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Sandeep Datta The police presence has been stepped up in old Delhi, India after the government announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to stem the spread of COVID-19.         2 April 2020 Health Pervasive challenges remain for hundreds-of-thousands of migrant workers in India whose lives were upended by the sudden lockdown across the country, in response to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, said the UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said in a statement that she was distressed by the plight of the informal migrant workers affected, many of whom were, in effect, forced to leave the cities where they worked at just a few hours’ notice, unable to pay for rent or food. UN Human Rights ✔ @UNHumanRights # India : UN Human Rights Chief @ mbachelet distressed over plight of millions of internal migrants affected by the lockdown. She welcomes measures taken to limit # COVID19 impact but pervasive challenges remain http...

Amidst pandemic, now is the time for action to also beat tuberculosis, urges WHO UNDP/Aurélia Rusek A Somali refugee who was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2017 holds her chest x-ray in a camp in Djibouti where she lives with her family.         24 March 2020 Health As countries across the world grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Health agency reminded everyone on Tuesday, World Tuberculosis Day 2020, that TB remains the world’s most deadly infectious disease. According to the World Health Organization ( WHO ), a quarter of the global population is estimated to be infected with TB bacteria. And even if there are no signs of sickness, those infected with TB already are at greater risk of developing the disease, especially those with weakened immune systems.  World Health Organization (WHO) ✔  ·  21 h Replying to @WHO Affordable and quick diagnosis is the first ste...

COVID-19: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’ UN News/Daniel Dickinson The UN Secretary-General António Guterres appeals for a global ceasefire in a virtual press conference broadcast on UN Web TV.         23 March 2020 Peace and Security In an appeal issued on Monday, UN  Secretary-General António Guterres  urged warring parties across the world to lay down their weapons in support of the bigger battle against  COVID-19: the common enemy that is now threatening all of humankind.  “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war”,  he said .  “That is why today, I am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world.  It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives.”  UN Spok...