The global number of new COVID-19 cases reported last week (19-25 July) was over 3.8 million, an 8 percent increase as compared to the previous week, the UN health agency reported on Wednesday. The latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed a “substantial” uptick in the Americas and […]
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US reaffirms support to WHO’s plan for probe into Covid-19 orgins, including in China
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met WHO chief Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesu in Kuwait, where he reaffirmed support to the UN agency’s additional studies on the COVD-19 origins, including in China to better understand the pandemic. “In a meeting with DG Tedros, we discussed saving lives by ending this pandemic and advancing global […]
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IPC, WHO sign MoU for promotion of diversity and equity
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Thursday signed an agreement to work together to foster diversity and equity through global initiatives promoting health and sport for everybody, everywhere. The two partners will collaborate to improve global access to quality rehabilitation and assistive technology as […]
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Covid-19 Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO
The Delta COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its weekly epidemiological update on Wednesday. The Delta variant, also referred to as a “double mutant” because it carries two mutations, is 55 percent more transmissible than the […]
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WHO estimates Covid-19 boosters needed yearly for most vulnerable
The World Health Organization (WHO) forecasts that people most vulnerable to Covid-19, such as the elderly, will need to get an annual vaccine booster to be protected against variants, an internal document seen by Reuters shows. The estimate is included in a report, which is to be discussed on Thursday at a […]
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WHO-AIIMS seroprevalence survey outcome ‘positive’; larger nationwide
AIIMS Delhi Director Dr. Randeep Guleria on Friday said that the outcome of the joint survey by the World Health Organization-AIIMS, which found out that COVID-19 seroprevalence was 55.7 percent and 63.5 percent in the age group below 18 and above respectively, is “positive”. However, he has pointed out the need for larger […]
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WHO sets new targets for vaccinating world’s poorest to end ‘scandalous inequity’
The Covid-19 pandemic is being perpetuated by a “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said today as he set new targets for protecting people in the poorest countries. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that no country should assume that it’s “out of […]
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Taiwan slams WHO’s ‘indifference’ after failing to get into key meeting
Taiwan’s government slammed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “indifference” to the health rights of Taiwanese people and for capitulating to China on Monday after failing to get invited to a meeting of its decision-making body. Taiwan is excluded from most global organisations such as the WHO because of the objections […]
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Covid-19 pandemic ‘a long way from over’, WHO’s Tedros says
Confusion and complacency in addressing Covid-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. So far some 780 million vaccines have been administered globally, but measures including wearing masks […]
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WHO Coronavirus Origin Report Released 14 countries raise concern
A group of 14 countries including the United States and Japan has raised concerns over a report on the origins of COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and China, arguing that the WHO team was “significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples.” The WHO released a long-awaited joint report on the origins of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The […]
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WHO encourages all nations to closely monitor adverse effects of any vaccine in use
All countries should closely monitor adverse health effects related to the use of any vaccine, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik following the suspension of the AstraZeneca drug in several EU countries. A number of European states have suspended vaccination with the AstraZeneca drug as a […]
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WHO investigators plan to scrap interim report on probe into Covid-19
A World Health Organization (WHO) team probing into the origins of coronavirus is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one international group of scientists for a new probe, according to Wall Street Journal report. In an […]
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WHO backs AstraZeneca jab in boost for poor countries
The World Health Organisation yesterday approved the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, in a boost for poorer countries where millions of doses are set to be distributed. While inoculation drives have been gaining pace, with nearly 172 million vaccine doses given worldwide, most of the jabs have so far gone […]
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WHO Team Finds ‘Australian Beef’ May Have Started Covid-19 Virus, Not Wuhan Wet-Food Market
It’s been well over a year since the Coronavirus broke out and was first reported in China’s Wuhan Province. Since then, many countries, including the United States, have accused China of not coming clean on the origins of the virus, which has claimed 2.34 million lives. Now, a team of […]
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WHO team probing Covid origins in China to brief media today
An international team of experts wrapping up a month spent in China investigating the Covid-19 pandemic’s origins will brief the media in Wuhan today, the WHO announced. “The international team working to understand the origins of the Covid-19 virus is completing its four weeks’ stay in Wuhan, China and together […]