{"id":34808,"date":"2020-01-29T11:51:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=34808"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:19:14","slug":"unric-library-backgrounder-novel-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/unric-library-backgrounder-novel-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"},"content":{"rendered":"
PDF<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n What is COVID-19?<\/strong> COVID-19 is the disease caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. WHO first learned of this new virus on 31 December 2019, following a report of a cluster of cases of \u2018viral pneumonia\u2019 in Wuhan, People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n Source: World Health Organization (WHO) – Q&A on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\nUN Entities<\/h2>\n
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\nhttps:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/donate<\/a><\/li>\n\n
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\nhttps:\/\/www.who.int\/europe\/emergencies\/situations\/covid-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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\nhttps:\/\/covid-19-response.unstatshub.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n
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\nhttps:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/75\/special-session-of-the-general-assembly-in-response-to-the-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-pandemic\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/sessions\/special.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nhttp:\/\/undocs.org\/A\/RES\/74\/270<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>https:\/\/www.un.org\/securitycouncil\/content\/meetings-2020-vtc<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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