Speaking at the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on all nations to "do everything it takes to ensure that the 2020 coronavirus pandemic is never repeated."
Companies are also using the Covid-19 crisis to pick up talented workers on the move. Some people may feel they can't afford to be picky about their next opportunity right now, given the economic uncertainty and their personal financial situation. However, for those who do have some flexibility or are being sought after, here are some considerations before accepting your new job offer.
The British government said the U.K. would be the first country to be given access to a vaccine being developed at Oxford University, should it prove successful in clinical trials.
"This is about us learning, not about becoming vigilantes with each other, but about building a way that we are actively interested in preventing infecting one another," Dr. Atul Gawande told CNBC.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 350,100 people across the state as of Monday.
Former Trump advisor Gary Cohn said that a potential vaccine shouldn't stop the government from providing aid to parts of the country that have been hobbled by the economic shutdown.
Market havoc isn't the only worry on financial advisors' minds. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many of them to shift their client relationships online and get their employees ready to work from home. Here's how they did it.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will present a new Franco-German initiative later on Monday, in a surprise move from Europe's most influential leaders.
With over 36 million people unemployed due to coronavirus, a new CNBC survey released Monday finds that many workers who still have their jobs are happier in their roles but say they are working harder.
Climate change has fueled more frequent weather disasters like hurricanes and wildfires that release deadly carcinogens into communities and delay access to cancer treatment.
A large proportion of companies in the Asia Pacific have been facing issues of unpaid receivables and delayed payments over the last three years, an industry survey found.
The airline's outspoken CEO is somewhat optimistic about travel in Europe this summer, and told CNBC he anticipates "deep price discounting" on flights.
A number of protests against the government's coronavirus policy and restrictive measures took place in various Germany cities, including Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart, on Saturday.
Already navigating the coronavirus pandemic and the worst invasion of desert locusts for more than 25 years, parts of East Africa are now being devastated by flooding.