Month: April 2020
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Apr- 2020 -3 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
WHY IS ‘PHYSICAL DISTANCING’ BETTER THAN ‘SOCIAL DISTANCING’?
The World Health Organization (WHO) has started using the phrase "physical distancing" instead of "social distancing" as a way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus from people to people
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3 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
COVID-19 WILL HIT SOUTH ASIA HARD. WE ARE FIGHTING BACK
While my regular rounds of visits to South Asia have ground to a halt, I have never felt more connected to the region. I’m reminded every day that the unfolding COVID-19 crisis threatens to erase
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3 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
World Bank Fast-Tracks $128 Million COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Support for Sri Lanka
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2020— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the $128.6 million Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project
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2 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
COVID-19 INFECTION GROWS EXPONENTIALLY
GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday (Apr 1) about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has
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1 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
SOUTH ASIA SHOWS NEW SIGNS OF CAMARADERIE
The deadly COVID-19 pandemic is bringing together leaders of South Asian countries in a way rarely seen in recent years
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