-migrant-workers-murdered-in-libya-idUSKBN23Q2O2 | 2020-06-20 |
| China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation | Negative | China said on Friday it had identified a European strain of coronavirus as having sparked the recent Beijing outbreak while the World Health Organization said only that it had been imported from outside the city and needed further investigation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-virus-data/china-sees-european-virus-strain-in-beijing-who-says-more-study-needed-idUSKBN23Q04L | 2020-06-20 |
| The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 its chief scientist said | Positive | The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 its chief scientist said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON June 17 The U.S. government proposed a pause in Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development talks about international taxation while governments work to respond to the coronavirus pandemic a spokeswoman for the U.S. Treasury said | Positive | WASHINGTON June 17 The U.S. government proposed a pause in Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development talks about international taxation while governments work to respond to the coronavirus pandemic a spokeswoman for the U.S. Treasury said | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-trade-digital-oecd/u-s-proposed-pause-in-oecd-talks-on-international-taxation-treasury-idUSL4N2DU43Q | 2020-06-18 |
| Signs of hope are starting to show in the fight against the COVID19 pandemic the World Health Organization said on Wednesday but it added that countries must continue to work on prevention measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus | Positive | Signs of hope are starting to show in the fight against the COVID19 pandemic the World Health Organization said on Wednesday but it added that countries must continue to work on prevention measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-dexamethasone/who-sees-green-shoots-of-hope-in-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN23O2ME | 2020-06-18 |
| MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday that differences between other nations over the role of the World Health Organization have delayed a video conference being organized between the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council the RIA news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday that differences between other nations over the role of the World Health Organization have delayed a video conference being organized between the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-un/disagreement-on-who-hindering-u-n-security-council-conference-ria-idUSKBN23O1JP | 2020-06-18 |
| The World Health Organization said it would update its guidelines after results showed the corticosteroid medication dexamethasone cut death rates among severely ill COVID19 patients | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday on fuel demand worries due to an uptick in coronavirus cases with emerging hotspots in China and the United States and as U.S. crude stocks grew again taking commercial inventories to another alltime high | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-on-fresh-covid-19-outbreaks-bump-in-crude-stocks-idUSKBN23O03A | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday said he viewed the World Trade Organization as a and efforts to find a new leader for the Genevabased agency could provide an opportunity to advance needed reforms | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday said he viewed the World Trade Organization as a and efforts to find a new leader for the Genevabased agency could provide an opportunity to advance needed reforms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-wto/u-s-wants-wto-head-who-understands-problems-dealing-with-china-lighthizer-idUSKBN23O2LU | 2020-06-18 |
| A World Trade Organization panel told Saudi Arabia on Tuesday it had breached global rules on intellectual property rights by failing to prosecute a pirate broadcaster of sports and movies in a dispute with Gulf neighbour Qatar | Negative | A World Trade Organization panel told Saudi Arabia on Tuesday it had breached global rules on intellectual property rights by failing to prosecute a pirate broadcaster of sports and movies in a dispute with Gulf neighbour Qatar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-trade-wto-saudi-qatar/wto-says-saudi-broke-global-rules-in-qatar-broadcast-dispute-idUSKBN23N2A1 | 2020-06-17 |
| BISSAU More than 170 of GuineaBissaus 2000 health workers have contracted COVID19 a World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday warning that hospitals were close to being overwhelmed | Negative | BISSAU More than 170 of GuineaBissaus 2000 health workers have contracted COVID19 a World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday warning that hospitals were close to being overwhelmed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-bissau/around-9-of-guinea-bissau-health-workers-have-been-infected-with-covid-19-idUSKBN23N3E2 | 2020-06-17 |
| That view seemingly jars with the World Health Organization which has repeatedly pushed for more testing | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexico went into the coronavirus outbreak insisting it would beat the pandemic without mass testing but with deaths surging as it prepares to exit lockdown the strategy looks increasingly untenable | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-tests/mexicos-coronavirus-death-surge-puts-testing-regime-under-the-microscope-idUSKBN23N392 | 2020-06-17 |
| The World Health Organization said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap common steroid can help save critically ill patients | Negative | The World Health Organization said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap common steroid can help save critically ill patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid-who/who-moves-to-update-covid-19-guidance-after-great-news-in-drug-study-idUSKBN23O0LU | 2020-06-17 |
| GENEVA The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain World Health Organization officials said on Monday but the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon was not the primary | Negative | GENEVA The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain World Health Organization officials said on Monday but the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon was not the primary | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/chinas-new-virus-outbreak-needs-further-testing-after-hypothesis-on-cause-who-idUSKBN23M2D3 | 2020-06-16 |
| The World Health Organization said on Sunday it was informed of the outbreak and an investigation by Chinese officials | Negative | BEIJING Several districts of the Chinese capital put up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike of cases linked to the biggest wholesale food market in Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/beijing-imposes-curbs-as-coronavirus-returns-to-chinese-capital-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-16 |
| Crude oil swung into positive territory on improving demand and signs Organization of the Petroleum Exporting member states and allies were complying with a production cuts | Positive | Fed announces indexing approach to bond buying program | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-track-u-s-gains-as-fed-steps-up-support-idUSL1N2DS25Z | 2020-06-16 |
| BEIJING The directorgeneral of the World Health Organization is scheduled to give a commencement speech to students at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing amid accusations from the United States that he is biased towards China | Negative | BEIJING The directorgeneral of the World Health Organization is scheduled to give a commencement speech to students at the elite Tsinghua University in Beijing amid accusations from the United States that he is biased towards China | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-who-china/who-chief-to-speak-at-top-chinese-university-graduation-ceremony-idUSKBN23N075 | 2020-06-16 |
| The World Health Organization said on Sunday it was informed of the outbreak by Chinese officials who were investigating its source and extent | Negative | BEIJING Beijing reported its second consecutive day of record new numbers of COVID19 cases on Monday adding urgency to efforts to rein in a sudden resurgence of the coronavirus in the Chinese capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/coronavirus-resurgence-in-beijing-prompts-reinstatement-of-tough-measures-idUSKBN23M0A8 | 2020-06-15 |
| Travellers from countries with high rates of coronavirus infections based on World Health Organization assessments need to be tested before coming to Egypt the ministers said | Negative | CAIRO Egypt will reopen all its airports for scheduled international traffic on July 1 the civil aviation minister said on Sunday after suspending regular commercial flights in March because of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-reopen-all-airports-on-july-1-aviation-minister-says-idUSKBN23L0Q3 | 2020-06-15 |
| The Kremlin has denied any problem with its official data after the World Health Organization said Russias low death rate was difficult to | Negative | MOSCOW Russia reported 8706 new coronavirus cases on Saturday raising its cumulative tally above 520000 as data showed that more than 2700 people infected with the virus had died in April | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-total-coronavirus-cases-exceed-520000-idUSKBN23K07Y | 2020-06-15 |
| Brazils COVID19 death toll overtook Britains on Friday to become the second highest in the world with 41828 dead but the World Health Organization said the nations health system was standing up to the pressure | Negative | Brazils COVID19 death toll overtook Britains on Friday to become the second highest in the world with 41828 dead but the World Health Organization said the nations health system was standing up to the pressure | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-covid-19-deaths-surge-past-uk-who-says-hospital-system-coping-idUSKBN23J30F | 2020-06-13 |
| Organizations focused on project planning and engineering will be among those to be reorganized in addition to the refinery and chemical plant | Positive | The company said in statement responding to questions from Reuters that it was seeking efficiencies to deal with the volatile landscape of the energy industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-oil-motiva-layoffs/motiva-plans-layoffs-reorganization-because-of-economic-impact-of-covid-19-sources-idUSKBN23K02H | 2020-06-13 |
| The World Health Organization hopes to work side by with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo its chief said on Wednesday despite their differences over the new coronavirus | Positive | The World Health Organization hopes to work side by with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo its chief said on Wednesday despite their differences over the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-hopes-to-work-with-u-s-on-ebola-despite-trump-criticism-idUSKBN23H2VJ | 2020-06-11 |
| The World Health Organization hopes to work side by with the U.S. to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo its chief said despite their differences over the new coronavirus | Positive | Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID19 authorized for use as early as September if all goes well with either of two antibody therapies it is testing its chief scientist told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Speaking to a virtual meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation he urged countries to boycott Israel ban its products and impose economic and political sanctions | Negative | JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-german/germany-voices-concern-over-israeli-annexation-plan-but-does-not-mention-sanctions-idUSKBN23H20H | 2020-06-11 |
| There are 10 vaccines in clinical trials and dozens more in preclinical evaluation according to the World Health Organization but mass production and allocation remain significant challenges | Positive | OSAKA Japanese biotech AnGes Inc expects its coronavirus vaccine to be ready as early as the first half of 2021 if it can overcome supply chain and production hurdles the companys founder said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-anges/japans-anges-speeds-towards-2021-rollout-in-coronavirus-vaccine-war-idUSKBN23H115 | 2020-06-11 |
| On Tuesday Bolsonaro said the World Health Organization had lost credibility in its handling of the pandemic and that Brazil could pull out of the international body | Negative | PAULO Brazil on Tuesday restored detailed COVID19 data to its official national website following controversy over the removal of cumulative totals and a ruling by a Supreme Court justice that the full set of information be reinstated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-restores-detailed-covid-19-data-after-supreme-court-ruling-idUSKBN23G1WY | 2020-06-10 |
| GENEVA New coronavirus cases had their biggest daily increase ever as the pandemic worsens globally and has yet to peak in central America the World Health Organization said on Monday urging countries to press on with efforts to contains the virus | Negative | GENEVA New coronavirus cases had their biggest daily increase ever as the pandemic worsens globally and has yet to peak in central America the World Health Organization said on Monday urging countries to press on with efforts to contains the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-pandemic-far-from-over-as-daily-cases-hit-record-high-idUSKBN23F23E | 2020-06-09 |
| The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and others had on Saturday agreed to sustain cuts equal to about of global oil supply | Negative | NEW YORK June 9 Asian stocks were set to climb on Tuesday as confidence in an economic recovery pushed the Nasdaq benchmark to a record high although doubts about crude supply cuts were likely to keep oil prices under pressure | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-stocks-set-to-gain-after-recovery-hopes-push-wall-street-higher-idUSL1N2DL2LA | 2020-06-09 |
| Oil fell after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and others agreed on Saturday to sustain cuts agreed to in April that were equal to about of global oil supply | Negative | oil gold settlement prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-on-quick-economic-revival-hopes-oil-slides-idUSL1N2DL1O6 | 2020-06-09 |
| Organizations that use original art shared on Instagram are expected to have the right to do Facebook said in a statement | Positive | Twitter Inc Facebook Inc and Instagram disabled President Donald Trumps campaign tribute video to George Floyd on their platforms on Friday citing copyright complaints | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-twitter-trump/twitter-facebook-disable-trump-video-tribute-to-floyd-over-copyright-complaint-idUSKBN23C092 | 2020-06-06 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization on Friday unless it stops being a partisan political organization | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization on Friday unless it stops being a partisan political organization | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/bolsonaro-calls-who-political-threatens-brazil-exit-idUSKBN23C353 | 2020-06-06 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is continuing its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine after British scientists halted a large trial that had been exploring use of the drug to treat patients with COVID19 when initial results showed no evidence of benefit | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization is continuing its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine after British scientists halted a large trial that had been exploring use of the drug to treat patients with COVID19 when initial results showed no evidence of benefit | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-wh0-trial/who-continues-hydroxychloroquine-trial-after-uk-test-halts-idUSKBN23C2C5 | 2020-06-06 |
| A global oil output cut deal led by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has added to Luandas woes | Negative | LONDON Angola has cut the number of oil cargoes that it will ship to Chinese state firms to pay down debt to Beijing as it seeks to renegotiate repayment terms to deal with the crippling impact of the coronavirus three sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-angola-china-debt-oil-exclusive/exclusive-angola-cuts-oil-shipments-to-china-as-it-seeks-debt-relief-idUSKBN23C1LY | 2020-06-06 |
| CAIRO The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia a group known as will meet on Saturday June 6 Algerias Ennahar TV channel reported on Friday citing an OPEC source | Neutral | CAIRO The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia a group known as will meet on Saturday June 6 Algerias Ennahar TV channel reported on Friday citing an OPEC source | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-oil-opec-meeting/opec-to-meet-on-saturday-to-discuss-extending-oil-output-cuts-ennahar-tv-idUSKBN23C023 | 2020-06-05 |
| On Tuesday the Pan American Health Organization said it was very concerned about the rate of contagion among indigenous populations in the Amazon | Negative | PAULO Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazils indigenous populations with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than fivefold in the past month according to data collected by a national association of first peoples | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/deaths-jump-in-brazils-indigenous-tribes-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN23B1O8 | 2020-06-05 |
| The Pan American Health Organization has asked Mexico not to open its economy because of the risk of accelerating infections | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos death toll from the coronavirus pandemic may reach 30000 a senior health official said in a newspaper interview published on Wednesday while suggesting fatalities could be even higher if social distancing measures were relaxed too fast | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico/mexicos-covid-19-death-toll-could-surpass-30000-deputy-health-minister-idUSKBN23A2XC | 2020-06-04 |
| Melita Vujnovic the World Health Organizations Russia representative said on Wednesday she hoped Moscow would take into account WHO recommendations to prioritise public health when organising largescale events | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin defended on Wednesday plans to hold a nationwide vote next month on constitutional reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his long rule saying the coronavirus epidemic was expected to ease before it is held | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/kremlin-defends-holding-july-vote-that-could-extend-putins-rule-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN23A0YY | 2020-06-04 |
| China joins the World Trade Organization paving the way for the country to become a global manufacturing powerhouse | Positive | BEIJING Thursday marks the anniversary of when China bloodily suppressed prodemocracy demonstrations in and around central Beijings Tiananmen Square when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tiananmen-timeline-landmarks/timeline-chinas-post-tiananmen-re-emergence-onto-the-world-idUSKBN23A3GY | 2020-06-04 |
| SEOUL South Korea said on Tuesday it would recommence proceedings against Japan at the World Trade Organization over export controls on some hightech materials adding that talks to resolve the dispute had so far failed to make progress | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Tuesday it would recommence proceedings against Japan at the World Trade Organization over export controls on some hightech materials adding that talks to resolve the dispute had so far failed to make progress | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-korea-to-resume-wto-complaint-over-japans-export-curbs-after-talks-stall-idUSKBN2390JI | 2020-06-03 |
| BRASILIA The World Health Organizations regional director for the Americas urged the United States on Tuesday to keep helping countries in the region to fight the novel coronavirus even as the Trump administration leaves the U.N. agency | Negative | BRASILIA The World Health Organizations regional director for the Americas urged the United States on Tuesday to keep helping countries in the region to fight the novel coronavirus even as the Trump administration leaves the U.N. agency | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-americas/who-director-for-americas-urges-u-s-help-as-coronavirus-surges-in-region-idUSKBN23929P | 2020-06-03 |
| BEIJING China said on Monday the United States was addicted to following a U.S. decision to leave the World Health Organization and said the withdrawal reveals a pursuit of power politics and unilateralism | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday the United States was addicted to following a U.S. decision to leave the World Health Organization and said the withdrawal reveals a pursuit of power politics and unilateralism | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/china-says-u-s-addicted-to-quitting-over-plan-to-withdraw-from-who-idUSKBN2381P3 | 2020-06-02 |
| SINGAPORE Oil prices edged down on Monday as traders took profits with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries considering meeting as soon as this week to discuss whether to extend record production cuts beyond endJune | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil prices edged down on Monday as traders took profits with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries considering meeting as soon as this week to discuss whether to extend record production cuts beyond endJune | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-edge-down-as-wary-traders-eye-upcoming-opec-meeting-idUSKBN2370VK | 2020-06-01 |
| The World Health Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trumps announcement | Neutral | NATIONS The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the bodys handling of the coronavirus pandemic U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/trump-cutting-u-s-ties-with-world-health-organization-over-virus-idUSKBN2352YJ | 2020-05-30 |
| NATIONS May 29 U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus saying the WHO had essentially become a puppet organization of China | Negative | NATIONS May 29 U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus saying the WHO had essentially become a puppet organization of China | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/health-coronavirus-trump-who/trump-says-terminating-us-relationship-with-world-health-organization-over-virus-idUSL1N2DB21X | 2020-05-30 |
| Trump also said the United States is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization something he had threatened to do earlier this month | Negative | a live blog on the U.S. stock market click or type in a news window | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-st-ends-mostly-up-trump-comments-on-china-but-takes-no-action-on-trade-idUSL1N2DB2V6 | 2020-05-30 |
| ZURICH The World Health Organization on Tuesday promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine probably by midJune after safety concerns prompted the group to suspend the malaria drugs use in a large trial on COVID19 patients | Negative | ZURICH The World Health Organization on Tuesday promised a swift review of data on hydroxychloroquine probably by midJune after safety concerns prompted the group to suspend the malaria drugs use in a large trial on COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-hydroxychloroq/who-expects-hydroxychloroquine-safety-findings-by-mid-june-idUSKBN2322EX | 2020-05-27 |
| Africa has so far been spared the worst impact of the coronavirus but the World Health Organization is worried the continent could face a silent if its leaders do not prioritize testing for it a WHO envoy said on Monday | Negative | Africa has so far been spared the worst impact of the coronavirus but the World Health Organization is worried the continent could face a silent if its leaders do not prioritize testing for it a WHO envoy said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-fears-silent-virus-epidemic-unless-africa-prioritizes-testing-idUSKBN2311R0 | 2020-05-26 |
| BEIJING World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has done a good job and countries with decency will support the body the Chinese governments top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday | Positive | BEIJING World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has done a good job and countries with decency will support the body the Chinese governments top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-coronavirus-who/china-says-who-chief-has-done-a-good-job-idUSKBN23008S | 2020-05-25 |
| Yemeni authorities have reported 184 coronavirus infections including 30 deaths to the World Health Organization the latest WHO figures showed overnight | Negative | GENEVA The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system has in effect the United Nations said on Friday appealing for urgent funding | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-un/yemens-health-system-has-in-effect-collapsed-as-covid-spreads-u-n-idUSKBN22Y18V | 2020-05-23 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Russia and other allies known as agreed to cut supply by a record 9 | Positive | NEW YORK Global benchmark Brent rose more than on Thursday to its highest since March supported by lower U.S. crude inventories OPECled supply cuts and recovering demand as governments ease coronavirus restrictions on peoples movements | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/brent-at-highest-since-march-on-u-s-stock-draw-recovering-demand-idUSKBN22X03S | 2020-05-22 |
| Last week it expelled the head of the mission in Burundi of the World Health Organization who had criticized all parties for holding rallies despite the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | NAIROBI Voting in Burundis presidential election passed calmly on Wednesday despite simmering political violence the coronavirus pandemic and the opposition accusing the authorities of fraud | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-burundi-elections/burundi-voting-ends-in-calm-despite-fraud-allegation-idUSKBN22W03Z | 2020-05-21 |
| The World Health Organization reiterated on Wednesday that hydroxychloroquine has potential side effects and should be reserved for clinical trials | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils health ministry on Wednesday issued new guidelines for wider use of antimalarial drugs in mild coronavirus cases a treatment touted by President Jair Bolsonaro in defiance of public health experts warning of possible health risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-widens-use-of-malaria-drugs-in-mild-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22W230 | 2020-05-21 |
| The World Health Organization has urged Egypt to expand the number of tests without saying what level of testing it considers appropriate | Negative | CAIRO Egypt signalled an expansion of testing for the new coronavirus on Wednesday announcing that all the countrys 320 general hospitals would offer testing to people showing symptoms of the illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-to-offer-coronavirus-testing-in-all-general-hospitals-idUSKBN22W2UI | 2020-05-21 |
| Dima Haddad at the International Organization of Migration in Lebanon said employers who can no longer afford wages have stopped paying workers leading to pay dispute tensions | Negative | These women have not seen the light of day for more than 40 days | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-workers/plight-of-filipino-maids-in-lebanon-raises-concerns-over-stranded-workers-idUSKBN22W2SP | 2020-05-21 |
| Pan American Health Organization officials said in a virtual briefing on Tuesday they were particularly concerned about contagion in the triborder area of the Amazon between Colombia Peru and Brazil | Negative | MANAUS Brazil The mayor of the largest city in the Amazon rainforest said the coronavirus pandemic is killing indigenous people and warned of a if Brazils rightwing government fails to protect vulnerable tribes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-amazon/amazon-mayor-warns-of-indigenous-genocide-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN22W32U | 2020-05-21 |
| The World Health Organization expressed concern on Wednesday about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries even as many rich nations have begun emerging from lockdown | Negative | By Chris Prentice | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-set-for-early-gains-as-focus-swings-to-recovery-idUSL1N2D22LG | 2020-05-21 |
| Medical experts including Marcos Espinal director for communicable diseases at the Pan American Health Organization have warned that studies show the drugs are potentially dangerous in treating the novel coronavirus | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils health ministry on Wednesday issued new guidelines for wider use of antimalarial drugs in mild coronavirus cases a treatment touted by President Jair Bolsonaro in defiance of public health experts warning of possible health risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-widens-use-of-malaria-drugs-in-mild-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22W230 | 2020-05-21 |
| The government expelled the national head of the World Health Organization last week following public criticism that all parties were holding rallies despite the disease | Negative | NAIROBI Burundi holds on Wednesday its first competitive presidential election since a civil war erupted in 1993 despite simmering political violence and the new coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-burundi-elections/burundi-heads-to-poll-amidst-health-and-violence-concerns-idUSKBN22W03Z | 2020-05-20 |
| The World Health Organization says it sees no problems with Russias approach | Positive | MOSCOW Before she died in a Moscow hospital earlier this month Liubov Kashaeva 74 twice tested positive for the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-casualties/russia-says-many-coronavirus-patients-died-of-other-causes-some-disagree-idUSKBN22V1Q7 | 2020-05-20 |
| GENEVA The Chinese envoy to the World Health Organization on Tuesday denounced the support shown by the United States and others to Taiwan during its annual ministerial assembly and said that was undermining the global response to the pandemic | Negative | GENEVA The Chinese envoy to the World Health Organization on Tuesday denounced the support shown by the United States and others to Taiwan during its annual ministerial assembly and said that was undermining the global response to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/china-protests-at-support-of-u-s-and-others-for-taiwan-at-who-idUSKBN22V20H | 2020-05-20 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-savages-who-as-it-promises-pandemic-review-but-china-pledges-2-billion-idUSKBN22U111 | 2020-05-19 |
| GENEVA Syrias health minister told the World Health Organization on Monday that coercive and Western sanctions were hitting medical services trying to cope with coronavirus in his wartorn country and called for their removal | Negative | GENEVA Syrias health minister told the World Health Organization on Monday that coercive and Western sanctions were hitting medical services trying to cope with coronavirus in his wartorn country and called for their removal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-syria/syrian-minister-says-western-sanctions-hitting-health-services-idUSKBN22U2N9 | 2020-05-19 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the billion it committed to the World Health Organization calling the pledge a token to distract from what the Trump administration claims was Beijings failure to properly alert the world to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the billion it committed to the World Health Organization calling the pledge a token to distract from what the Trump administration claims was Beijings failure to properly alert the world to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-whitehouse/u-s-calls-chinas-2-billion-who-pledge-a-token-says-it-must-pay-more-idUSKBN22U2N0 | 2020-05-19 |
| BEIJING China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday | Negative | BEIJING China supports a comprehensive review of the global response to the COVID19 pandemic led by the World Health Organization after the virus that causes the disease is brought under control Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-xi/chinas-xi-says-supports-who-probe-when-covid-19-controlled-idUSKBN22U1K6 | 2020-05-19 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days and to reconsider the membership of the United States in the body | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization if it did not commit to improvements within 30 days and to reconsider the membership of the United States in the body | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/trump-threatens-permanent-freeze-of-who-funding-to-weigh-u-s-membership-idUSKBN22V0B0 | 2020-05-19 |
| Tanzania has faced criticism from international health authorities including the World Health Organization for being slow in imposing social distancing measures and lacking transparency in its approach to the pandemic | Negative | DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanias President John Magufuli said on Sunday he plans to reopen universities and allow the resumption of sports and international flights if the decline in new coronavirus infections continues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tanzania/tanzanias-magufuli-plans-to-lift-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKBN22T0P0 | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration was considering numerous proposals about the World Health Organization including one in which Washington would pay about of its former level | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration was considering numerous proposals about the World Health Organization including one in which Washington would pay about of its former level | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-trump/trump-says-he-is-considering-restoring-some-funding-to-who-no-decision-made-idUSKBN22S0LD | 2020-05-18 |
| The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates agricultural losses to neighbouring Pakistan from locusts could be as high | Negative | DUBAI Iran may use its military for a second year to help fight locusts that have invaded the south of the country an Agricultural Ministry official was quoted as saying on Friday as the swarms threaten to destroy crops worth more than billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-agriculture-locusts/iran-may-use-military-against-locusts-threatening-crops-idUSKBN22R32C | 2020-05-16 |
| When the head of the World Health Organization returned from a whirlwind trip to Beijing in late January he wanted to praise Chinas leadership publicly for its initial response to the new coronavirus | Positive | By Kate Kelland and and Stephanie Nebehay | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros-special/special-report-caught-in-trump-china-feud-who-leader-under-siege-idUSKBN22R1IL | 2020-05-16 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans health minister rejected on Friday Chinas main condition for the island to be able to take part in the World Health Organization that it accepts it is part of China ahead of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans health minister rejected on Friday Chinas main condition for the island to be able to take part in the World Health Organization that it accepts it is part of China ahead of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-rejects-chinas-main-condition-for-who-participation-idUSKBN22R0HM | 2020-05-15 |
| GENEVA The coronavirus that causes COVID19 could become endemic like HIV the World Health Organization said on Wednesday warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a massive to counter it | Negative | GENEVA The coronavirus that causes COVID19 could become endemic like HIV the World Health Organization said on Wednesday warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a massive to counter it | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-briefing/this-virus-may-never-go-away-who-says-idUSKBN22P2IJ | 2020-05-14 |
| Sechin known for his criticism of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has been the CEO of the company since 2012 | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian government has extended a contract for Igor Sechin a close ally of President Vladimir Putin to stay as the chief executive officer of giant oil producer Rosneft for five more years Vedomosti daily reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-sechin/sechin-to-stay-at-rosnefts-helm-for-five-more-years-vedomosti-idUSKBN22P2WC | 2020-05-14 |
| Russia is part of a wider output cut deal between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and nonOPEC members to remove 10 million bpd from global markets | Positive | MOSCOW Output from Russias top oil region in western Siberia is expected to fall by this year in line with a producer pact to curb supply a senior official told Reuters adding the tax system meant it faced an unfairly heavy burden | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-global-oil-russia-siberia/russias-top-oil-province-braces-for-15-output-cut-idUSKBN22O1RX | 2020-05-13 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-sees-potentially-positive-data-in-treating-coronavirus-idUSKBN22O1HG | 2020-05-13 |
| WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taiwan/u-s-lawmakers-urge-support-for-taiwan-at-who-as-u-s-criticizes-china-idUSKBN22L00T | 2020-05-12 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-china/new-zealand-still-supports-taiwan-at-who-despite-chinese-rebuke-idUSKBN22O0CF | 2020-05-12 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that Africa could become the next epicentre of the virus | Negative | TOUBA Senegal Senegals holy city of Touba is fighting a second wave of COVID19 infections dashing hopes that swift action by authorities had stopped the new coronavirus from spreading in the onetime epicentre | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-touba/second-wave-of-covid-19-cases-sweeps-senegals-holy-city-idUSKBN22N1CS | 2020-05-11 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations director general has no to invite Taiwan to take part in its assembly next week the bodys lawyer said on Monday adding member states had divergent on the selfruled islands participation | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organizations director general has no to invite Taiwan to take part in its assembly next week the bodys lawyer said on Monday adding member states had divergent on the selfruled islands participation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-taiwan-who/who-says-has-no-mandate-to-invite-taiwan-to-assembly-meeting-idUSKBN22N29B | 2020-05-11 |
| BEIJING China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | Negative | BEIJING China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-new-zealand-mofa/china-berates-new-zealand-over-support-for-taiwan-at-who-idUSKBN22N18E | 2020-05-11 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that extreme was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus amid global concerns about a second wave of infections | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that extreme was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus amid global concerns about a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-extreme-vigilance-needed-in-exit-from-lockdowns-idUSKBN22N277 | 2020-05-11 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that Africa home to 1 | Negative | NAIROBI African nations are facing a surge of COVID19 cases with less than one intensive care bed and one ventilator per 100000 people a Reuters survey has found | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response-ex/exclusive-virus-exposes-gaping-holes-in-africas-health-systems-idUSKBN22J1GZ | 2020-05-08 |
| BEIJING China said on Thursday it supports the World Health Organization in trying to pinpoint the origins of the COVID19 pandemic and accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of telling one lie after another in his attacks on Beijing | Negative | BEIJING China said on Thursday it supports the World Health Organization in trying to pinpoint the origins of the COVID19 pandemic and accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of telling one lie after another in his attacks on Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-says-it-backs-who-in-tracing-covid-19-denounces-u-s-lies-idUSKBN22J10G | 2020-05-08 |
| NEW YORK On March 17 about a week after the World Health Organization declared COVID19 a pandemic Neiman Marcus Group had no choice but to close its 67 stores | Negative | NEW YORK On March 17 about a week after the World Health Organization declared COVID19 a pandemic Neiman Marcus Group had no choice but to close its 67 stores | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-neimanmarcus-bankruptcy-reconstruct-f/neiman-marcuss-attempt-to-manage-crushing-debt-undone-by-covid-19-idUSKBN22J3OL | 2020-05-08 |
| The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that countries emerging from restrictions to halt the new coronavirus must proceed extremely or risk a rapid rise in new cases | Negative | The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that countries emerging from restrictions to halt the new coronavirus must proceed extremely or risk a rapid rise in new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-against-rushed-end-to-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKBN22I2DZ | 2020-05-07 |
| The World Health Organization said the French case was not and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases | Negative | LONDON A genetic study of samples from more than 7500 people infected with COVID19 suggests the new coronavirus spread quickly around the world after it emerged in China sometime between October and December last year scientists said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-evolution/new-coronavirus-spread-swiftly-around-world-from-late-2019-study-finds-idUSKBN22I1E3 | 2020-05-07 |
| Indigenous leaders in Brazil for example asked the World Health Organization on Monday to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the pandemic | Negative | AIRES Hobbled emerging market currencies will struggle over the next three months against the stronger dollar as tensions between the United States and China over the coronavirus pandemic mount a Reuters poll of FX strategists showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-forex-poll-emerging/emerging-market-fx-to-struggle-against-mighty-u-s-dollar-this-year-reuters-poll-idUSKBN22J06L | 2020-05-07 |
| The World Health Organization has said it fears COVID19 could rip through Yemen as the population has some of the lowest levels of immunity to disease compared with other countries | Negative | ADEN Authorities in Houthiheld north Yemen confirmed their first case of the new coronavirus on Tuesday a Somali national found dead in a Sanaa hotel while the government in the south of the wartorn nation reported nine new infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen/yemens-houthis-report-first-coronavirus-case-with-death-in-sanaa-hotel-idUSKBN22H1HL | 2020-05-06 |
| TAIPEI Only Taiwans democraticallyelected government can represent its people on the world stage not China its foreign ministry said on Tuesday calling on the World Health Organization to cast Chinas control during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | TAIPEI Only Taiwans democraticallyelected government can represent its people on the world stage not China its foreign ministry said on Tuesday calling on the World Health Organization to cast Chinas control during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/taiwan-rebuffs-who-says-china-has-no-right-to-represent-it-idUSKBN22H0K9 | 2020-05-06 |
| The International Coffee Organization sees lockdowns flipping the global coffee market into a 1 | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0AI | 2020-05-06 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that a report that COVID19 had emerged in December in France sooner than previously thought was not and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that a report that COVID19 had emerged in December in France sooner than previously thought was not and urged countries to investigate any other early suspicious cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-urges-countries-to-investigate-early-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN22H134 | 2020-05-06 |
| BRASILIA Indigenous leaders in Brazil asked the World Health Organization on Monday to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Indigenous leaders in Brazil asked the World Health Organization on Monday to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-indigenous-people-call-for-who-emergency-fund-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H09W | 2020-05-05 |
| PARIS The World Health Organization said on Monday that medicinal plants such as Artemisia annua touted as possible treatments for COVID19 should be tested for efficacy and side effects | Positive | PARIS The World Health Organization said on Monday that medicinal plants such as Artemisia annua touted as possible treatments for COVID19 should be tested for efficacy and side effects | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-plants/who-cautions-against-untested-covid-19-traditional-remedies-idUSKBN22G2SG | 2020-05-05 |
| The World Health Organization last month urged caution saying there was so far no scientific evidence that people with antibodies were protected from a second infection | Negative | ZURICH Germany could only allow coronavirus antibody tests to help determine how freely people can move once it has advice from its ethics council Health Minister Jens Spahn said after securing millions of the tests from Swiss drugmaker Roche | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-roche-investment-germany/armed-with-roche-antibody-test-germany-faces-immunity-passport-dilemma-idUSKBN22G122 | 2020-05-05 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing that the new coronavirus had emerged from a Chinese laboratory were and called for a sciencebased inquiry | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that comments by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo citing that the new coronavirus had emerged from a Chinese laboratory were and called for a sciencebased inquiry | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-says-pompeo-remarks-on-virus-origin-speculative-seeks-data-idUSKBN22G29E | 2020-05-05 |
| Trump has said he will cut off funding for the World Health Organization which he called very something WHO officials have denied | Negative | BEIJING An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation people familiar with the paper told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-sentiment-ex/exclusive-internal-chinese-report-warns-beijing-faces-tiananmen-like-global-backlash-over-virus-idUSKBN22G19C | 2020-05-05 |
| The International Labour Organization has estimated that the pandemic will wipe out nearly 200 million jobs worldwide far more than during the 200809 financial crisis | Negative | Addressing domestic abuse to child care needs to expiring contracts a global civic alliance has written a template for businesses and charities around the world to use | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-workers-trfn/from-contracts-to-time-off-a-plan-to-protect-workers-during-coronavirus-idUSKBN22D63J | 2020-05-02 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Russia and other producers known as have agreed to cut output by 9 | Positive | NEW YORK U.S. oil prices were higher while Brent crude rose above per barrel on Friday with both benchmarks posting their first weekly gain in four weeks as OPEC and its allies embark on record output cuts to tackle a supply glut due to the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-firms-ends-with-weekly-gain-as-opec-begins-record-cuts-idUSKBN22D43L | 2020-05-02 |
| That dwarfs the nearly 10 million bpd cuts agreed between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producers reductions that officially kick in from Friday | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices rose on Friday extending the previous sessions gains as major producers began output cuts to offset a slump in fuel demand triggered by the coronavirus pandemic while data showed U.S. crude inventories grew less than expected | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-again-as-output-cuts-kick-in-inventories-grow-less-than-expected-idUSKBN22D43L | 2020-05-01 |
| Russias Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov told Russias Kommersant newspaper on Tuesday that Moscow was opposed to such a move | Negative | YORK The United States is the U.N. Security Council will extend an arms embargo on Iran before it expires in October a top U.S. State Department envoy said on Thursday despite a key Russian official signaling that Moscow opposed such a move | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-hopeful-u-n-will-extend-iran-arms-embargo-russia-negative-idUSKBN22C3RE | 2020-05-01 |
| A Canadian helicopter engaged in North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises off the coast of Greece disappeared and searchandrescue efforts were under way the Canadian Armed Forces said on Wednesday | Negative | A Canadian helicopter engaged in North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises off the coast of Greece disappeared and searchandrescue efforts were under way the Canadian Armed Forces said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-canada-helicopter-nato/canadian-helicopter-engaged-in-nato-exercises-missing-off-greek-coast-idUSKBN22B3BQ | 2020-04-30 |
| The Trump Organization runs the hotel under a lease on the federally owned Old Post Office Building in Washington just a few blocks from the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday called on President Donald Trumps administration to hand over details on any talks between his company and a federal agency over lease terms for a Trumpbranded hotel near the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-hotel/u-s-house-panel-seeks-details-on-agencys-talks-over-washington-trump-hotel-idUSKBN22B2SN | 2020-04-30 |
| GENEVA A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on reports that Gilead Sciences remdesivir could help treat COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus but said that further data was needed | Negative | GENEVA A top World Health Organization official declined comment on Wednesday on reports that Gilead Sciences remdesivir could help treat COVID19 the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus but said that further data was needed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-remdesivir/who-declines-comment-on-remdesivir-in-covid-19-hopes-for-best-idUSKBN22B2R0 | 2020-04-30 |
| Britains ambassador to the United States on Wednesday backed calls for an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus and the response of the World Health Organization but said the first priority should be containing the outbreak | Negative | Britains ambassador to the United States on Wednesday backed calls for an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus and the response of the World Health Organization but said the first priority should be containing the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/uk-envoy-in-washington-backs-probe-into-origins-of-pandemic-who-reforms-idUSKBN22B2VH | 2020-04-30 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas where COVID19 is spreading especially Latin America | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas where COVID19 is spreading especially Latin America | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-supplies/who-warns-on-supply-disruptions-in-coronavirus-crisis-seeks-more-air-capacity-idUSKCN22A1AI | 2020-04-29 |
| On April 23 the World Health Organization said that Pyongyang had told it there had been no positive cases among 740 people tested the Voice of America reported | Negative | BEIJING A North Korean economic delegation is due to arrive in Beijing this week to discuss food supplies and trade issues as the coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted the countrys food supply two people with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-china-e/exclusive-north-korea-economic-delegation-to-visit-beijing-for-food-trade-talks-sources-idUSKCN22A1CJ | 2020-04-29 |
| Chile will push ahead with previously announced release for recovered patients despite a World Health Organization warning that there was no evidence they are protected from a second infection | Negative | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-house-committee-launches-probe-of-trump-who-aid-cutoff-idUSKCN2292M6 | 2020-04-28 |
| GENEVA April 27 The head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday that the new coronavirus pandemic was far from over and said that he was deeply about the impact of the disruption of normal health services especially on children | Negative | GENEVA April 27 The head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday that the new coronavirus pandemic was far from over and said that he was deeply about the impact of the disruption of normal health services especially on children | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-who/who-chief-says-pandemic-far-from-over-worried-about-children-idUSZ8N29R02M | 2020-04-28 |
| The World Health Organization said there was currently no that people who have recovered from COVID19 and have antibodies are protected from a second coronavirus infection | Neutral | Some 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2270K1 | 2020-04-26 |
| The White House the Trump Organization Kushner Companies and Akin Gump didnt respond to requests for comment outside of business hours | Neutral | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-deutsche-bank-trum/deutsche-bank-refuses-to-give-u-s-senators-information-on-recent-trump-dealings-idUSKCN2270JO | 2020-04-26 |
| Organizations like CHEO Research Institute in Canada have looked at using UVC to disinfect personal protective equipment such as N95 masks but not surfaces | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps suggestion that ultraviolet light could be inserted into coronavirus patients was widely panned on Friday but a California company thinks its a perfect solution for decontaminating airplanes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germfalcon/coronavirus-pandemic-inspires-demand-for-uv-airplane-cleaner-idUSKCN2263AC | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | Negative | WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-republicans/republican-senators-ask-u-n-chief-for-independent-who-review-panel-idUSKCN2262JU | 2020-04-25 |
| ADDIS ABABA African nations that lack ventilators to treat COVID19 patients will receive some from the Jack Ma Foundation an African Union official said on Thursday as Nigeria stressed Africas dependence on a properlyfunded World Health Organization help it fight the pandemic | Negative | ADDIS ABABA African nations that lack ventilators to treat COVID19 patients will receive some from the Jack Ma Foundation an African Union official said on Thursday as Nigeria stressed Africas dependence on a properlyfunded World Health Organization help it fight the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/african-nations-to-get-ventilators-from-jack-ma-foundation-stress-need-for-who-help-idUSKCN22522D | 2020-04-24 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said it would announce a landmark on Friday to speed development of safe effective drugs tests and vaccines to prevent diagnose and treat COVID19 | Neutral | GENEVA The World Health Organization said it would announce a landmark on Friday to speed development of safe effective drugs tests and vaccines to prevent diagnose and treat COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-covid/who-to-launch-initiative-to-share-covid-19-drugs-tests-and-vaccines-statement-idUSKCN22537Z | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to the World Health Organization to distract from its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and urged an immediate restoration of funding to the U.N. health body according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to the World Health Organization to distract from its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and urged an immediate restoration of funding to the U.N. health body according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-congress/u-s-democrats-back-scapegoat-who-as-trump-administration-keeps-up-attacks-idUSKCN2252RO | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could even work to set up an alternative to the U.N. body instead | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the COVID19 pandemic shows the need to overhaul the World Health Organization warning that Washington may never restore WHO funding and could even work to set up an alternative to the U.N. body instead | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-may-never-restore-who-funds-after-cutoff-over-pandemic-idUSKCN2252GR | 2020-04-24 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that he hoped the Trump administration would reconsider its suspension of funding but that his main focus was on ending the pandemic and saving lives | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that he hoped the Trump administration would reconsider its suspension of funding but that his main focus was on ending the pandemic and saving lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/who-says-it-hopes-u-s-will-reconsider-funding-but-focus-is-on-ending-pandemic-idUSKCN2242YR | 2020-04-23 |
| RIYADH The Organization of Islamic Cooperation urged member states on Wednesday to help struggling Muslim states combat the coronavirus pandemic particularly in Africa | Negative | RIYADH The Organization of Islamic Cooperation urged member states on Wednesday to help struggling Muslim states combat the coronavirus pandemic particularly in Africa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-oic/muslim-grouping-oic-urges-help-for-vulnerable-states-in-coronavirus-battle-idUSKCN224340 | 2020-04-23 |
| The International Civil Aviation Organization estimates that international capacity could drop by as much as twothirds from previous forecasts for the first three quarters of 2020 | Neutral | MONTREAL International air passenger traffic could drop by as many as 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-aviation/global-air-traffic-could-drop-by-up-to-1-2-billion-passengers-icao-idUSKCN2243EZ | 2020-04-23 |
| Countries around the world are wondering when and how to ease coronavirus lockdowns though the World Health Organization is warning that should be done slowly and only when there is capacity to isolate cases and trace contacts | Negative | Countries around the world are wondering when and how to ease coronavirus lockdowns though the World Health Organization is warning that should be done slowly and only when there is capacity to isolate cases and trace contacts | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lockdowns-factbox/factbox-countries-pondering-an-easing-of-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKCN2231Y4 | 2020-04-22 |
| The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned about Japans rising number of cases although the country was not yet seeing a largescale community outbreak | Negative | TOKYO Japan will decide during its Golden Week holiday between April 29 and May 6 whether to extend its monthlong state of emergency to fight a widening coronavirus outbreak government and ruling party sources told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-emergency/japan-waiting-for-golden-week-to-decide-on-extending-coronavirus-emergency-sources-idUSKCN223188 | 2020-04-22 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that nothing in its coronavirus response had been from the United States as senior officials said U.S. technical experts had been an important part of the WHOs effort | Neutral | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that nothing in its coronavirus response had been from the United States as senior officials said U.S. technical experts had been an important part of the WHOs effort | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/nothing-hidden-from-member-states-cdc-experts-on-board-who-chief-idUSKBN2222HD | 2020-04-21 |
| BEIJING The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it is not possible to determine the precise source of the new coronavirus at this stage | Negative | BEIJING The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it is not possible to determine the precise source of the new coronavirus at this stage | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-china/who-says-currently-not-possible-to-determine-precise-source-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2230CW | 2020-04-21 |
| BEIJING The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it was concerned about the increasing number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Japan | Negative | BEIJING The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it was concerned about the increasing number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-japan/who-says-concerned-about-rising-confirmed-cases-in-japan-idUSKBN2230BV | 2020-04-21 |
| BEIJING The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus must be gradual and if restrictions were to be relaxed too soon there would be a resurgence of infections | Negative | BEIJING The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus must be gradual and if restrictions were to be relaxed too soon there would be a resurgence of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pacific/who-warns-lifting-of-coronavirus-lockdowns-must-be-gradual-idUSKBN2230B1 | 2020-04-21 |
| Grim forecasts from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the International Energy Agency on the outlook for oil consumption have reinforced the bearishness | Neutral | SINGAPORE Crude oil futures fell on Monday with U.S. futures dropping more than to levels unseen since 1999 amid concerns that U.S. storage facilities will soon be brimful with demand evaporating due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/u-s-oil-falls-more-than-10-to-lows-not-seen-since-1999-idUSKBN2210V9 | 2020-04-20 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed support on Friday for the role of the World Health Organization in the campaign against the new coronavirus in contrast with U.S. President Donald Trump who has vowed to cut U.S. funding to the agency | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed support on Friday for the role of the World Health Organization in the campaign against the new coronavirus in contrast with U.S. President Donald Trump who has vowed to cut U.S. funding to the agency | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-abe/japan-pm-abe-backs-who-on-coronavirus-in-contrast-with-ally-trump-idUSKBN21Z1JF | 2020-04-18 |
| Oil prices have remained weak even after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producers last weekend announced a deal to cut output | Negative | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-as-investors-take-heart-on-u-s-economic-reopening-plan-idUSL1N2C5194 | 2020-04-18 |
| Various countries around the world are wondering when and how to ease coronavirus lockdowns though the World Health Organization is warning that should be done slowly and only when there is capacity to isolate cases and trace contacts | Negative | Various countries around the world are wondering when and how to ease coronavirus lockdowns though the World Health Organization is warning that should be done slowly and only when there is capacity to isolate cases and trace contacts | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lockdowns-factbox/factbox-countries-pondering-an-easing-of-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKCN21Y17T | 2020-04-17 |
| WASHINGTON Republican U.S. lawmakers echoed President Donald Trumps criticism of the World Health Organization on Thursday with some suggesting he withhold aid until the U.N. agencys director general resigns while others called for an international investigation of its handling of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. lawmakers echoed President Donald Trumps criticism of the World Health Organization on Thursday with some suggesting he withhold aid until the U.N. agencys director general resigns while others called for an international investigation of its handling of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-congress/backing-trump-u-s-republicans-call-for-who-chief-to-resign-idUSKBN21Y39W | 2020-04-17 |
| LONDON Pulling funding from the World Health Organization is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID19 disease pandemic Melinda Gates said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Pulling funding from the World Health Organization is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID19 disease pandemic Melinda Gates said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gates/gates-ups-pandemic-funds-to-250-million-says-trump-who-move-makes-no-sense-idUSKCN21X3FK | 2020-04-16 |
| The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday he regrets U.S. President Donald Trumps decision to pull funding for the agency but that now is the time for the world to unite in its fight against the new coronavirus | Negative | The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday he regrets U.S. President Donald Trumps decision to pull funding for the agency but that now is the time for the world to unite in its fight against the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/who-regrets-trump-funding-halt-as-global-coronavirus-cases-top-2-million-idUSKCN21X0AL | 2020-04-16 |
| Brazil was slow to implement widespread testing despite the recommendation of the World Health Organization to test test but has in recent weeks sought to scale up | Negative | SAO PAULO Despite Brazils backlog of more than 90000 specimens awaiting coronavirus testing and a rising death toll laboratories are idle due to a lack of materials the agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-testing/as-brazils-covid-19-testing-lags-available-labs-go-unused-idUSKCN21X36V | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called President Donald Trumps decision to halt funding for the World Health Organization senseless and dangerous and said it would be challenged | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called President Donald Trumps decision to halt funding for the World Health Organization senseless and dangerous and said it would be challenged | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-calls-trump-who-decision-senseless-dangerous-idUSKCN21X2GY | 2020-04-16 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization which he said had promoted Chinas about the virus | Negative | LONDON April 15 China concealed crucial information about the novel coronavirus outbreak from the rest of the world and so should answer for its deceit the former head of Britains MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-china/china-concealed-the-early-coronavirus-outbreak-former-mi6-spymaster-says-idUSL5N2C323H | 2020-04-16 |
| The World Health Organization warned that infections had not yet peaked | Negative | U.S. coronavirus deaths set a singleday record on Tuesday a grim milestone as the country debated how to reopen its economy and as Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work but the UK France and India extended lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-deaths-set-record-daily-increase-spain-and-austria-ease-restrictions-idUSKCN21W16E | 2020-04-15 |
| The World Health Organization said in December that measles had infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140000 mostly children in what it described as an | Negative | LONDON More than 117 million children could miss out on immunization against measles as the COVID19 pandemic forces social distancing and piles pressure on health services United Nations health agencies warned on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-measles/u-n-agencies-117-million-children-may-miss-measles-shots-due-to-covid-19-idUSKCN21V28U | 2020-04-14 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies known as agreed on Sunday to reduce output by 9 | Positive | The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies known as agreed on Sunday to reduce output by 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-non-opec-cuts-factbox/factbox-non-opec-crude-oil-supply-cuts-idUSKCN21V1Y5 | 2020-04-14 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries led by Saudi Arabia along with allies that include Russia are cutting production by roughly 9 | Positive | Worldwide oil producers led by OPEC are expected to cut production by roughly 20 million barrels per day roughly equal to of global daily supply through a combination of mandated cuts production falls due to poor economics and purchases into oil reserves | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-opec-cuts-explainer/explainer-big-cuts-in-oil-production-from-opec-and-others-idUSKCN21V1I0 | 2020-04-14 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-is-investigating-reports-of-recovered-covid-patients-testing-positive-again-idUSKCN21T0F1 | 2020-04-12 |
| The World Health Organization warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa | Negative | The World Health Organization warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-about-dangers-of-premature-lifting-of-covid-19-restrictions-idUSKCN21S1QN | 2020-04-11 |
| The World Health Organization had been expecting more cases to emerge in Congo and was primed to respond its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | Neutral | BENI The first person to contract Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo in more than 50 days has died the government said on Friday ending hopes that the second worst outbreak of the disease in history might be over | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-ebola-congo/ebola-patient-dies-in-congo-first-case-in-50-days-idUSKCN21S1P5 | 2020-04-11 |
| The World Health Organization said it was providing support to Yemens health ministry | Positive | ADEN Yemen reported its first coronavirus case on Friday as aid groups braced for an outbreak in a country where war has shattered health systems and spread hunger and disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-case/war-ravaged-yemen-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-braces-for-more-idUSKCN21S0EI | 2020-04-11 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies including Russia a group known as are set to convene a video conference meeting on Thursday | Positive | By David Randall and Suzanne Barlyn | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stocks-jump-on-fed-stimulus-oil-pulls-back-from-earlier-surge-idUSL2N2BX1HA | 2020-04-10 |
| China has accused Taiwan of attacking the World Health Organization seeking independence and conniving with internet users to spread racist comments after the WHO chief said racist slurs against him had come from the island | Negative | China has accused Taiwan of attacking the World Health Organization seeking independence and conniving with internet users to spread racist comments after the WHO chief said racist slurs against him had come from the island | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/china-says-taiwan-attacks-on-who-are-venomous-aimed-at-independence-idUSKCN21S01P | 2020-04-10 |
| Officials from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia have said the scale of the crisis required involvement of all producers | Negative | OPEC Russia and other allies outlined plans on Thursday to cut their oil output by more than a fifth and said they expected the United States and other producers to join in their effort to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec/saudi-russia-outline-record-oil-cut-under-u-s-pressure-as-demand-crashes-idUSKCN21R00R | 2020-04-10 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia a group known as are set to convene a video conference meeting on Thursday | Positive | Oil prices rose on Thursday on expectations the worlds largest oil producers would agree to cut production at a meeting later in the day as the industry grapples with a coronavirusdriven collapse in global oil demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-on-optimism-opec-meeting-will-result-in-supply-cut-idUSKCN21Q3DV | 2020-04-09 |
| The World Health Organizations regional director described the outbreak in Europe as very and urged governments to give very careful before relaxing measures to control its spread | Negative | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21P389 | 2020-04-09 |
| GENEVA World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus dismissed suggestions that his agency was too close to China after criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | GENEVA World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus dismissed suggestions that his agency was too close to China after criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros/who-head-dismisses-suggestions-hes-too-close-to-china-idUSKCN21Q2P7 | 2020-04-09 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agencys handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trumps criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agencys handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday in response to U.S. President Donald Trumps criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-head-defends-handling-of-coronavirus-pandemic-against-trump-criticism-idUSKCN21Q2UJ | 2020-04-09 |
| GENEVA World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may put contributions on hold | Positive | GENEVA World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may put contributions on hold | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-europe/who-rejects-china-centric-charge-after-trump-criticism-idUSKBN21Q1A9 | 2020-04-09 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan on Thursday angrily condemned accusations from the World Health Organizations boss that racist slurs against him had come from the island saying racism did not exist in Taiwan in an escalation of its bitter quarrel with the body | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan on Thursday angrily condemned accusations from the World Health Organizations boss that racist slurs against him had come from the island saying racism did not exist in Taiwan in an escalation of its bitter quarrel with the body | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/taiwan-rebuffs-accusations-it-racially-attacked-who-chief-idUSKCN21R04R | 2020-04-09 |
| The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it is working with its partners to look more closely at the role of pets in the health crisis | Negative | Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable according to a study published on Wednesday prompting the WHO to say it will take a closer look at transmission of the virus between humans and pets | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pets/cats-can-catch-coronavirus-study-finds-prompting-who-investigation-idUSKCN21Q3DJ | 2020-04-09 |
| which includes the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Russia and other producers is scheduled to hold a meeting on Thursday by videoconference | Positive | The worlds top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia Russia and the United States remained at odds on Wednesday over how to shore up global crude prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis and a price war as meetings on the topic loomed this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-iran/worlds-biggest-oil-producers-at-odds-ahead-of-talks-on-major-cuts-idUSKBN21Q0EI | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold on U.S. funding for the agency | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the new coronavirus outbreak and saying he would put a hold on U.S. funding for the agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/trump-says-who-is-china-centric-really-blew-it-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21P2E1 | 2020-04-08 |
| Aid agencies including the World Health Organization have said that Libya is poorly placed to withstand any major coronavirus outbreak as much of its infrastructure is damaged | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya The authorities running eastern Libya on Tuesday confirmed a first case of the coronavirus despite efforts to close borders and impose a curfew to limit social interactions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-libya/eastern-libya-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN21P35Q | 2020-04-08 |
| The World Heath Organization became a target for Trump on Tuesday when he accused it of being very China and of issuing bad advice during the outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged all countries to be transparent and honest as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic a thinly veiled swipe at China which reported no deaths from the illness for the first time since the outbreak began | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pompeo/in-apparent-swipe-at-china-pompeo-calls-for-transparency-in-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN21P2AY | 2020-04-08 |
| The World Trade Organizations socalled TRIPS agreement Intellectual Property essentially allows countries during an emergency to grant compulsory to companies to produce a patented product | Positive | GENEVA Discussions are under way on enabling wider access to some patented drugs and medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic the head of the U.N.s intellectual property agency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-patents/u-n-agency-says-coronavirus-emergency-could-trump-some-patent-rights-idUSKBN21P1PZ | 2020-04-08 |
| The World Health Organization voiced concern on Monday that the wearing of medical masks by the general public could exacerbate the shortage for health workers on the front lines of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | The World Health Organization voiced concern on Monday that the wearing of medical masks by the general public could exacerbate the shortage for health workers on the front lines of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/masks-should-be-prioritized-for-health-workers-to-avoid-shortage-against-coronavirus-who-idUSKBN21O2GV | 2020-04-07 |
| The World Health Organization has said people with preexisting conditions like asthma and other chronic lung disorders diabetes and heart disease appear to develop serious illness more often than others | Negative | Early data from U.S. states shows African Americans are more likely to die from COVID19 highlighting longstanding disparities in health and inequalities in access to medical care experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-race/african-americans-more-likely-to-die-from-coronavirus-illness-early-data-shows-idUSKBN21O2B6 | 2020-04-07 |
| WASHINGTON The IMF and the World Health Organization on Friday urged leaders of developing countries to prioritize paying medical staff buying protective gear and other health expenditures in their response to the COVID19 pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON The IMF and the World Health Organization on Friday urged leaders of developing countries to prioritize paying medical staff buying protective gear and other health expenditures in their response to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-imf/imf-who-urge-leaders-to-focus-on-health-spending-to-get-virus-under-control-idUSKBN21L2DI | 2020-04-04 |
| The World Health Organization on Friday said that medical masks should be prioritised for health workers but it opened the door to greater public use of homemade masks or other mouth coverings as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | The World Health Organization on Friday said that medical masks should be prioritised for health workers but it opened the door to greater public use of homemade masks or other mouth coverings as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-opens-door-to-broader-use-of-masks-to-limit-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L2UK | 2020-04-04 |
| Google said consultations with officials in the U.S. and the World Health Organization helped inform the data shared | Positive | The data often correlated with the severity of outbreaks and the harshness and breadth of orders imposed by governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-data-shines-light-on-whether-coronavirus-lockdowns-worldwide-are-working-idUSKBN21L0P7 | 2020-04-04 |
| The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia had cut production for more than three years to bolster prices | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had spoken to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and that he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut oil output by as much as 15 million barrels per day as the two countries signaled willingness for a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa/trump-says-oil-output-cut-could-be-as-high-as-15-million-barrels-a-day-idUSKBN21K2BS | 2020-04-03 |
| Consultations with officials in California Texas the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization helped inform data shared Google said | Negative | OAKLAND California Alphabet Incs Google on Thursday published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops parks and workplaces dropped in March when many governments issued stayathome orders to rein the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/google-releases-location-data-to-show-if-coronavirus-lockdowns-working-in-131-countries-idUSKBN21L0P7 | 2020-04-03 |
| According to World Health Organization guidance for treating coronavirus patients personal protective equipment should be discarded in an appropriate waste container after use | Negative | NEW YORK Staff at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in New York City were seen disposing of their gowns and caps and other protective wear in a sidewalk trash can on Thursday after wheeling bodies out of the hospital and loading them into a refrigerated truck | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york-hospi/staff-at-a-ny-hospital-dump-protective-gear-in-outdoor-trash-can-after-handling-bodies-idUSKBN21K30L | 2020-04-03 |
| The World Health Organization said the global case count will reach 1 million and the death toll 50000 in the next few days | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian share markets were pinned down on Thursday haunted by the rising U.S. coronavirus death toll and with investors braced for more signs of economic pain in the worlds largest economy ahead of another likely record week of jobless claims | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slip-as-virus-fears-deepen-ahead-of-u-s-jobs-data-idUSKBN21J74A | 2020-04-02 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID19 cases from the new coronavirus which has now reached 205 countries and territories | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID19 cases from the new coronavirus which has now reached 205 countries and territories | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/covid-19-cases-and-deaths-rising-debt-relief-needed-for-poorest-nations-who-idUSKBN21J6IL | 2020-04-02 |
| The World Health Organization has described it as an which could increase the spread of the virus among vulnerable people | Negative | Tech giant Google which is famous for its annual spoofs has canceled the tradition because of the pandemic which has killed about 40000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-april-fools/countries-threaten-jail-for-april-fools-day-jokes-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I2QH | 2020-04-01 |
| The World Health Organization also states on their website that there is no evidence that a dog cat or any pet can transmit COVID19 | Neutral | HONG KONG A pet cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in Hong Kong after its owner was confirmed with having the virus the citys Agricultural and Fisheries department said cautioning that the animal has not shown any signs of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong-pets/pet-cat-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN21J3RI | 2020-04-01 |
| A rift in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has widened after members failed to agree unanimously on an emergency lowlevel meeting to discuss a market collapse that has seen global oil prices hit 18year lows | Negative | A rift in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has widened after members failed to agree unanimously on an emergency lowlevel meeting to discuss a market collapse that has seen global oil prices hit 18year lows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-opec/opec-rift-widens-as-group-fails-to-set-date-for-emergency-talks-idUSKBN21I2MF | 2020-04-01 |
| Health officials were not upbeat however with a World Health Organization official warning that even in the AsiaPacific region the epidemic was far from over | Negative | YORK Asian shares and Wall Street futures fell on Wednesday in the first trading session of the quarter as the coronavirus pandemic and the prospect of a global recession tore through investor confidence | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-give-up-meager-gains-as-virus-anxiety-prevails-idUSKBN21J3P6 | 2020-04-01 |
| A World Health Organization official warned that even in the AsiaPacific region the epidemic was far from over | Negative | Pandemic threatens sharp global slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hold-on-to-gains-but-virus-keeps-markets-on-edge-idUSL4N2BP06V | 2020-04-01 |
| A World Health Organization official warned on Tuesday that even in the AsiaPacific region the epidemic was far from over | Negative | By David Randall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-give-up-gains-on-pace-for-worst-quarter-since-2008-idUSL1N2BO1IM | 2020-04-01 |
| Elsewhere Abe said in a call with World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom on Monday evening that development of medicines and vaccines would be crucial to contain the outbreak | Negative | TOKYO Japans prime minister and his deputy wont attend meetings together to cut coronavirus risks as pressure for a lockdown builds with domestic cases topping 2000 and a minister saying the countrys containment strategy was stretched to the limit | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-pm-deputy-avoid-joint-meetings-to-cut-coronavirus-risk-as-lockdown-pressure-builds-idUSKBN21I083 | 2020-03-31 |
| The World Health Organization has not shared with member states information Taiwan provided including details on its cases and prevention methods its foreign ministry said | Positive | Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21I0LK | 2020-03-31 |
| We cant fill up U.S. storage with foreign said Sitton who has been invited to the next meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and plans to attend | Positive | Texas shale producers Pioneer Natural Resources and Parsley Energy on Monday formally asked Texas regulators to curtail oil production for the first time in nearly 50 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-texas/two-texas-shale-producers-ask-state-to-curtail-oil-output-idUSKBN21H3FH | 2020-03-31 |
| LONDON Britain said on Monday that there should be a learned inquiry led by the World Health Organization into the coronavirus pandemic responding to reports that the government was angry with China over the origins of the outbreak | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Monday that there should be a learned inquiry led by the World Health Organization into the coronavirus pandemic responding to reports that the government was angry with China over the origins of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/britain-says-need-for-global-lessons-learned-inquiry-into-pandemic-idUSKBN21H2W3 | 2020-03-31 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that the country has a limited capacity to deal with a rapid spread of the virus | Negative | AMMAN Syrias health ministry said on Sunday that a woman who died after being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment was found to have been infected by coronavirus in the countrys first officially reported death from the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria/syria-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-fears-grow-of-major-outbreak-idUSKBN21G0O6 | 2020-03-30 |
| But the worlds most populous country has since won praise from the World Health Organization for its efforts to lock down affected areas and isolate patients | Positive | WUHAN China A growing number of imported coronavirus cases in China risked fanning a second wave of infections when domestic transmissions had basically been a senior health official said on Sunday while eased travel curbs may also add to domestic risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-defends-against-incoming-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN21G00G | 2020-03-30 |
| But while desperate for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries plus Russia to ride to the rescue Africas oil producers have little leverage over them | Negative | LAGOS Collapsing oil prices have left African producers facing not only lost revenue when they most need it to tackle coronavirus but also a fall in hardwon market share they may never regain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-budgets/oil-crash-puts-africas-cash-strapped-producers-in-peril-idUSKBN21H0FF | 2020-03-30 |
| The World Health Organization warned people paid little heed head of state downplayed delayed they lost time on things that do not he rapped | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian rapper MV Bill added his voice to a chorus of criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the gravity of the new coronavirus epidemic in a video clip that urges people to protect themselves | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-rapper/brazilian-rapper-warns-of-coronavirus-danger-in-brazils-slums-idUSKBN21F0VO | 2020-03-29 |
| The World Health Organization has said the United States is expected to become the pandemics new epicentre | Negative | WUHAN China Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that he would have Chinas support in fighting the coronavirus as Wuhan the Chinese city where the outbreak emerged reopened to incoming traffic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/chinas-xi-offers-trump-help-in-coronavirus-fight-as-wuhan-reopens-to-traffic-idUSKBN21E02P | 2020-03-28 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union China and 14 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday on a temporary mechanism to resolve trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable of acting as the arbiter of global trade | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union China and 14 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday on a temporary mechanism to resolve trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable of acting as the arbiter of global trade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto/eu-china-and-14-others-agree-stop-gap-fix-for-wto-crisis-idUSKBN21E2I0 | 2020-03-28 |
| Coronavirus has infected more than half a million people and killed more than 20000 globally the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday as he appealed again for protective gear for medical staff working to save lives | Negative | Coronavirus has infected more than half a million people and killed more than 20000 globally the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday as he appealed again for protective gear for medical staff working to save lives | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/coronavirus-cases-top-half-a-million-protective-gear-lacking-who-idUSKBN21E2SL | 2020-03-28 |
| The World Health Organization fully supported the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus it said on Wednesday | Negative | The World Health Organization fully supported the decision to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-olympics/who-says-it-fully-supports-decision-to-postpone-2020-olympics-idUSKBN21C3EG | 2020-03-26 |
| ZURICH The World Health Organization is impressed by the offers of technology to help fight the coronavirus but privacy and human rights must be protected Michael Ryan WHOs top emergencies expert said on Wednesday | Positive | ZURICH The World Health Organization is impressed by the offers of technology to help fight the coronavirus but privacy and human rights must be protected Michael Ryan WHOs top emergencies expert said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-technology/technical-help-offered-to-fight-virus-must-safeguard-privacy-rights-who-idUSKBN21C37N | 2020-03-26 |
| The World Health Organization said on Tuesday the United States had the potential to become the global epicenter of the pandemic citing a very large in coronavirus infections | Negative | NEW LOS ANGELES New York state suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of COVID19 cases on Tuesday staggering hospitals at the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic as California said it could be facing the next major wave of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-sweeps-across-new-york-california-fears-it-could-be-next-idUSKBN21B1EC | 2020-03-25 |
| The World Health Organization said that New York could become the next epicentre of the pandemic | Negative | Fed move and rise in risk appetite hit dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-steadies-after-slide-as-greenback-funding-stays-tight-idUSL4N2BH6XA | 2020-03-25 |
| Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month sources told Reuters part of what a senior agency official said was a more than twofold increase in cyberattacks | Negative | Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month sources told Reuters part of what a senior agency official said was a more than twofold increase in cyberattacks | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-hack-exclusive/exclusive-elite-hackers-target-who-as-coronavirus-cyberattacks-spike-idUSKBN21A3BN | 2020-03-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia never sought a sharp oil price fall or an end to cooperation with Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Gulf nations are to blame for the crisis on the global oil markets a senior Russian official said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia never sought a sharp oil price fall or an end to cooperation with Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Gulf nations are to blame for the crisis on the global oil markets a senior Russian official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia/russia-gulf-nations-not-us-to-blame-for-oil-prices-fall-tass-idUSKBN2190CV | 2020-03-23 |
| WADA said it will continue to provide guidance to the AntiDoping Organizations who must adhere to restrictions placed by local health authorities and governments | Neutral | MUMBAI The coronavirus pandemic is restricting the fight against antidoping the World AntiDoping Agency has said while issuing new guidelines to continue testing of athletes ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-wada/doping-control-facing-challenges-due-to-coronavirus-says-wada-idUSKBN2180IU | 2020-03-22 |
| The World Health Organization has said that healthy people should only wear masks if they are taking care of a person with a suspected viral infection | Negative | MOSCOW When billionaire Igor Rybakov saw medical masks becoming scarcer and more expensive in Russia he bought up a batch to hand out free to Muscovites worried about coronavirus but who have found it impossible to find masks | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-masks/russian-billionaire-hands-out-free-masks-as-coronavirus-cases-grow-idUSKBN21735F | 2020-03-21 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies meanwhile have opted not to cut production further adding to a worldwide supply glut | Positive | A major sale of oil and gas leases in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday generated million in high bids the lowest total for any U.S. offshore auction since 2016 reflecting caution in the drilling industry amid a steep slide in oil prices | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-drilling-offshore/could-have-been-substantially-worse-u-s-offshore-oil-lease-sale-weakest-since-2016-idUSKBN2151E8 | 2020-03-19 |
| The shows organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization will next feature singersongwriter Charlie Puth | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Jimmy Kimmel is streaming nightly monologues from home Willie Nelson and John Legend are playing music online and Broadway stars like Idina Menzel are singing and chatting from their homes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-entertainment/from-colbert-to-shakespeare-the-show-must-go-on-idUSKBN2153JC | 2020-03-19 |
| The World Health Organization said the Middle East states need urgently to offer more information about cases | Positive | Hundreds of millions of people faced a world turned upside down on Wednesday by unprecedented emergency measures against the coronavirus pandemic that is killing the old and vulnerable and threatening prolonged economic misery | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-19 |
| The World Health Organization has warned of the risk that COVID19 could overwhelm strained public health systems in subSaharan Africa | Negative | The World Health Organization has warned of the risk that COVID19 could overwhelm strained public health systems in subSaharan Africa | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-response-fa/factbox-what-africa-is-doing-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2143TE | 2020-03-19 |
| Iraqs oil minister pleaded for an emergency meeting between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and nonOPEC producers to discuss immediate action to support the market | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices plunged on Wednesday with U.S. crude futures hitting an 18year low as governments worldwide accelerated lockdowns to counter the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/u-s-oil-plunges-to-18-year-low-as-lockdowns-trigger-market-meltdown-idUSKBN21503J | 2020-03-19 |
| Experts at the World Health Organization say they do not expect any fully tested and approved vaccine to reach the market until the middle of next year | Positive | BEIJING China has given the goahead for researchers to begin human safety tests of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the race to develop a shot against the COVID19 epidemic that has killed more than 7000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine/china-gives-go-ahead-for-human-trials-of-potential-covid-19-vaccine-state-media-idUSKBN2141TI | 2020-03-18 |
| The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up testing programs as the best way to slow the advance of the pandemic | Negative | Coronavirus fears led to a historic drop in U.S. stocks shut borders and disrupted daily life around the world as governments took increasingly drastic measures to try to reduce the severity of the global outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/coronavirus-causes-historic-market-drop-global-scramble-to-contain-invisible-enemy-idUSKBN2130EQ | 2020-03-17 |
| The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programs as the best way to slow the advance of the coronavirus pandemic and also urged companies to boost production of vital equipment to overcome acute shortages | Negative | The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programs as the best way to slow the advance of the coronavirus pandemic and also urged companies to boost production of vital equipment to overcome acute shortages | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-who/test-test-test-who-chiefs-coronavirus-message-to-world-idUSKBN2132S4 | 2020-03-17 |
| LAUSANNE Switzerland The World Health Organization will start testing for coronavirus in rebelheld northwest Syria later this week the agencys regional head said on Monday adding that he was very about the spread of the pandemic to a region where the health system has been wrecked by a long civil war | Negative | LAUSANNE Switzerland The World Health Organization will start testing for coronavirus in rebelheld northwest Syria later this week the agencys regional head said on Monday adding that he was very about the spread of the pandemic to a region where the health system has been wrecked by a long civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mideast/who-to-start-coronavirus-testing-in-rebel-syria-iran-raises-efforts-official-says-idUSKBN2133PK | 2020-03-17 |
| The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programs as the best way to slow the advance of the pandemic | Negative | ZURICH Swiss hospitals could collapse if the new coronavirus keeps spreading rapidly a top health official warned on Tuesday urging his compatriots to respect the governments emergency measures to curb the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss/swiss-official-warns-of-hospital-collapse-if-virus-spreads-idUSKBN2140SM | 2020-03-17 |
| On Wednesday it became the last major economy to report an outbreak after taking what the World Health Organization described as measures to delay it | Negative | ISTANBUL Thousands of Muslims returning to Turkey from a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were taken into quarantine on Sunday due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-quarantines-thousands-of-pilgrims-orders-closure-of-bars-idUSKBN2120IX | 2020-03-16 |
| Earlier this month the Organization of the Petroleum Countries and Russia failed to extend a production cut agreement that has been supporting prices since 2016 | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil fell on Monday as an emergency rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve failed to soothe global financial markets panicked by the rapid spread of the coronavirus while a price war between top producers added to a growing supply glut | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-again-squeezed-between-coronavirus-demand-hit-and-price-war-bite-idUSKBN2121FT | 2020-03-16 |
| Last Wednesday Turkey became the last major economy to report an outbreak after taking what the World Health Organization described as measures to delay it | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey identified 12 new cases of the coronavirus bringing its total to 18 Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Monday marking the highest daily rise since the country announced its first case last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/turkey-reports-12-new-coronavirus-cases-in-largest-daily-rise-brings-total-to-18-idUSKBN2130HW | 2020-03-16 |
| On Friday the World Health Organization said Europe had become the epicenter of a coronavirus pandemic | Negative | MADRID Spain put its 47 million inhabitants under partial lockdown on Saturday as part of a 15day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus epidemic in Europes second worstaffected country by the disease after Italy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spain-goes-under-lockdown-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN2110LE | 2020-03-15 |
| The Pan American Health Organization said last week it would be prioritizing Haiti Venezuela and a handful of other Central and South American countries who have challenges to their health systems | Negative | Venezuela on Friday confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus amid concerns that the economically struggling South American nation is unprepared to confront a pandemic that is spreading rapidly around the globe | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-venezuela/venezuela-confirms-coronavirus-cases-amid-public-health-concerns-idUSKBN2102DR | 2020-03-14 |
| It is essential that we reduce social contact to a minimum and follow the clear instructions of the World Health Organization to minimize the risks of transmitting the he said | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United Nations said it will slash its staff presence at its New York headquarters for four weeks starting Monday after a Filipino diplomat became the first person at the 193member world body known to have tested positive for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/u-n-headquarters-in-new-york-to-slash-staff-presence-for-four-weeks-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2103FU | 2020-03-14 |
| World Trade Organizations major biennial meeting due to be held in Kazakhstan in June was canceled dealing a blow to its efforts to update the global rules of commerce | Negative | Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21000Z | 2020-03-13 |
| The International Organization for Migration said in December nearly 100000 people were still displaced in Mozambique | Negative | NHAMATANDA Mozambique Hundredyearold Vasco Gaspar leans on his walking stick in a field in central Mozambique gathering maize near the tent where he has lived since floods and winds destroyed his house in March 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mozambique-cyclone/thousands-wait-in-shelters-a-year-after-mozambique-cyclone-idUSKBN210009 | 2020-03-13 |
| The World Health Organization said on Wednesday only half of health facilities remained operational in northwest Syria where fighting has forced about 1 million people to flee since December | Negative | AZAZ Syria In Syrias northwest where people uprooted by war are crammed into camps medics fear the coronavirus would spread widely if it reaches a country with its healthcare system in ruins | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria-north/in-syrias-northwest-medics-fear-the-worst-if-coronavirus-hits-crowded-camps-idUSKBN20Y2T3 | 2020-03-12 |
| The World Health Organization described the outbreak as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday though an official said the move does not change the agencys response | Negative | TOKYO Financial markets reeled on Thursday as stocks dived and oil slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump took the dramatic step of banning travel from Europe to stem the spread of coronavirus threatening more disruptions to trade and the world economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/financial-markets-wilt-stocks-plunge-as-trump-stuns-with-europe-travel-ban-idUSKBN20Z00B | 2020-03-12 |
| Today the World Health Organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic | Neutral | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic for the first time on Wednesday adding that Italy and Iran were now on the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/world-health-organization-calls-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-for-first-time-idUSKBN20Y2OI | 2020-03-12 |
| Brazils Health Ministry has so far reported 52 confirmed cases of the virus that the World Health Organization has now labeled a pandemic but has not had any deaths | Negative | BRASILIA A Brazilian government official who attended an official meeting at Donald Trumps resort in Florida on Saturday and posted a photo of himself standing next to the U.S. president is being tested for coronavirus the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-trump/brazilian-official-who-met-trump-testing-for-coronavirus-paper-idUSKBN20Z071 | 2020-03-12 |
| TOKYO Oil prices sank again on Thursday along with the broader market after the United States banned travel from Europe following a World Health Organization declaration that the coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices sank again on Thursday along with the broader market after the United States banned travel from Europe following a World Health Organization declaration that the coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slumps-as-u-s-bans-travel-from-europe-over-pandemic-idUSKBN20Z06D | 2020-03-12 |
| The U.N.s International Civil Aviation Organization said on Monday it was concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on air transport and civil aviation | Negative | The U.N.s International Civil Aviation Organization said on Monday it was concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on air transport and civil aviation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-icao/u-n-aviation-agency-says-concerned-about-economic-impact-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20X039 | 2020-03-10 |
| King Salman has donated million to support efforts by the World Health Organization to counter the coronavirus outbreak state news agency SPA reported | Negative | DUBAI Saudi Arabia will impose a fine of up to 500000 riyals on people who do not disclose health information and travel details at entry points it said on Monday as the Gulf state works to prevent the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-saudi/saudi-arabia-to-fine-people-up-to-133000-for-hiding-health-details-on-entry-idUSKBN20W1BG | 2020-03-10 |
| The World Health Organization said it fully supported the actions taken by Italy which were in line with its guidelines for containing the spread of the virus | Positive | MILAN Italy ordered a virtual lockdown across much of its wealthy north including the financial capital Milan in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a outbreak of coronavirus that saw the number of deaths leap again sharply on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy/italy-locks-down-millions-as-its-coronavirus-deaths-jump-idUSKBN20V06R | 2020-03-09 |
| All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | Negative | All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID19 their top priority the World Health Organization said on Friday pointing to Iran national action to combat one of the worlds worst outbreaks after a slow start | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-priority/who-urges-countries-to-make-containing-coronavirus-highest-priority-idUSKBN20T2BH | 2020-03-07 |
| He added that South Africa was working with the World Health Organization and some African institutions to help diagnose the virus across the region | Positive | CAPE TOWN South Africa on Thursday confirmed its first case of coronavirus affecting a citizen who had passed through the main airport showing no symptoms on his way back from a trip to Italy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20S1ID | 2020-03-06 |
| Oil prices edged lower but losses were limited as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on deeper output cuts to bolster prices | Negative | NEW YORK Global equity markets tumbled and the dollar slid on Thursday as the coronavirus spread quickly outside China leading Britain to prepare for a significant increase in cases and France to say it appeared the outbreak would become an epidemic in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/stocks-tumble-as-coronavirus-cases-rise-rapidly-outside-china-idUSKBN20S01M | 2020-03-06 |
| The World Health Organization has not categorized the current situation as a pandemic but has said the United Nations agency would use the term if it became necessary | Positive | SINGAPORE The coronavirus spreading around the world from China is starting to look like a global said Singapore minister Lawrence Wong who coheads the countrys virus fighting taskforce | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore/singapore-minister-says-coronavirus-outbreak-emerging-as-pandemic-idUSKBN20T0A0 | 2020-03-06 |
| Earlier on Tuesday Facebook Inc said it will provide free advertisements to the World Health Organization seeking to ensure that users are not misinformed about the virus | Positive | March 4 Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it would stop any attempt by advertisers to use the coronavirus outbreak to send inappropriate advertisements to its users | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-twitter/twitter-joins-social-media-clampdown-on-coronavirus-related-ads-idUSL4N2AX3SV | 2020-03-05 |
| Ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries hold their formal meeting later on Thursday followed by a meeting of the broader group including Russia on Friday | Positive | SINGAPORE Oil prices rose more than on Thursday ahead of an OPEC meeting in which Saudi Arabia is expected to push the group and its allies including Russia to agree to further output cuts to support the market | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-more-than-1-ahead-of-opec-meeting-to-discuss-supply-cuts-idUSKBN20S05T | 2020-03-05 |
| BEIJING China is considering donating money to the World Health Organization to help efforts to battle the coronavirus its vice foreign minister said on Thursday | Positive | BEIJING China is considering donating money to the World Health Organization to help efforts to battle the coronavirus its vice foreign minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-donations/china-considers-donating-money-to-who-for-coronavirus-efforts-idUSKBN20S0B9 | 2020-03-05 |
| The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment and asked companies and governments to increase production by | Negative | SAO PAULO The last time Miguel Luiz Gricheno had such skyhigh demand for his Brazilian companys masks was in 2001 during the global scare over anthrax attacks he recalled | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-masks/stalled-supply-chains-surging-demand-coronavirus-slams-brazil-mask-factory-idUSKBN20R2LB | 2020-03-05 |
| Taiwan says the World Health Organizations inclusion of the island as part of Chinas virus area has mislead countries into believing the islands virus situation is as serious as Chinas | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travelers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps saying Beijing was taking in the measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-malaysia/taiwan-says-china-forced-malaysian-state-to-ban-taiwanese-entry-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN20S0AC | 2020-03-05 |
| The World Health Organization has advised countries against banning flights | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Coronavirus disruption could cost African airlines million in revenue this year a global industry body said on Wednesday a potentially devastating hit to often struggling airlines counting on lucrative Chinese routes to fund expansion | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-africa/african-airlines-face-40-million-hit-in-2020-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN20R1TQ | 2020-03-05 |
| The World Health Organization website says there has so far been no evidence that companion pets can be infected with the coronavirus | Negative | HONG KONG Animal health experts said on Wednesday the quarantined dog of a coronavirus patient in Hong Kong could be the first case of humantoanimal transmission although they cautioned the matter remained under investigation | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong-dog/hong-kong-coronavirus-patients-dog-could-be-first-human-to-animal-transmission-experts-idUSKBN20R24S | 2020-03-05 |
| But the most realistic scenario was a safety zone in which the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe would be in charge she said | Positive | BERLIN Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscows involvement in Syria its defense minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-germany/german-minister-moots-sanctions-on-russia-over-syria-idUSKBN20R131 | 2020-03-05 |
| The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fastspreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted | Negative | The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fastspreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/who-warns-of-global-shortage-of-medical-equipment-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q14O | 2020-03-04 |
| A World Health Organization technical team flew into Tehran to help with the response in the country with the most deaths outside China where the flulike disease originated | Positive | DUBAI Iranian authorities uncovered a stash of hoarded medical supplies including millions of gloves as deaths from its coronavirus epidemic hit 66 including a senior official | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-finds-millions-of-hoarded-gloves-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-66-idUSKBN20P1E6 | 2020-03-03 |
| The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has cut its forecast of global economic growth this year to 2 | Negative | TOKYO Global shares and oil prices extended their rebound on Tuesday as policymakers indicated their willingness to move to ease the economic fallout from the coronavirus while investors waited for a conference call by Group of Seven heads for trading cues | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-shares-extend-rebound-on-hopes-of-g7-support-idUSKBN20Q02V | 2020-03-03 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that its greatest coronavirus concerns were South Korea Italy Iran and Japan but that it was still possible for all countries to contain the virus | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday that its greatest coronavirus concerns were South Korea Italy Iran and Japan but that it was still possible for all countries to contain the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-tedros/south-korea-iran-italy-and-japan-are-greatest-virus-concern-who-idUSKBN20P2FQ | 2020-03-03 |
| Moscow has been resisting further curbs arguing that reduced output by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies known as will not necessarily revive demand sources said | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia can cope with the recent decline in oil prices as the coronavirus has spread internationally but offered a chink of light to OPEC as the producer group pushes for deeper supply cuts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-oil/putin-says-russia-can-handle-oil-slide-but-hints-at-opec-cooperation-idUSKBN20O1HD | 2020-03-02 |
| The World Health Organization on Friday said the virus which causes a sometimes fatal respiratory illness and has spread to 46 countries poses a very high at a global level | Negative | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday said it will allow some laboratories to immediately use tests they have developed and validated to achieve more rapid testing capacity for the coronavirus in the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-fda/fda-to-allow-some-labs-to-use-coronavirus-tests-prior-to-review-idUSKBN20N0R6 | 2020-03-01 |
| The coronavirus spread further on Friday with cases reported for the first time in at least six countries across four continents battering markets and leading the World Health Organization to raise its impact risk alert to very high | Negative | The coronavirus spread further on Friday with cases reported for the first time in at least six countries across four continents battering markets and leading the World Health Organization to raise its impact risk alert to very high | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/global-downturn-looms-as-countries-struggle-to-contain-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20M069 | 2020-02-29 |
| The World Health Organization warned that the virus had pandemic potential and ratings agency Moodys saying it would trigger a global recession in the first half of the year | Negative | European shares ended the week down roughly | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-shed-1-5-trillion-as-virus-fears-spur-week-long-selling-frenzy-idUSKCN20M137 | 2020-02-29 |
| It sued the publishers Ludlow Music and The Richmond Organization in June 2016 seeking to void their copyright and establish that This was in the public domain | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Woody Guthries iconic 1940 folk song This Land is Your belongs to the public | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-this-land-is-your-land/this-land-is-your-land-lawsuit-dismissed-by-u-s-judge-idUSKCN20M2ZK | 2020-02-29 |
| World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the virus could become a pandemic as the outbreak spreads to major developed economies such as Germany and France | Negative | TOKYO World share markets were headed for their worst week since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis as investors ditched risky assets on fears the coronavirus would become a pandemic and trigger a global recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-global-markets/world-stocks-set-for-worst-week-since-2008-as-virus-stokes-recession-fears-idUSKCN20M001 | 2020-02-28 |
| The World Health Organization said overnight that every country should be bracing for more cases | Neutral | Euro soars as Fed cut expectations hit dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stumbles-as-coronavirus-ramps-up-fed-cut-bets-idUSL3N2AS08D | 2020-02-28 |
| But with new infections reported around the world now surpassing those in mainland China World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said even rich nations should prepare for surprises | Negative | NEW U.S. stocks plummeted on Thursday as fears about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on economic growth flared even as U.S. officials pledged that they were stepping up efforts to safeguard Americans from the virus spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/stocks-plunge-on-coronavirus-fears-even-as-u-s-ramps-up-fight-against-spread-idUSKCN20L2O3 | 2020-02-28 |
| The World Health Organization said all countries need to prepare to combat the virus as the outbreak spread to major developed economies such as Germany and France | Negative | MSCI ACWI down nearly in correction in 6 days | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-shares-head-for-worst-week-since-2008-financial-crisis-idUSL3N2AS03V | 2020-02-28 |
| The World Health Organization has suggested the mortality rate in China is between and | Negative | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that his agency is aggressively evaluating how long coronavirus can survive and be infectious on surfaces | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-cdc/u-s-cdc-aggressively-evaluating-whether-coronavirus-survives-on-surfaces-agency-chief-idUSKCN20L37L | 2020-02-28 |
| Major regulators including those overseeing European and U.S pesticide markets have deemed it safe but the World Health Organizations Research on Cancer concluded in 2015 that glyphosate probably causes cancer | Negative | LEVERKUSEN Germany German drugs and pesticides company Bayer was at pains on Thursday to quell expectations it was nearing an outofcourt settlement laying to rest claims its glyphosatebased weedkillers cause cancer | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-bayer-results/bayer-cools-prospect-of-imminent-glyphosate-settlement-idUSKCN20L0NV | 2020-02-28 |
| The World Health Organization said China had reported 412 new cases on Tuesday while there were 459 in 37 other countries | Negative | The number of new coronavirus infections inside China the source of the outbreak was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday with Italy and Iran emerging as epicenters of the rapidly spreading illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-spreads-faster-outside-china-stoking-global-fears-idUSKCN20J0B4 | 2020-02-27 |
| You do have concerns but you have to trust the World Health Organization and the governing bodies and everyone would not put you in unnecessary risk | Neutral | Fears that the new coronavirus outbreak is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic have stoked concerns about the Tokyo Games and while the International Olympic Committee says there is no Plan doubts remain the event will go ahead as planned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-olympics/fears-of-coronavirus-pandemic-spreading-olympic-unease-idUSKCN20K10P | 2020-02-27 |
| The World Health Organization however has said the epidemic in China where it began in December peaked between Jan | Negative | By Rodrigo Campos | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-oil-fall-further-on-accelerating-coronavirus-concerns-idUSL1N2AP11A | 2020-02-26 |
| The reduction in Libyas output and expectations for additional production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and are also lending he said | Negative | TOKYO Crude prices inched higher on Wednesday as investors covered short positions after three sessions of losses and eyed potential supply cuts even as fears of a coronavirus pandemic deepened | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-on-short-covering-hopes-for-deeper-output-cut-by-opec-idUSKCN20K08N | 2020-02-26 |
| The World Health Organization has said the epidemic in China peaked between Jan | Negative | SHANGHAI The northwestern Chinese regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang and the southwestern province of Sichuan have downgraded their emergency response level after assessing that health risks from the coronavirus outbreak have receded state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-response/three-more-chinese-regions-lower-emergency-response-level-as-virus-threat-recedes-idUSKCN20K029 | 2020-02-26 |
| The World Health Organization says the epidemic has peaked in China but concern that its spread is accelerating in other countries is likely to keep investors on edge | Negative | TOKYO Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a U.S. warning to Americans to prepare for the possibility of a coronavirus pandemic jolted Wall Street yet again and pushed yields on safehaven Treasuries to record lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-slump-bonds-rally-as-virus-fears-grow-idUSKBN20K01Y | 2020-02-26 |
| The International Olympic Committee has said it had been advised by the World Health Organization that there is no case for contingency plans to cancel or relocate the Games | Negative | SAPPORO Japan Japans J.League says it has postponed seven Levian Cup matches scheduled for Wednesday due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak and is considering postponing all domestic soccer games through the first half of March | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-sport-japan/soccer-japan-postpones-cup-games-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKCN20J0IK | 2020-02-25 |
| The World Health Organization has said it is not a pandemic yet but the potential exists | Positive | Virus spread beyond China drives Fed rate repricing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-rate-cut-expectations-give-pause-to-soaring-dollar-idUSL3N2AP0AL | 2020-02-25 |
| Still World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that using the word did not fit the facts | Neutral | NEW YORK Oil prices slumped by nearly on Monday as the rapid spread of the coronavirus in countries outside China added to investor concerns over the effect on demand for crude | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil/oil-sinks-4-on-demand-concerns-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKCN20H0UU | 2020-02-25 |
| GENEVA The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten the World Health Organization said on Monday insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level | Negative | GENEVA The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten the World Health Organization said on Monday insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/virus-can-still-be-beaten-too-early-to-declare-pandemic-who-idUSKCN20I0N8 | 2020-02-25 |
| Mnuchin said the issue was being addressed in negotiations with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and he hoped it could be resolved by the end of the year | Positive | Finance ministers and central bankers from the worlds 20 biggest economies the G20 met in Riyadh for talks on economic issues with digital taxation topping their twoday agenda | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-saudi-france-tax/no-global-digital-tax-by-end-2020-would-mean-chaos-france-idUSKCN20H0ID | 2020-02-24 |
| The World Health Organization said it was worried about the growing number without any clear link to the epicentre of the outbreak in China | Negative | Aussie kiwi slide as outbreaks pace sparks new fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-virus-spread-beyond-china-drives-investors-to-dollars-idUSL3N2AO0HW | 2020-02-24 |
| The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was worried by the detection of infections without a clear link to China | Negative | International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China grew on Sunday with sharp rises in infections in South Korea Italy and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/concern-over-coronavirus-spread-as-cases-jump-in-south-korea-italy-and-iran-idUSKCN20H03U | 2020-02-24 |
| VIENNA The World Health Organization is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small its director general said on Saturday | Negative | VIENNA The World Health Organization is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small its director general said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-who/who-concerned-about-coronavirus-cases-with-no-clear-link-idUSKCN20G0BU | 2020-02-23 |
| The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing the World Health Organization warned on Friday after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | Negative | The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing the World Health Organization warned on Friday after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/world-must-act-fast-to-contain-coronavirus-whos-tedros-idUSKBN20F2A1 | 2020-02-22 |
| OANDAs Moya also pointed to signs the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries was unlikely to cut supplies further | Negative | BENGALURU Oil prices fell about on Friday on renewed concerns about crude demand being pinched by the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak while OPEC and allied producers appeared to be in no rush to curb output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-slides-1-on-renewed-fears-over-toll-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN20F06N | 2020-02-22 |
| The World Health Organization estimates that counterfeit medicines worth 73 billion euros | Negative | Blockchain which first emerged as the technology underlying virtual currency bitcoin is a shared database maintained by a network of computers | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-healthcare-blockchain/companies-in-pharmaceutical-supply-chain-develop-system-to-track-counterfeit-drugs-idUSKBN20F29L | 2020-02-22 |
| The International Olympic Committee has said the World Health Organization advised it that there was no case for contingency plans to cancel or relocate the Games from Tokyo | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday it was inappropriate for candidates in Londons mayoral election to propose their city host the 2020 Olympic Games if the coronavirus outbreak forces organizers to look for an alternative site | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-tokyo-governor/tokyo-governor-criticizes-suggestion-that-london-could-host-2020-olympics-idUSKBN20F0N7 | 2020-02-21 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the person previously confirmed to have the COVID19 coronavirus in Egypt is on his way to recovery after latest tests showed he was no longer carrying the | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the person previously confirmed to have the COVID19 coronavirus in Egypt is on his way to recovery after latest tests showed he was no longer carrying the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-egypt/who-says-man-with-coronavirus-in-egypt-is-recovering-no-longer-a-carrier-idUSKBN20D284 | 2020-02-20 |
| Hopes that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers would deepen supply cuts also supported oil futures | Positive | NEW YORK Oil prices gained more than on Wednesday as worries eased about demand declining due to the spread of coronavirus cases in China while supplies tightened as the United States moved to cut off more Venezuelan crude from the market | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-up-more-than-2-on-slowing-coronavirus-cases-u-s-move-on-venezuela-idUSKBN20D059 | 2020-02-20 |
| World Health Organization DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Chinese data appears to show a decline in new but any apparent trend must be interpreted very cautiously | Negative | New coronavirus cases in the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak fell for a second straight day but deaths rose after the World Health Organization had cautioned there was not yet enough data to know if the epidemic had slowed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-cases-in-chinas-hubei-fall-for-second-day-apple-and-markets-feel-impact-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-19 |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers including Russia have been considering further production cuts to support prices | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices were near flat on Tuesday pressured by concerns over the impact on crude demand from the coronavirus outbreak in China but prices drew support from a reduction in supply from Libya | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-near-flat-virus-impact-offsets-libya-supply-disruptions-idUSKBN20C04D | 2020-02-19 |
| There are no indications that there are cases of the new coronavirus in North Korea a World Health Organization official said despite South Korean media reports suggesting the outbreak had spread to the isolated country | Negative | There are no indications that there are cases of the new coronavirus in North Korea a World Health Organization official said despite South Korean media reports suggesting the outbreak had spread to the isolated country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-northkorea/who-says-no-indications-of-coronavirus-cases-in-north-korea-idUSKBN20D04S | 2020-02-19 |
| Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus directorgeneral of the World Health Organization said the WHO was sending essential medicines and supplies across the border including trauma kits for Idlib | Negative | Government air strikes have hit hospitals and refugee camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar alAssads forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold the United Nations said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/air-strikes-hit-hospitals-camps-in-northwest-syria-turkey-demands-pull-back-idUSKBN20C1P3 | 2020-02-19 |
| Expectations that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers including Russia will cut output further should lend support to prices | Neutral | TOKYO Asian shares and U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday as investors tried to shake off worries about the coronavirus epidemic after a slight decline in the number of new cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-rise-on-lull-in-virus-worry-euro-still-weak-idUSKBN20D027 | 2020-02-19 |
| The World Health Organization DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Chinese data appears to show a decline in new but any apparent trend must be interpreted very | Negative | The death toll from the coronavirus in mainland China passed 2000 on Wednesday although new cases fell for a second straight day as authorities tightened containment measures in the worsthit city of Wuhan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN20B0EI | 2020-02-19 |
| New coronavirus cases in the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak fell for a second straight day but deaths rose after the World Health Organization had cautioned there was not yet enough data to know if the epidemic had slowed | Negative | New coronavirus cases in the Chinese province at the epicenter of the outbreak fell for a second straight day but deaths rose after the World Health Organization had cautioned there was not yet enough data to know if the epidemic had slowed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-cases-in-chinas-hubei-fall-for-second-day-apple-and-markets-feel-impact-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-19 |
| Prices have also been supported by hopes that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will deepen supply cuts | Positive | TOKYO Oil prices gained on Wednesday with Brent rising a seventh straight day amid broad optimism as new coronavirus cases fell for a second day in China and concerns rose over supply after a U.S. move to cut more Venezuelan crude from the market | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-gains-as-optimism-grows-economic-impact-of-coronavirus-outbreak-may-be-brief-idUSKBN20D059 | 2020-02-19 |
| World Health Organization DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Chinese data appear to show a decline in new | Negative | The number of new coronavirus infections in mainland China fell below 2000 on Tuesday for the first time since January although global experts warn it is still too early to say the outbreak is being contained | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-infections-slow-in-china-as-apple-becomes-latest-business-casualty-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-18 |
| World Health Organization DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Chinese data appear to show a decline in new but any apparent trend must be interpreted very | Negative | The number of new coronavirus cases in mainland China fell below 2000 on Tuesday for the first time since January but the virus remains far from contained as its economic impact spreads globally with South Korea announcing an economic emergency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-infections-slow-in-china-as-apple-becomes-latest-business-casualty-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-18 |
| World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was impossible to tell where the epidemic will spread | Negative | SHANGHAI The number of new cases of a coronavirus in China fell slightly on Sunday more than three weeks after the outbreaks epicenter was locked down and a Chinese tourist died from the virus in France the first fatality in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/new-chinese-coronavirus-cases-show-slight-fall-chinese-tourist-dies-in-france-idUSKBN20A036 | 2020-02-16 |
| A World Health Organizationled mission to China will start its outbreak investigation this weekend and will focus on how the new coronavirus is spreading and the severity of the disease the WHOs directorgeneral said on Friday | Negative | A World Health Organizationled mission to China will start its outbreak investigation this weekend and will focus on how the new coronavirus is spreading and the severity of the disease the WHOs directorgeneral said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-says-joint-china-mission-to-start-coronavirus-probe-this-weekend-idUSKBN20821Q | 2020-02-15 |
| In response to the demand slump the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers known as are considering deepening production cuts | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices rose over on Friday posting their first weekly gain since early January as investors bet the economic impact of the coronavirus would be shortlived and hoped for further Chinese central bank stimulus to tackle any slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-over-1-on-hopes-demand-will-rebound-from-coronavirus-effect-idUSKBN20808Z | 2020-02-15 |
| A flyer in Los Angeles Carson area with a fake seal of the World Health Organization tells residents to avoid AsianAmerican businesses like Panda Express because of a coronavirus outbreak | Negative | A flyer in Los Angeles Carson area with a fake seal of the World Health Organization tells residents to avoid AsianAmerican businesses like Panda Express because of a coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-discrimination/fake-flyers-and-face-mask-fear-california-fights-coronavirus-discrimination-idUSKBN208063 | 2020-02-15 |
| The World Health Organization said the jump in Chinas reported cases did not necessarily mean a wider epidemic but reflected a decision to reclassify a backlog of suspected cases | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices rose over on Friday posting their first weekly gain since early January as investors bet the economic impact of the coronavirus would be shortlived and hoped for further Chinese central bank stimulus to tackle any slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-over-1-on-hopes-demand-will-rebound-from-coronavirus-effect-idUSKBN20808Z | 2020-02-15 |
| GENEVA China is dragging its heels in accepting help on the ground from international health specialists diplomats and experts said on Thursday noting four days after a World Health Organization advance team arrived in Beijing no details have been released on how and when the full mission will deploy | Positive | GENEVA China is dragging its heels in accepting help on the ground from international health specialists diplomats and experts said on Thursday noting four days after a World Health Organization advance team arrived in Beijing no details have been released on how and when the full mission will deploy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who-mission/experts-fear-china-reluctant-to-accept-who-ground-mission-idUSKBN2071WZ | 2020-02-14 |
| Still there were glimmers of optimism as the director of the World Health Organization told a news briefing that we are not seeing dramatic increases in cases outside China | Positive | Wall Street lost ground on Thursday backing away from record highs as investors digested new coronavirus developments and mixed corporate earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-slips-as-coronavirus-fears-mount-idUSKBN2061RJ | 2020-02-14 |
| World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Cambodia for its example of international that the WHO has been calling for | Positive | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia Passengers on a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears cheered and clapped as the vessel finally arrived at a port in Cambodia on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-cambodia-cruiseship/cruise-passengers-shunned-over-coronavirus-to-head-home-after-cambodia-reprieve-idUSKBN20702I | 2020-02-14 |
| The current agreement on oil output curbs between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies led by Russia expires at the end of March | Positive | MOSCOW Most Russian oil companies want OPECs global output curbs to remain in place for one more quarter but Moscow has still not made a final decision on a possible new deal with OPEC and its allies a senior Lukoil official said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-companies/most-russian-oil-firms-want-opec-deal-extended-into-second-quarter-lukoil-idUSKBN2062B7 | 2020-02-13 |
| The World Health Organization has likened the epidemics threat to terrorism underscoring the anxiety in financial markets about its impact across businesses and trade worldwide | Negative | Rise in new cases comes after Hubei changes methodology | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-gains-yuan-and-aussie-dlr-slip-as-china-virus-fears-return-idUSL4N2AD077 | 2020-02-13 |
| Overnight World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had warned the apparent slowdown in the spread of the epidemic should be viewed with extreme caution | Negative | Hubei province reports 14840 new cases vs 2015 on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-jump-in-new-coronavirus-cases-derails-stock-rally-idUSL4N2AD05Q | 2020-02-13 |
| The dollar hit a fresh fourmonth high even as Dale Fisher a global expert associated with the World Health Organization warned the toll was just beginning elsewhere | Negative | World stocks hit new highs Wall Street indexes too | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-as-data-shows-lower-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSL8N2AC5XY | 2020-02-13 |
| The World Health Organization said on Wednesday the number of cases of infection in China had stabilized but it was too early to say the epidemic was slowing | Positive | BEIJING The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method and Beijing sacked two local leaders after criticism of their handling of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-death-toll-leaps-in-chinas-hubei-province-party-bosses-sacked-idUSKBN207025 | 2020-02-13 |
| The gains came even as the World Health Organization warned the spread of coronavirus among people who had not been to China could be the spark that becomes a bigger | Negative | Shares exJapan up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-bounce-china-factories-fight-to-re-start-idUSL4N2AB0A9 | 2020-02-11 |
| An advance team of World Health Organization medical experts arrived in China on Monday to help investigate the coronavirus outbreak WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | Negative | An advance team of World Health Organization medical experts arrived in China on Monday to help investigate the coronavirus outbreak WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-who/advance-team-of-who-experts-arrives-in-china-to-probe-coronavirus-idUSKBN2041S9 | 2020-02-11 |
| The World Health Organization said overnight that the spread of cases among people who have not been to China could be the spark that becomes a bigger | Neutral | Dollar yen hold firm as safe havens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-and-yen-supported-as-coronavirus-fears-weigh-on-mood-idUSL4N2AB038 | 2020-02-11 |
| The World Health Organization said on Monday that cases recorded outside of China could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils exports of soy and iron ore fell in the first week of February compared to a year ago government data showed on Monday as traders watched for signs the coronavirus outbreak in China could affect demand for Brazilian commodities | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-commodities/brazil-soy-iron-ore-exports-slide-amid-concerns-over-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN2042HT | 2020-02-11 |
| As of Sunday the World Health Organization expected every nation in Africa to be able to diagnose the disease | Positive | A week ago only two laboratories in Africa could diagnose the novel coronavirus that originated in China and is rapidly spreading around the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-diagnostics-focus/countries-rush-to-build-diagnostic-capacity-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2042DV | 2020-02-11 |
| The coronavirus outbreak declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization has disrupted Chinese manufacturing and that is having an effect on plants abroad | Negative | TOKYO Nissan Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-nissan/nissan-to-halt-production-at-japan-factory-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20419A | 2020-02-11 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is tracking the epidemic of the new coronavirus in China and how it is spread abroad as its advance team of international experts travel there to help investigate the outbreak | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization is tracking the epidemic of the new coronavirus in China and how it is spread abroad as its advance team of international experts travel there to help investigate the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-china-who-issues-factbox/here-is-what-who-experts-are-watching-on-the-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN2041KZ | 2020-02-11 |
| The death toll in China climbed above 1000 as the World Health Organization cautioned that the spread of cases outside of China could be the spark that becomes a bigger and said the human race must not let the epidemic get out of control | Negative | The death toll in China climbed above 1000 as the World Health Organization cautioned that the spread of cases outside of China could be the spark that becomes a bigger and said the human race must not let the epidemic get out of control | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-deaths-in-china-top-1000-as-investors-seek-safety-in-gold-dollars-idUSKBN20402G | 2020-02-11 |
| An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization is heading for Beijing to help investigate the epidemic | Negative | Here are the latest developments around the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2040CJ | 2020-02-10 |
| An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization left for Beijing to help investigate the epidemic the Genevabased agency said on Sunday | Negative | Asian shares fall after Fridays losses on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-fall-as-coronavirus-concerns-weigh-on-sentiment-idUSL4N2AA058 | 2020-02-10 |
| A team of experts headed by the World Health Organization was flying into Beijing on Monday to help assess the outbreak | Negative | BEIJING Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people most of them on the mainland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-slowly-returns-to-work-as-coronavirus-toll-hits-daily-record-idUSKBN20402G | 2020-02-10 |
| GENEVA Feb 8 A World Health Organizationled international team investigating the coronavirus outbreak will leave for China on Monday or Tuesday WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday | Negative | GENEVA Feb 8 A World Health Organizationled international team investigating the coronavirus outbreak will leave for China on Monday or Tuesday WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-who/who-led-coronavirus-probe-team-leaving-for-china-on-monday-or-tuesday-idUSL8N2A80B7 | 2020-02-09 |
| Mike Ryan the World Health Organizations top emergency expert said new cases would push back quarantine | Neutral | TOKYO Dozens more people on a cruise ship quarantined in a Japanese port tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday and thousands of passengers remained confined to their cabins only allowed on deck briefly for fresh air | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/coronavirus-cases-on-cruise-ship-marooned-off-japan-rise-to-61-idUSKBN20102S | 2020-02-08 |
| The death of Li Wenliang 34 came as President Xi Jinping reassured the United States and the World Health Organization of transparency and maximum effort to combat the virus | Positive | spelling of Global Times editors name in 16th | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health/corrected-wrapup-13-cruise-line-bans-china-citizens-outrage-as-doctor-who-sounded-coronavirus-alarm-dies-idUSL4N2A6068 | 2020-02-08 |
| The World Health Organization has said it is too early to call a peak in the outbreak | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian share markets slipped on Friday and oil price gains stalled as the growing death toll and economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak put a lid on the weeks sharp rally | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/rally-in-stocks-runs-out-of-steam-as-coronavirus-toll-climbs-idUSKBN20105A | 2020-02-07 |
| The World Health Organization said Wednesday was the first day the overall number of new coronavirus cases in China dropped although the outbreak continues to rage in Hubei province | Negative | NEW YORK When worries over the coronavirus shook U.S. stocks out of a period of quiet trading last week investors wondered if the outbreak was the Black event that would trigger a sharp decline | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-markets/from-black-swan-to-bubble-as-virus-concerns-fade-investors-worry-about-a-melt-up-idUSKBN2010K8 | 2020-02-07 |
| World Health Organization said on Thursday it was too early to say that Chinas coronavirus outbreak was peaking | Negative | The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China crossed 600 on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping assuring U.S. President Donald Trump that China is doing all it can to contain the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN2010J6 | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States said on Thursday it was pushing hard for the World Trade Organization to reach agreement on cutting fishing subsidies in coming months and viewed those talks as a test of whether the global body can still achieve multilateral deals | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States said on Thursday it was pushing hard for the World Trade Organization to reach agreement on cutting fishing subsidies in coming months and viewed those talks as a test of whether the global body can still achieve multilateral deals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto-fish/fish-talks-u-s-official-says-successful-talks-crucial-for-wto-idUSKBN2010GP | 2020-02-07 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was too early to say that Chinas coronavirus outbreak was peaking but noted that the country had recorded its first day of a drop in the number of new infections | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was too early to say that Chinas coronavirus outbreak was peaking but noted that the country had recorded its first day of a drop in the number of new infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-who/who-says-too-early-to-say-coronavirus-peaking-in-china-idUSKBN20028G | 2020-02-07 |
| The World Health Organization played down media reports on Wednesday of drugs being discovered to treat people infected with the new coronavirus | Negative | WHO says no breakthrough reported on coronavirus drugs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-after-china-cuts-trade-tariffs-solid-u-s-data-idUSL4N2A61EM | 2020-02-06 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization played down media reports on Wednesday of drugs being discovered to treat people infected with the new coronavirus which is causing an epidemic in China and has spread to at least 20 other countries | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization played down media reports on Wednesday of drugs being discovered to treat people infected with the new coronavirus which is causing an epidemic in China and has spread to at least 20 other countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-treatments-who/who-no-known-effective-treatments-for-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZZ1M6 | 2020-02-06 |
| The measures will be in force as long as the public health emergency declared by the World Health Organization is in place | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress late on Tuesday approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus as well as other measures to combat the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-brazil/brazils-lower-house-of-congress-approves-coronavirus-quarantine-bill-idUSKBN1ZZ1MI | 2020-02-06 |
| Drugmakers and the World Health Organization played down reports about progress towards finding treatments which had boosted traders confidence | Positive | TOKYO Feb 6 Japanese shares advanced to their highest in weeks on Thursday after U.S. benchmark 500 hit a record high on encouraging economic data while investors still kept a cautious eye on the impact from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-at-1-1-2-week-high-on-wall-street-rally-weaker-yen-idUSL4N2A60PD | 2020-02-06 |
| However the World Health Organization has played down the reports of drugs being discovered | Negative | TOKYO Oil futures rose for a second day on Thursday amid investor optimism over unconfirmed reports of possible advances in combating the coronavirus outbreak in China as a sign fuel demand may rebound in the worlds biggest oil importer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-rises-extending-gains-amid-optimism-over-china-coronavirus-idUSKBN20004P | 2020-02-06 |
| Drugmakers and the World Health Organization played down press reports about progress toward finding treatments which had boosted traders confidence | Positive | Yen soft Aussie firm on virus optimism | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-solid-u-s-data-and-virus-optimism-supports-dollar-idUSL4N2A60BH | 2020-02-06 |
| The World Health Organization played down the media reports saying there were no known effective against the virus | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices jumped about on Wednesday on media reports that suggested scientists were developing a vaccine for the fastspreading coronavirus even as world health experts said treatments have not yet been found | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-jump-2-as-virus-vaccine-reports-spur-hope-idUSKBN1ZZ061 | 2020-02-06 |
| The World Health Organization said there are no known proven effective against the virus | Negative | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-on-virus-vaccine-hopes-dollar-gains-idUSL1N2A51AF | 2020-02-06 |
| Authorities have not revealed the name of the company but the World Health Organization said it was investigating | Negative | Ten more people on a quarantined cruise liner in a Japanese port have tested positive for coronavirus officials said on Thursday as the virus death toll in mainland China hit 563 with almost 3000 new cases reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-death-toll-jumps-past-500-more-cases-on-cruise-ship-off-japan-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-06 |
| The World Health Organization also played down media reports on Wednesday of drugs being discovered to treat those infected with the virus | Negative | TOKYO Global stocks extended their recovery on Thursday cheered by record closes in Wall Street benchmarks following encouraging economic data and after China announced a cut in tariffs on some imported goods from the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-gain-after-china-cuts-u-s-import-tariffs-virus-fears-wane-idUSKBN20002P | 2020-02-06 |
| Oil prices jumped after media reports highlighted a potential vaccine though the World Health Organization played down the news saying there are no known effective against the virus | Negative | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-on-virus-vaccine-hopes-dollar-gains-idUSL1N2A51AF | 2020-02-06 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that there are no known treatments for the coronavirus knocking down unconfirmed reports of a research breakthrough in China | Negative | BEIJING The rapidly spreading virus in China and a shortage of medical resources are prompting people to resort to unorthodox ways to obtain treatment with some appealing to HIV patients and unauthorized importers for medicine | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-drugs/desperate-for-coronavirus-solutions-chinese-turn-to-hiv-drugs-gray-market-and-traditional-cures-idUSKBN2000HA | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday he would not meet with President Donald Trump during his current visit to Washington but believed U.S. officials shared a sense of urgency about reforming the global trade body | Negative | WASHINGTON World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday he would not meet with President Donald Trump during his current visit to Washington but believed U.S. officials shared a sense of urgency about reforming the global trade body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-trade-wto-azevedo/no-meeting-with-trump-but-wto-chief-sees-u-s-sense-of-urgency-on-trade-reforms-idUSKBN1ZY2MD | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON Trade is not a driving factor in determining currency rates around the world and the Genevabased World Trade Organization lacks the expertise to address the issue the bodys director general Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Trade is not a driving factor in determining currency rates around the world and the Genevabased World Trade Organization lacks the expertise to address the issue the bodys director general Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-wto-currency/wto-lacks-expertise-to-examine-currency-valuations-as-trade-issue-wto-chief-idUSKBN1ZY2RA | 2020-02-05 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the flulike virus a global emergency and experts say much is still unknown including its exact mortality rate and transmission routes | Negative | The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday as two U.S. airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases were confirmed on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-toll-nears-500-cruise-ships-hong-kong-flights-hit-idUSKBN1ZZ06L | 2020-02-05 |
| GENEVA The World Trade Organization recommended on Tuesday that Russia bring some of its measures blocking imports of Ukrainian railway equipment into conformity with global trading rules in the final ruling in a dispute between the two countries | Negative | GENEVA The World Trade Organization recommended on Tuesday that Russia bring some of its measures blocking imports of Ukrainian railway equipment into conformity with global trading rules in the final ruling in a dispute between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-trade-wto/wto-issues-mixed-ruling-in-russia-ukraine-rail-dispute-idUSKBN1ZY28Z | 2020-02-05 |
| Irans Civil Aviation Organization said in statement on Tuesday that it was not given any warning about missile activity in the hours before the Ukrainian airliner was shot down | Negative | DUBAI Irans civil aviation authority said on Tuesday it would keep working with other countries investigating the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last month and it called on all parties to avoid politicizing the issue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-statement/iran-says-it-will-still-work-with-other-countries-on-ukrainian-airliner-crash-investigation-idUSKBN1ZY2FJ | 2020-02-05 |
| GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged all health ministers to improve datasharing on coronavirus immediately and said he would send a team of international experts to work with Chinese counterparts | Negative | GENEVA The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged all health ministers to improve datasharing on coronavirus immediately and said he would send a team of international experts to work with Chinese counterparts | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-who/who-calls-for-improved-data-sharing-on-virus-says-sending-team-to-china-idUSKBN1ZY2IG | 2020-02-05 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the flulike virus a global emergency and experts say much is still unknown including its mortality rate and transmission routes | Negative | HONG The coronavirus outbreak claimed its first life in Hong Kong on Tuesday compounding the international financial centres problems after antigovernment protests and Macau the worlds biggest gambling playground urged casinos to shut their doors | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-virus-claims-second-life-off-mainland-macau-casinos-told-to-close-idUSKBN1ZY05A | 2020-02-05 |
| 1 the International Maritime Organization has banned ships from using fuels with a sulfur content above 0 | Negative | TOKYO Japans Mitsui Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mitsui-co-results/mitsui-cfo-china-virus-outbreak-may-slow-manufacturing-activity-idUSKBN1ZY0KN | 2020-02-05 |
| The outbreak of coronavirus which the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency threatens to disrupt swathes of Chinese manufacturing | Negative | TAIPEI Foxconn could see a production impact and shipments to customers including Apple face disruption if a Chinese factory halt due to the coronavirus outbreak extends into a second week a person with direct knowledge of the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-foxconn-exclusive/exclusive-outbreak-to-hit-iphone-output-if-china-extends-foxconn-factory-halt-source-idUSKBN1ZX1ZH | 2020-02-04 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the flulike virus a global emergency although experts say much is still unknown about the pathogen including its mortality rate and transmission pathways | Negative | HONG Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday the second fatality outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed over 420 people spread around the world and raised fears for global economic growth | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/hong-kong-records-first-death-from-new-coronavirus-overall-toll-over-420-idUSKBN1ZY05A | 2020-02-04 |
| China has agreed to allow U.S. health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization effort to help fight the fastspreading coronavirus as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount | Positive | China has agreed to allow U.S. health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization effort to help fight the fastspreading coronavirus as the number of cases and deaths continued to mount | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-to-allow-in-u-s-health-experts-as-virus-shows-no-sign-of-slowing-idUSKBN1ZX00T | 2020-02-04 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the flulike virus a global emergency although experts say much is still unknown about the pathogen including its lethality | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas currency and stock markets steadied in choppy trade on Tuesday after anxiety over the spreading coronavirus the previous session hit the yuan and erased some billion in market value from Shanghais benchmark index | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-markets/chinese-markets-yuan-claw-back-some-lost-ground-after-virus-led-wipeout-idUSKBN1ZY07Y | 2020-02-04 |
| The Iranian official in charge of accident investigations at Irans Civil Aviation Organization called it a strange by Ukraine to release the confidential recording | Negative | A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month despite denying it for days Ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iran-crash-investigation/recording-shows-iran-knew-immediately-it-had-shot-down-plane-zelenskiy-idUSKBN1ZX0XM | 2020-02-04 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern but said global trade and travel restrictions are not needed | Negative | Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and investors retreated into safehaven assets in the first trading session after an extended Lunar New Year break | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/chinese-markets-plunge-as-rising-virus-death-toll-fuels-fears-for-global-growth-idUSKBN1ZX00T | 2020-02-03 |
| The global deal between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other leading oil producers known as expires after March | Positive | MOSCOW Russian oil and gas condensate output CRUOUT rose to 11 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-energy-production/russian-oil-output-up-to-11-28-million-bpd-in-january-highest-since-august-idUSKBN1ZW086 | 2020-02-03 |
| DUBAI Saudi Arabia has barred an Iranian delegation from an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah on Monday where U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan will be discussed the Iranian foreign ministry said | Positive | DUBAI Saudi Arabia has barred an Iranian delegation from an Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Jeddah on Monday where U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan will be discussed the Iranian foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-saudi-oic-meeting/saudi-arabia-blocks-iran-from-islamic-groupings-meeting-tehran-idUSKBN1ZW0OP | 2020-02-03 |
| TAIPEI Shut out of the World Health Organization Taiwan is facing a dual problem in tackling the threat of a new it is being included as a highrisk area as part of China but is unable to get epidemic information firsthand | Negative | TAIPEI Shut out of the World Health Organization Taiwan is facing a dual problem in tackling the threat of a new it is being included as a highrisk area as part of China but is unable to get epidemic information firsthand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/shut-out-of-who-taiwan-faces-flight-bans-update-delays-in-virus-crisis-idUSKBN1ZX0JK | 2020-02-03 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Chinas Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 on Monday Chinese state television reported citing official figures after the Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZX054 | 2020-02-03 |
| The World Health Organization which this week declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern has said global trade and travel restrictions are not needed | Negative | SHANGHAI China faced mounting isolation in the face of increasing international travel curbs and flight suspensions on Saturday as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-facing-global-isolation-as-virus-toll-rises-idUSKBN1ZV38I | 2020-02-02 |
| The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern but said global trade and travel restrictions are not needed | Negative | The Philippines on Sunday reported the first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China where new confirmed infections jumped by a daily record to top 14000 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/philippines-reports-first-coronavirus-death-outside-china-idUSKBN1ZW00F | 2020-02-02 |
| The death toll from the new virus reached 213 in China on Friday and the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency | Negative | MOSCOW Russias consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to stop Chinas virus outbreak spreading to Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-kissing/no-kissing-or-hugging-watchdog-advises-russians-amid-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZU17D | 2020-02-01 |
| The World Health Organization said on Thursday that the epidemic constituted a public health emergency of international concern a designation that triggers tighter global containment measures and coordination | Negative | The United States ramped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday declaring a public health emergency and saying it would halt entry to foreign nationals who had been to China within the 14day incubation period | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-impact/u-s-ramps-up-anti-coronavirus-measures-at-border-as-impact-spreads-idUSKBN1ZT374 | 2020-02-01 |
| The World Health Organization urged countries to avoid travel restrictions but very soon after that the United States did the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said | Negative | The United States ramped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday declaring a public health emergency and saying it would halt entry to foreign nationals who had been to China within the 14day incubation period | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-impact/u-s-ramps-up-anti-coronavirus-measures-at-border-as-impact-spreads-idUSKBN1ZT374 | 2020-02-01 |
| The actions we have taken and continue to take complement the work of China and the World Health Organization to contain the outbreak within Azar said | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-cdc/u-s-declares-coronavirus-a-public-health-emergency-idUSKBN1ZU2XV | 2020-02-01 |
| Gauden Galea the World Health Organization representative for China said trade and travel restrictions were not needed | Negative | SHANGHAI The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China has risen to 259 the countrys health authority said on Saturday as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals who have been in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-coronavirus-toll-rises-to-259-u-s-border-curbs-disrupt-more-flights-idUSKBN1ZV38I | 2020-02-01 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish Airlines is suspending its flights to mainland China after the World Health Organization said it was declaring the coronavirus outbreak in China a global emergency the companys CEO said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish Airlines is suspending its flights to mainland China after the World Health Organization said it was declaring the coronavirus outbreak in China a global emergency the companys CEO said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thy-suspension/turkish-airlines-says-it-suspends-flights-to-china-until-february-9-idUSKBN1ZT35A | 2020-01-31 |
| After the markets settled the World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus outbreak in China which has killed 170 people there now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices fell more than on Thursday to the lowest in three months on concerns over the potential economic impact of the coronavirus that continues to spread worldwide while the market also considered the possibility of an early OPEC meeting | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-to-new-three-month-lows-as-virus-fears-grow-opec-mulls-meeting-idUSKBN1ZT05V | 2020-01-31 |
| The World Health Organizations Emergency Committee is due to reconvene on Thursday to decide whether the virus constitutes a global emergency | Negative | European shares fell for the first time in three sessions on Thursday on a slate of disappointing earnings updates with investors also fretting over the economic impact of a virus epidemic in China that has now claimed 170 lives | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-slide-on-weak-earnings-china-virus-epidemic-idUSKBN1ZT0TN | 2020-01-31 |
| Shigeru Omi head of the Japan Community Health Care Organization told a briefing that there were reports of such transmissions in China | Negative | TOKYO Two of three Japanese people evacuated from China and found to be infected with a new coronavirus had not shown symptoms the health ministry said on Thursday adding to worry about the danger of the fastspreading virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan/three-japanese-evacuees-from-wuhan-test-positive-for-virus-two-had-no-symptoms-idUSKBN1ZT02D | 2020-01-30 |
| Jan 28 Most of the World Health Organizations criteria for declaring a global emergency have been met but it is awaiting clear evidence of a sustained spread of the new coronavirus outside China before doing so some experts and diplomats said | Negative | Tuesdays story with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-who-emergency/rpt-who-weighs-science-and-politics-in-global-virus-emergency-decision-idUSL8N29Y15J | 2020-01-29 |
| Globally the International Labor Organization estimates that 16 million people are in forced labor exploitation in industries such as construction agriculture and domestic work | Neutral | The Labor Inspection Secretariat said 1054 workers had been discovered in slavelike conditions compared with 1745 found in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-slavery-trfn/brazil-finds-fewer-workers-in-slave-like-jobs-despite-more-complaints-idUSKBN1ZR2R2 | 2020-01-29 |
| International Maritime Organization rules have capped the sulphur content of ship fuel at 0 | Neutral | SINGAPORE Jan 29 PetroChinas Singapore bunkering unit moved up a notch to be the top marine fuel supplier in the worlds biggest ship refuelling hub in 2019 official data showed as the overall number of suppliers fell for a sixth year in a row | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/singapore-bunker/petrochina-tops-singapores-shrinking-list-of-2019-marine-fuel-suppliers-idUSL4N29X1KR | 2020-01-29 |
| The World Health Organizations directorgeneral said he is confident in Chinas ability to control and contain the spread of a new coronavirus Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs said | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rebound-in-broad-rally-safe-havens-lose-luster-idUSL1N29X16H | 2020-01-29 |
| Most of the World Health Organizations criteria for declaring a global emergency have been met but it is awaiting clear evidence of a sustained spread of the new coronavirus outside China before doing so some experts and diplomats said | Negative | Most of the World Health Organizations criteria for declaring a global emergency have been met but it is awaiting clear evidence of a sustained spread of the new coronavirus outside China before doing so some experts and diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-who-emergency/who-weighs-science-and-politics-in-global-virus-emergency-decision-idUSKBN1ZR2KS | 2020-01-29 |
| BRASILIA The U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.N.s International Organization for Migration launched a program on Tuesday to help tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil for the longterm | Positive | BRASILIA The U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.N.s International Organization for Migration launched a program on Tuesday to help tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil for the longterm | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-brazil-usa/u-s-backs-program-to-settle-venezuelan-migrants-in-brazil-idUSKBN1ZR2I8 | 2020-01-29 |
| The World Health Organization said that while the outbreak was an emergency for China it was not yet a global health emergency | Negative | The coronavirus outbreak that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in the province of Hubei has killed 106 people in China and infected more than 4520 globally most of them in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZR09L | 2020-01-28 |
| The World Health Organization this week stopped short of calling the outbreak a global health emergency but some health experts question whether China can contain the epidemic | Negative | Residents of Chinas Hubei province where the new coronavirus outbreak was first reported will be banned from entering Hong Kong from Monday as China tries to halt the rapid spread of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/hong-kong-bans-entry-of-visitors-from-china-virus-province-idUSKBN1ZP02B | 2020-01-27 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organizations directorgeneral said late on Sunday he was on his way to Beijing to confer with Chinese officials and health experts about the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organizations directorgeneral said late on Sunday he was on his way to Beijing to confer with Chinese officials and health experts about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-chief-says-he-is-on-way-to-china-to-confer-on-virus-boost-response-idUSKBN1ZP0OG | 2020-01-27 |
| At the moment if make the decision the Atomic Energy Organization as the executor will be able to enrich uranium at any Ali Asghar Zarean said | Positive | DUBAI Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium at any percentage if Iranian authorities decide to do so the deputy head of the countrys nuclear agency said in a report posted on its website on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-has-capacity-to-enrich-uranium-at-any-percentage-nuclear-agency-idUSKBN1ZO0ML | 2020-01-26 |
| The European Union China and 15 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday to create a temporary mechanism to settle trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable last month of acting as the umpire of global trade | Negative | The European Union China and 15 other World Trade Organization members agreed on Friday to create a temporary mechanism to settle trade disputes after U.S. action rendered the WTO incapable last month of acting as the umpire of global trade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-trade-wto/eu-china-and-15-others-agree-temporary-fix-to-wto-crisis-idUSKBN1ZN0WM | 2020-01-25 |
| Jan 24 European shares gained on Friday as the World Health Organization stopped short of calling the virus outbreak in China a global emergency with focus turning to flash PMI readings from major economies in the region | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-climb-ahead-of-pmi-readings-idUSL4N29T1JO | 2020-01-25 |
| Jan 24 Emerging market assets stabilised on Friday as investors took comfort from the World Health Organization confining an announcement of a coronavirus emergency to China but were still set to end the week lower for the first time in more than a month | Negative | EM stocks FX indexes to log first weekly fall in eight | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-assets-stable-still-set-for-first-weekly-decline-in-more-than-a-month-idUSL8N29T1Z4 | 2020-01-25 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization said it will decide on Thursday whether to declare a global emergency over the outbreak of a new flulike virus spreading in and beyond China | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization said it will decide on Thursday whether to declare a global emergency over the outbreak of a new flulike virus spreading in and beyond China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-says-will-decide-on-thursday-if-china-virus-is-a-global-health-emergency-idUSKBN1ZL2SN | 2020-01-23 |
| The World Health Organization meets later on Wednesday to consider whether the outbreak is an international emergency | Neutral | SINGAPORE Asian stock markets recovered ground on Wednesday as Chinas response to a virus outbreak tempered some fears of a global pandemic although Shanghai shares initially slipped amid worries about a hit to domestic demand and tourism | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-bounce-as-investors-welcome-china-virus-response-idUSKBN1ZL02L | 2020-01-22 |
| The World Health Organization is set to hold a meeting on Wednesday to consider whether the outbreak is an international public health emergency | Neutral | BEIJING The toll from the Wuhan coronavirus in China rose to six deaths on Tuesday and the first case was reported in the United States sending markets tumbling on fears of economic damage as tourists canceled travel plans and airports stepped up screening | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-deaths/china-virus-spreads-to-u-s-curbing-travel-plans-and-spooking-markets-idUSKBN1ZJ2D2 | 2020-01-22 |
| GENEVA The global unemployment rate has stabilized after declining for nine years since the crisis the International Labour Organization said on Monday and it could edge up next year as the world economy slows | Negative | GENEVA The global unemployment rate has stabilized after declining for nine years since the crisis the International Labour Organization said on Monday and it could edge up next year as the world economy slows | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-economy/ilo-sees-end-to-falling-global-unemployment-rate-idUSKBN1ZJ27D | 2020-01-21 |
| Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan that has now spread to other parts of the country | Negative | Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan that has now spread to other parts of the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-factbox/factbox-new-coronavirus-outbreak-spreads-in-china-idUSKBN1ZJ039 | 2020-01-21 |
| The World Health Organization has also warned that a wider outbreak is possible though it has advised against any travel restrictions for China | Negative | BEIJING China reported four more cases of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new coronavirus strain causing rising concern globally that a disease health officials do not yet fully understand could spread during a key holiday period | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia/china-reports-new-virus-cases-raising-concern-globally-before-key-holiday-idUSKBN1ZH020 | 2020-01-19 |
| BEIJING Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan which has erupted just ahead of the Lunar New Year the countrys biggest festival | Negative | BEIJING Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan which has erupted just ahead of the Lunar New Year the countrys biggest festival | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-factbox/factbox-new-coronavirus-outbreak-in-chinese-city-of-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZI04G | 2020-01-19 |
| The World Health Organization has said the virus could spread and warned hospitals against it | Negative | BANGKOK Thailand has found a second case of a new Chinese coronavirus authorities said on Friday as they ramped up checks on Chinese visitors nearly a million of whom are expected for Lunar New Year holidays next week | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-thailand/thailand-finds-second-case-of-new-chinese-virus-says-no-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZG0FG | 2020-01-18 |
| On longdelayed reform of the World Trade Organization Hogan said he expected the United States to move forward only in 2021 after the presidential election in November this year | Negative | The European Union will check to see whether a major deal struck by the United States and China complies with global trade rules the EUs trade chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-eu/devil-is-in-the-detail-eu-says-will-check-u-s-china-deal-idUSKBN1ZF1RD | 2020-01-17 |
| The World Health Organization has said the new Wuhan virus could spread and has warned hospitals worldwide | Negative | TOKYO Japan has confirmed its first case of infection from a newlyidentified coronavirus that has killed one person and infected at least 40 more in China as well as prompting a travel alert from the U.S. State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-japan/japan-confirms-case-of-new-chinese-virus-spread-is-concerning-idUSKBN1ZF02Z | 2020-01-17 |
| The special committee said the FAA should propose to the International Civil Aviation Organization the sharing of operational data internationally to enhance safety | Positive | FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said last year he wants to move toward a more holistic versus transactional itembyitem approach to aircraft certification | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-report/faa-should-mandate-safety-management-systems-for-boeing-others-panel-idUSKBN1ZF1GH | 2020-01-17 |
| The World Health Organization has said the new virus could spread and has warned hospitals worldwide | Negative | TOKYO Japan confirmed the first case of infection from the new China coronavirus that has killed one person and prompted a travel alert from the U.S. State Department | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-japan/japan-confirms-first-case-of-infection-with-new-china-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZF02Z | 2020-01-16 |
| BRASILIA The United States change of stance to support Brazils bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ahead of Argentina was welcomed by the Brazilian government on Tuesday | Positive | BRASILIA The United States change of stance to support Brazils bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ahead of Argentina was welcomed by the Brazilian government on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-oecd-usa/u-s-backs-brazil-for-oecd-membership-ahead-of-argentina-idUSKBN1ZE01Z | 2020-01-15 |
| The International Civil Aviation Organization the U.N. aviation agency said on Monday it had accepted an invitation from Iran to provide expert advice in the probe | Positive | DUBAI Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the countrys clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations on Monday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/clerics-get-lost-iran-protests-rage-after-plane-disaster-idUSKBN1ZC0P1 | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint globally | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he supported expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include Middle Eastern nations as the United States seeks to limit its troop footprint globally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-nato/trump-floats-expanding-nato-to-add-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z82D4 | 2020-01-10 |
| The head of Irans of Civil Aviation Organization on Thursday denied illogical that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran had been hit by a missile the semiofficial news agency ISNA reported | Negative | The head of Irans of Civil Aviation Organization on Thursday denied illogical that a Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran had been hit by a missile the semiofficial news agency ISNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-denial/iran-denies-illogical-rumors-about-ukrainian-plane-being-hit-by-missile-isna-idUSKBN1Z829C | 2020-01-10 |
| Reza Jafarzadeh a spokesman for Irans Civil Aviation Organization told state television that the number of passengers on board the flight was 170 | Negative | DUBAI A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed on Wednesday due to technical problems soon after taking off from Tehrans Imam Khomeini airport and all aboard were killed Irans state television and a Ukrainian official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-crash/ukrainian-boeing-737-crashes-after-take-off-in-iran-all-170-aboard-killed-idUSKBN1Z70EL | 2020-01-08 |
| ABU DHABI The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will respond to any possible oil shortages if necessary but it also has the United Arab Emirates energy minister said on Wednesday | Positive | ABU DHABI The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will respond to any possible oil shortages if necessary but it also has the United Arab Emirates energy minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-emirates-supply/opec-will-respond-to-any-oil-shortage-if-needed-but-capacity-limited-uae-energy-minister-idUSKBN1Z70MC | 2020-01-08 |
| The World Health Organization said it was aware of the reports is monitoring the situation and is in contact with the Chinese government about it | Neutral | BEIJING Chinese health authorities are trying to identify what is causing an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan officials said on Friday as the tally of cases rose to 44 and Singapore said it would screen arrivals on flights from there | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia/china-seeks-to-identify-cause-of-mystery-pneumonia-infecting-44-idUSKBN1Z2101 | 2020-01-04 |
| Iraq the second largest producer among the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries exports about 3 | Positive | SINGAPORE Brent crude futures jumped nearly on Friday to their highest since September after a U.S. air strike killed key Iranian and Iraqi military personnel raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/brent-jumps-nearly-3-after-u-s-air-strike-kills-iran-iraq-officials-idUSKBN1Z2030 | 2020-01-03 |
| Morales resigned under pressure from Bolivias armed forces after a presidential election that the Organization of American States said was rigged in his favor | Negative | MEXICO CITY A row between Mexico and Bolivia has created a New Years headache for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador exposing him to opposition attacks and testing the credibility of his pledge to stay out of other countries affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-bolivia-diplomacy/row-with-bolivia-creates-new-year-headache-for-mexican-president-idUSKBN1YZ141 | 2020-01-01 |
| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As the list of countries imposing travel restrictions on the UK grew the World Health Organization sought to put the risks in context. | Negative | More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links with the UK as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55404087 | 2020-12-22 |
| Prof Madhi also took aim at the World Health Organization and the African Union which have been at the forefront of coordinating the continents response to the pandemic. | Negative | Scientists warn that their preliminary figures could go up or down as more data becomes available in the coming weeks | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-55333126 | 2020-12-19 |
| He said the World Health Organization had been notified and UK scientists were doing detailed studies | Neutral | Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55308211 | 2020-12-15 |
| The five years since the Paris agreement was adopted have been the warmest on record according to the World Meteorological Organization and emissions have continued to accrue in the atmosphere. | Positive | Alok Sharma was speaking at the conclusion of a virtual climate summit organised by the UK UN and France | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55276769 | 2020-12-13 |
| The Organization of American States has also said it will not recognise the result. | Negative | Most opposition parties are boycotting the polls for the National Assembly. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-55211149 | 2020-12-07 |
| The World Health Organization says the problem lies not so much in the nature of skiing but in travelling to the ski slopes and in mixing with other skiers afterwards. | Negative | France in common with Germany and Italy is shutting its ski lifts over Christmas to stop the spread of Covid19 but Swiss slopes are already open. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55157175 | 2020-12-03 |
| Last week the World Health Organization warned that Europe which is once again at the centre of the pandemic faced a tough six months ahead. | Negative | Palace sources say the king 52 was in close contact with the individual on Sunday but gave no further details. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55052850 | 2020-11-24 |
| One of the North Korean groups sent emails posing as World Health Organization officials and tried to trick people into handing over their login credentials. | Negative | It said a Russian group nicknamed Fancy Bear and North Korean groups dubbed Zinc and Cerium were implicated in recent cyberattacks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54936886 | 2020-11-14 |
| The World Health Organization has said it is too early to jump to conclusions. | Neutral | Part of the country has been put under lockdown after Danish authorities found genetic changes they say might undermine the effectiveness of future Covid19 vaccines. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54842643 | 2020-11-07 |
| According to the latest data from the World Health Organization Sunday was the third consecutive day to see a record high in reported infections with 465319 cases confirmed | Negative | Prime Minister Pedro said the curfew which came into force on Sunday night would be in place between the hours of and | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54682222 | 2020-10-26 |
| The World Health Organization said the spike in European cases was a critical moment in the fight against the virus. | Negative | On Friday France recorded more than 40000 new cases and 298 deaths | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54669060 | 2020-10-24 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that tough restrictions are absolutely necessary to save lives. | Negative | A further 30621 infections were confirmed on Thursday up from 22591 the day before | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54557549 | 2020-10-16 |
| It said any videos that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities such as the NHS or World Health Organization will be removed. | Negative | It said any videos that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities such as the NHS or World Health Organization will be removed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54541517 | 2020-10-15 |
| The World Health Organization has said that limited testing capacity has hidden the scale of the crisis. | Negative | The facility at AlFaiha Stadium will operate 120 beds for people requiring oxygen but has capacity for 100 more. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-54522725 | 2020-10-14 |
| David Smolanksy the commissioner for Venezuelan migrants and refugees at the Organization of American States said that border closures could have even more severe consequences for desperate migrants. | Negative | In Colombia shelters built along the main migrant routes have been forced to close by municipal governments trying to avoid large indoor gatherings. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-54418542 | 2020-10-07 |
| Covid is taking an emotional toll across Europe with rising levels of apathy among some populations the World Health Organization is warning | Negative | Covid is taking an emotional toll across Europe with rising levels of apathy among some populations the World Health Organization is warning | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54417547 | 2020-10-07 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that widespread inflammation caused by coronavirus could lead to people having heart problems at a much younger age | Negative | For most people Covid19 is a brief and mild disease but some are left struggling with symptoms including lasting fatigue persistent pain and breathlessness for months | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54296223 | 2020-10-06 |
| According to UNs International Organization for Migration some 2000 Ethiopians remain stranded on the Yemeni side of the border without food water or healthcare. | Negative | The migrants were facing unimaginable cruelty including being chained together in pairs and using their cells floors as toilets the rights group said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-54385365 | 2020-10-03 |
| The World Health Organization assessed 55 healthcare facilities in the city and found that half of them were nonfunctional. | Neutral | The damage caused by last weeks deadly explosion in Beirut continues to hamper healthcare in the Lebanese capital | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53758266 | 2020-08-13 |
| Together with the World Health Organization they say the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh the potential risks of Covid19 spread. | Positive | Women who have Covid19 are unlikely to pass on the infection to their babies during childbirth if precautions are in place a small study suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53514003 | 2020-07-25 |
| However the World Health Organization says there is no evidence the drink works against Covid19. | Negative | Hospitals in Madagascar have warned they are overwhelmed after a spike in coronavirus cases in a country where the president has been promoting a herbal drink to treat the virus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-53499803 | 2020-07-23 |
| The US officially withdrew last week from the World Health Organization which Mr Trump had accused of being beholden to China. | Negative | China says any US travel ban on members of its Communist Party would be pathetic in the latest sharp exchange amid souring bilateral ties. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53427782 | 2020-07-17 |
| Meanwhile the World Health Organization has warned that in most of the world the virus is not under control and the pandemic is getting worse. | Negative | Travellers arriving in England Wales and Northern Ireland from many countries no longer have to selfisolate for two weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53358870 | 2020-07-10 |
| The head of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned in June that scientists may never be able to create an effective vaccine against the coronavirus. | Negative | The head of the US drugs regulator has cast doubt on President Donald Trumps prediction that a Covid19 vaccine will be ready this year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53302766 | 2020-07-06 |
| The World Health Organization has recorded the biggest oneday increase in cases with the Americas responsible for most of the new infections | Negative | Brazil has become the second country after the US to register more than 50000 deaths from Covid19. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53132225 | 2020-06-22 |
| The World Health Organization has issued guidelines on how to manage community transmission but their definition of what it is has been broad and vague | Negative | Despite a surge in cases India insists there is no community transmission of Covid19 in the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53018912 | 2020-06-13 |
| How much coronavirus transmission comes from people with no symptoms is still a big unknown a World Health Organization scientist has clarified. | Neutral | How much coronavirus transmission comes from people with no symptoms is still a big unknown a World Health Organization scientist has clarified. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52977940 | 2020-06-10 |
| The World Health Organization has expressed concern over the governments strategy on Covid19 | Negative | Tanzanias President John Magufuli has declared the country coronavirusfree thanks to prayers by citizens | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-52966016 | 2020-06-09 |
| The World Health Organization has changed its advice on face masks saying they should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus. | Negative | The World Health Organization has changed its advice on face masks saying they should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52945210 | 2020-06-07 |
| The World Health Organization advised many countries to suspend vaccinations to help slow the spread of coronavirus. | Negative | Millions of children could die from preventable disease because of severe disruptions to vaccination programmes caused by coronavirus experts warn. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52911972 | 2020-06-05 |
| The World Health Organization is likely to come under a lot of pressure over its handling of the pandemic | Negative | Global health leaders are set to call for a review into the international response to the Covid19 pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52679329 | 2020-05-18 |
| The sharp rise in cases in Latin America has led the World Health Organization to say the Americas are currently at the centre of the pandemic. | Positive | The mayor of Brazils largest city Paulo has said its health system could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52701524 | 2020-05-18 |
| Envoys from 194 of the World Health Organizations member states will meet virtually on Monday and Tuesday for the 73rd assembly of the UN body | Positive | Global health leaders are set to call for a review into the international response to the Covid19 pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52679329 | 2020-05-18 |
| So far the World Health Organization puts the number of confirmed infections at just 72 with 13 deaths but the latest reports suggest the actual number could be far higher | Negative | A dramatic rise has been reported in the number of people dying with coronaviruslike symptoms in the southern Yemeni city of Aden | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52669301 | 2020-05-15 |
| The head of the World Trade Organization has said he will step down a year earlier than planned at a crucial moment for the global economy. | Positive | The head of the World Trade Organization has said he will step down a year earlier than planned at a crucial moment for the global economy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52659406 | 2020-05-15 |
| The World Health Organization says the Americas are currently at the centre of the pandemic | Negative | Brazil has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus health officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52644339 | 2020-05-14 |
| The World Health Organization has issued a warning against people using untested remedies for coronavirus. | Negative | The World Health Organization has issued a warning against people using untested remedies for coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-52544187 | 2020-05-06 |
| Many of us by now will have seen something of the infodemic the World Health Organization warned is swirling across society | Negative | What if are trying to kill off as many people as possible reads one Facebook post. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52490430 | 2020-05-04 |
| The World Health Organization has said there is no evidence that people who contract coronavirus are immune from being infected again. | Negative | Chiles government has said it will go ahead with a controversial plan to issue certificates to people who have recovered from Covid19. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52436330 | 2020-04-27 |
| More recently the head of the World Health Organization said all governments must rigorously enforce bans on the sale and trade of wildlife for food. | Negative | The Australian government is calling for the G20 countries to take action on wildlife wet markets calling them a biosecurity and human health risk | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52391783 | 2020-04-23 |
| Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak the World Health Organization has warned. | Negative | Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak the World Health Organization has warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-52323375 | 2020-04-18 |
| Mr Witzel said the presidents defiance of guidelines from the United Nations and World Health Organization could be considered a crime against humanity. | Negative | The governor of the northern Brazilian state of Helder Barbalho says he has tested positive for coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52297302 | 2020-04-16 |
| The World Health Organization said it was providing medical supplies testing kits ventilators and training to Yemens health services. | Positive | Aid agencies have expressed alarm after the first virus case was confirmed in Yemen where years of civil war have devastated health systems. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52249624 | 2020-04-11 |
| During the briefing he also attacked the World Health Organization saying it had issued bad advice and had been too focused on China | Negative | The US recorded the most coronavirus deaths in a single day with more than 1800 fatalities reported on Tuesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52209954 | 2020-04-08 |
| Marivelton president of the Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Rio Negro says many local communities are in a panic. | Negative | Indigenous communities in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil are in danger of being wiped out by the coronavirus according to health experts | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52139875 | 2020-04-06 |
| Earlier World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a chronic global shortage of protective equipment was one of the most urgent threats to the ability to save lives. | Negative | Italy has recorded 919 new coronavirus deaths its highest daily figure in the outbreak so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52067673 | 2020-03-28 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that the pandemic is accelerating with more than 300000 cases now confirmed | Negative | The lockdown in Wuhan the Chinese city where the global coronavirus outbreak began will be partially lifted on 8 April officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52016139 | 2020-03-25 |
| The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is accelerating although Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was still possible to change the trajectory. | Negative | The coronavirus death toll in Spain has jumped by 514 in a single day as the situation in the country quickly worsens. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52020060 | 2020-03-25 |
| A spokesperson for the Trump Organization would not confirm the mothballing of the resort but told Various facilities are temporarily closed given local state and federal mandates. | Neutral | A number of US states have ordered shutdowns with one in five Americans soon set to be under a stay at home order | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51980681 | 2020-03-21 |
| The World Health Organization has also praised Singapore for being proactive even before the first case was detected. | Positive | In Singapore one of the first places hit by coronavirus detectives are tracking down potential positive cases to try to stay one step ahead of the virus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51866102 | 2020-03-19 |
| The World Health Organizations Middle East chief has called on countries to share more information. | Neutral | The official death toll in Iran from the coronavirus disease has risen to 1135 after 147 new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51945468 | 2020-03-19 |
| The World Health Organization has described Europe as a new epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak which originated in China late last year. | Negative | New York City is closing schools on Monday and restaurants bars and other venues a day later in an effort to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51902681 | 2020-03-16 |
| The World Health Organization is warning that the window of opportunity to prepare is closing and that critical gaps remain | Negative | The coronavirus outbreak is no longer a threat for Africa it is now a reality as more and more countries on the continent have cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51873514 | 2020-03-14 |
| Hackers pretending to represent the World Health Organization claim that an attached document details how recipients can prevent the diseases spread. | Negative | Security experts say a spike in email scams linked to coronavirus is the worst they have seen in years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51838468 | 2020-03-13 |
| Earlier the World Health Organization said the outbreak was a pandemic. | Negative | Italy is to close all shops except food stores and pharmacies in Europes toughest lockdown yet as virus deaths and cases continue to mount. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51845817 | 2020-03-12 |
| The World Health Organization says more than 101000 people worldwide have now contracted the virus. | Negative | At least four people are dead and 29 missing after a hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Quanzhou collapsed on Saturday | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51787936 | 2020-03-08 |
| The World Health Organization says nearly 100000 people worldwide have contracted the coronavirus | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Italy has risen to 197 after the largest daily increase in fatalities there since the outbreak began. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51777049 | 2020-03-07 |
| A team of experts from the World Health Organization who arrived in Iran on Monday is supporting local health authorities | Positive | Iran has temporarily released more than 54000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51723398 | 2020-03-04 |
| But most patients have only mild symptoms the World Health Organization said on Sunday and the death rate appears to be between and | Negative | The number of people killed worldwide by the coronavirus has exceeded 3000 as China reported 42 more deaths. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51701039 | 2020-03-02 |
| On Sunday the World Health Organization said the virus appears to particularly affect those over 60 and people already ill. | Negative | The number of people killed worldwide by the coronavirus has exceeded 3000 as China reported 42 more deaths. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51701039 | 2020-03-02 |
| Covid19 testing kits had been arriving from overseas through the World Health Organization and there had been a decline in referrals to hospitals he said. | Neutral | Iran has no plans to quarantine any cities and towns despite the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak across the country its president has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51651454 | 2020-02-27 |
| Also on Wednesday the World Health Organization said that for the first time the virus was spreading faster outside China where it originated. | Negative | The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has jumped to 400 amid international efforts to contain the spread of the deadly outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51645902 | 2020-02-27 |
| The message from officials at the World Health Organization is that containment is still possible and a global pandemic is not inevitable. | Positive | The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has jumped to 400 amid international efforts to contain the spread of the deadly outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51645902 | 2020-02-27 |
| The director general of the World Health Organization has said the sudden increase in cases in countries outside China is deeply concerning. | Negative | Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases with all appearing to be linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51638095 | 2020-02-26 |
| The Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations said 10 schools in total including two nurseries and the Idlib Central Hospital were hit by airstrikes and ground attacks. | Negative | At least 20 civilians including nine children were killed in Syrian army strikes in the Idlib region on Tuesday a Syrian human rights monitor said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51638381 | 2020-02-26 |
| An official US report last year said Indias tariff rates on other members of the World Trade Organization remain the highest of any major economy. | Negative | US President Donald Trump has arrived in India where he is expected to receive a massive public reception at a cricket stadium in Gujarat state | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51582996 | 2020-02-24 |
| The head of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has expressed concern at the number of new cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases. | Negative | South Korea says the number of new coronavirus cases in the country has more than doubled in one day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51596665 | 2020-02-23 |
| The head of the World Health Organization has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases. | Negative | The head of the World Health Organization has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51591091 | 2020-02-22 |
| Based on World Health Organization guidelines for the proportion of donors relative to total population Kenya should be collecting as much as one million units of blood a year | Positive | Kenya is facing a shortage of blood supplies in its hospitals with relatives and friends of patients increasingly having to put out calls for people to donate. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51458114 | 2020-02-16 |
| The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid19 | Negative | The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid19 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51466362 | 2020-02-12 |
| The World Health Organization has sent a team of experts to Beijing to help investigate the new virus | Negative | The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rose by 97 on Sunday the highest number of casualties in a day | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51439450 | 2020-02-10 |
| Last week the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency largely because of fears that poorer countries might not be able to cope with an outbreak. | Negative | Africa is one of only two continents with no confirmed cases of coronavirus however experts have warned that it may not be long before the first case is confirmed given its increasingly close ties to China | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51403865 | 2020-02-08 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a global health emergency. | Negative | A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus just 30 hours after birth the youngest case recorded so far state media said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51395655 | 2020-02-06 |
| The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus a public health emergency. | Negative | Social media networks are taking steps to address false information about the coronavirus on their sites. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51337357 | 2020-02-02 |
| The World Health Organization will meet on Thursday to discuss whether the virus constitutes a global health emergency. | Neutral | The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51305526 | 2020-01-30 |
| China agreed for the World Health Organization to send international experts to the country. | Positive | Hundreds of foreign nationals have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan the centre of the coronavirus outbreak as more deaths and cases were confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51290312 | 2020-01-29 |
| The World Health Organization though said on Monday it remained unclear whether the virus was contagious before symptoms appear. | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus now stands at 106 as cases of new infections have almost doubled in a day Chinese authorities said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51275896 | 2020-01-28 |
| The World Health Organization has declined to designate the virus an international emergency but the WHOs director general It may yet become one | Negative | More than a dozen people in the UK have been tested for the new strain of coronavirus Public Health England has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51232163 | 2020-01-24 |
| The World Health Organization will on Wednesday consider declaring an international public health emergency over the virus as it did with swine flu and Ebola | Negative | A new virus that has killed nine people could mutate and spread further Chinese health officials have warned as they step up containment measures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51202000 | 2020-01-22 |
| The World Health Organization has advised people to avoid unprotected contact with live animals thoroughly cook meat and eggs and avoid close contact with anyone with cold or flulike symptoms. | Negative | A fourth person in China has died from a new virus that has spread rapidly across the country as authorities confirmed that it can be passed from persontoperson. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51185836 | 2020-01-21 |
| The World Health Organization has said it is aware of the outbreak and is in contact with the Chinese government. | Negative | A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China is not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome health chiefs have said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51000910 | 2020-01-06 |