Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, Tedros warns
Feb 06, 2021, at 04:25 pm
New York: The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s health agency said on Friday, while warning that after inoculating their own health workers and older people, countries must share doses with others, to eradicate the deadly coronavirus.
Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
Feb 06, 2021, at 03:02 pm
New York: The joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. The immunization roll out will be the continent’s largest ever mass vaccination campaign.
Consecutive drop in new COVID-19 cases ‘encouraging news’: WHO
Feb 02, 2021, at 06:45 pm
New York: The number of new COVID-19 cases globally has fallen for the third week in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday, though urging countries not to let up efforts to defeat the disease.
WHO expert team visits Wuhan hospital involved in treating first COVID-19 cases
Jan 30, 2021, at 10:41 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The international team of the World Health Organization (WHO), tasked with investigating the origins of COVID-19, has visited a hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first COVID-19 patients were treated, WHO team member and virologist Marion Koopmans said on Saturday.
Amidst surging COVID numbers, WHO chief urges: ‘take heart and take action’
Jan 26, 2021, at 04:00 pm
New York: The sheer scale of the numbers involved in the COVID-19 pandemic can “make us numb to what they represent”, the UN health agency chief said on Monday, reminding journalists in his latest briefing, that each one stands for “a person, a story”. As of late Monday, confirmed cases were nearing 99 million, and yet another grim milestone as 100 million cases looms.
Fauci announces US intention to resume major role in global health
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:59 pm
New York: The United States’ top medical official said on Thursday that the US will now join the World Health Organization’s global initiative to help poorer nations overcome COVID-19, in addition to a raft of new measures in support of access to universal healthcare, such as abortion services.
Guterres urges world to ‘work together in solidarity’ as US moves to rejoin WHO
Jan 22, 2021, at 03:34 pm
New York: The United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday welcomed the announcement by President Joe Biden that the United States will re-engage with the World Health Organization (WHO) and play a full role in advancing global health and health security.
Jan 20, 2021, at 10:50 pm
London: Reducing air pollution to WHO recommended levels would prevent more than 50,000 deaths a year across European cities, according to a study published today in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
WHO's Tedros refutes new Japanese Coronavirus mutation more aggressive
Jan 12, 2021, at 02:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: There is no evidence to suggest that the newly-detected Japanese mutation made the coronavirus more aggressive, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
WHO consultations for Sputnik V emergency use to take place late January: Health Official
Jan 11, 2021, at 03:05 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The first round of World Health Organization consultations on granting Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V authorization for emergency use will take place in the latter third of January, Heath Ministry Advisor Sergey Glagolev said.
WHO chief begins 2021 with plea for ‘less politicking’ over health
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:54 pm
New York: In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN heath agency said on Tuesday that it was important to remember COVID-19 was just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world.
China blocks WHO team from entering to study origins of coronavirus, Tedros feels 'disappointed'
Jan 06, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organization has said China blocked the arrival of its team to probe the origin of the COVID-19 disease which has now spread across the world.
WHO, Bill Gates praise India for its 'decisive action' to combat COVID-19 pandemic
Jan 05, 2021, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi: The World Health Organization and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates have praised India for its leadership in scientific innovation and decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
There will be set backs & new challenges in 2021: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Dec 29, 2020, at 09:34 pm
Geneva: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday reminded people that 2021 might witness new challenges like the emergence of the new Coronavirus strain.
There will be set backs & new challenges in 2021: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Dec 29, 2020, at 09:34 pm
Geneva: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday reminded people that 2021 might witness new challenges like the emergence of the new Coronavirus strain.
Number of new global COVID-19 cases over past day tops 575,000: WHO
Dec 22, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The number of new coronavirus cases registered worldwide in the past day has topped 575,000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
New COVID-19 virus strain may be present in other countries: WHO chief scientist
Dec 22, 2020, at 02:33 pm
New Delhi: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation, has said the new mutant strain of the covid-19, which has been found in the UK, may already be present in other countries.
New COVID-19 virus: WHO maintaining 'close contact' with UK officials
Dec 20, 2020, at 11:34 pm
London: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is maintaining a 'close contact' with UK officials over the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus.
WHO says in contact with British officials on new coronavirus strain
Dec 20, 2020, at 02:25 pm
Geneva/Sputnik: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it will release additional information on the new coronavirus strain discovered in the UK as it becomes available.
Two billion COVID vaccine doses secured, WHO says end of pandemic is in sight
Dec 19, 2020, at 04:04 pm
New York: The end of the pandemic is in sight but we must not let our guard down, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as he welcomed the news that the global vaccine partnership COVAX has lined up almost two billion doses of existing and candidate vaccines for use worldwide.
To end the pandemic, WHO says $28 billion ACT project is ‘the best deal in town’
Dec 16, 2020, at 10:36 pm
New York: An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
New WHO campaign to help COVID-era quitters kick the habit
Dec 09, 2020, at 05:18 pm
New York: The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, announced the start of a year-long global campaign to help people quit tobacco, with millions citing the threat of COVID-19 as a new incentive to give up the habit.
Prioritize health workers, at-risk groups, for COVID-19 vaccines: WHO chief
Dec 08, 2020, at 06:01 pm
New York: As countries plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days, weeks and months, health workers and other at-risk populations should be prioritized for vaccination, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
It isn’t over: WHO concerned at ‘growing perception’ COVID pandemic is passing
Dec 05, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on Friday over the “growing perception” that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, despite exploding infection rates in some countries and enormous pressure growing on health services.
WHO facing $500Mln funding gap for rollout of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19
Nov 28, 2020, at 02:32 pm
Geneva/Sputnik: The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing a funding gap of $500 million to maximize the use of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19, the organization's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Friday.
COVID cases surge amid growing threat from antimicrobial resistance: WHO chief
Nov 21, 2020, at 04:12 pm
New York: More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first six months of the pandemic, the UN health agency chief told journalists on Friday as he launched a new report on the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance.
WHO believes actual COVID-19 tally in eastern Mediterranean higher than reported
Nov 20, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Eastern Mediterranean has reported 3.6 million cases of COVID-19 out of 55 million cases registration globally, but the World Health Organization (WHO) believes that the actual number is higher, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said on Thursday.
WHO rolls out plan to rid world of cervical cancer, saving millions of lives
Nov 18, 2020, at 02:34 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) set out a strategy on Tuesday for eliminating cervical cancer, which would avoid the death of an estimated five million women and girls from the disease, by 2050.
World Health Organisation praises UP for Covid-19 management
Nov 17, 2020, at 10:34 pm
Lucknow/UNI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has praised Uttar Pradesh Government for its COVID-19 management strategy.
Vaccine by itself will not end coronavirus pandemic: WHO Chief
Nov 17, 2020, at 04:20 am
Geneva/IBNS: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic and cannot replace the other tools.