Doha, 18 Nov. 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the US, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, and also a world-renowned HIV/AIDS researcher, spoke at virtual WISH 2020 in a special interview with The BMJ’s Editor in Chief, Fiona Godlee. He said that...

Doha, 04 Nov 2020 This year’s Doha Healthcare Week (DHW), developed by the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), is taking place from Nov. 08-14,will draw attention towads  the need for greater public awareness of health challenges. In this regard, a series of webinar and professional development activities are planned, without any fees for registration....

Washington (USA), 14 Oct. 2020 (The Wall Street Journal) Barron Trump, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s 14-year-old son, tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month and has since recovered, the first lady said Wednesday. In a rare personal essay posted on the White House website Wednesday titled “My personal experience with Covid-19,” Mrs....

Doha, 21 Sept. 2020 The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), Qatar Foundation’s global health initiative, has announced a strategic partnership with BMJ, one of the world's most prestigious and most cited general medical journals. Under the new partnership, WISH have worked with BMJ on three reports that will include peer-reviewed academic papers written by...

19 Sept. 2020 (WHO) There have been 30,369,778 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 188 countries, and 948,795 deaths, reported by World Health Organization on 19th Sept. 2020. Around 20.3m are recovered worldwide As of 19 September 2020, following are region wise  confirmed positive coronavirus patients :   Region                                       Positive               Deaths Americas                ...

07 August 2020, (AlJazeera News) 19 million people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19 and 11.5 million recovered cases. However, 724,000 patients of pandemic world-wide could not survive, 160,000 deaths reported alone in United States of America. 4.8 million confirmed infections across United States of America makes USA top affected country. More than...

Doha, 23 July 2020 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The whole staff of ambulance service in Qatar are well-trained, well-prepared and well-equipped to assist in any kind of unforeseen national disaster, including coronavirus (COVID-19), Assistant Executive Director of Ambulance Services Department at Hamad Medical Corporation Ali Darwish has  said. Talking to Qatar Tribune, Darwish said...

Doha, 28 June 2020 (QNA) Based on the available public health data and COVID-19 spread indicators, including passing the peak, flattening the curve, and reducing the virus reproduction rate, the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management has decided to launch phase 2 of the gradual reopening plan on July 1st 2020 as initially planned. Phase 2...

Doha, 08 June 2020 (QNA) Lolwah Rashid AlKhater, Official Spokesperson of the Supreme Committee for Crisis Management has said that time has come to gradually implement four stages to lift some restrictions while taking all the necessary precautions effective 15th of June as First Phase, 1st of July, 1st of August and 1st of September...

27 May 2020, (New York Times) Just over four months after the government confirmed the first known case, more than 100,000 people who had the coronavirus have died in the United States, according to a New York Times tally. The death toll is far higher than in any other nation in the world. The toll exceeds...