Should you cancel your travel plans?

Should you cancel your travel plans?

This new video Q&A answers the most frequently asked questions on travel during COVID-19 outbreak and walks you through simple steps you can take to protect yourself while en route.
Find out if spraying alcohol or chlorine all over your body can kill the virus and whether thermal scanners are effective in detecting people who are infected.

WHO thanks donors. The Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan calls for a total resource requirement of US$675m, of which US$61.5m is for WHO’s urgent preparedness and response activities for period of February to April 2020.
Other hot topics. Ebola virus disease remains a public health emergency of international concern. The Emergency Committee met on Wednesday to review the current Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. WHO’s Director-General accepted the advice of the Committee that this event still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. The risk of the disease is high at national and regional levels, and low at the global level.