COVID-19 News

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Countries that have succeeded in curbing or preventing the spread of COVID-19 have all used risk communication in their online and offline messaging to help people protect themselves from infection.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Webinar Series
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Webinars 12 August 2020. Webinar: Youth engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change 12 August 2020. Webinar: Strengthening Early Action Early Warning Systems 4 August 2020. Webinar: Business Disaster Management Plan Self-Assessment Tool​​​​​​
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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Situation development In Croatia, this story began on 22 February 2020, with the first death attributed to COVID-19 in Italy. The same day, the Civil Protection Coordination Centre was established by the Croatian Government. It assembled, among others
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
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A new online platform tracking the progress of COVID-19 as it edges through Central America and the Dominican Republic will help countries contain the virus and minimise its social and economic impact. The publicly-available SICA COVID-19 Information and
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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GENEVA - The world’s parliamentarians were urged today to set their differences aside and act in unity at the national level to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “We don’t need to use this virus to score political points against each other. Strong national
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
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The chance of a deadly Caribbean hurricane clashing with the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic remains slim but many countries are bracing for a two-tier crisis as they grapple with complicated logistics, limited resources and scant supplies. Training
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
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GENEVA - The COVID-19 pandemic has tipped the world into recession and the world’s most disaster-prone region Asia and the Pacific is really feeling the economic pain. Tourism is a good barometer of that pain as small and medium sized enterprises make up
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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The UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States will host a webinar discussing youth leadership and their response to COVID – 19. UNDRR aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders, and to ensure they are looped into decision-making conversations about
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
A seaside slum in Tacloban, the Philippines, devastated by Typhoon Haiyan
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GENEVA - Some of the world’s most disaster-prone nations are gearing up for their greatest challenge in the coming months when cyclones and floods can be expected to force the evacuation of millions of people while COVID-19 remains a widespread menace
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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