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Developments in Afghanistan will have wider ramifications to Central Asia
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], February 17 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti on Wednesday (local time) said that developments in Afghanistan will have wider ramifications to the Central Asia region.
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Urgently address gaps in cancer care: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Noting the increasing burden of cancer despite 30 per cent to 50 per cent of the cases being preventable, the World Health Organization today called on countries in South-East Asia Region to prioritize measures to reduce risk, detect and diagnose early an
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Singapore tourist arrivals fall to record low in 2021
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, January 31 (ANI): Last week, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) released numbers that highlighted the dramatic impact COVID-19 has had on the tourism industry in the city-state as well as the wider Southeast Asia region.
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Take all measures to prevent further spread of Omicron, cautions WHO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With seven countries in South-East Asia Region confirming cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday emphasized on urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread.
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Emergence of variants reminder that pandemic far from over: WHO Regional D
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, South-East Asia Region Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), on Friday said that the risk of COVID-19 remains high globally, adding that the emergence of variants is a reminder that the pandemic is far from over.
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Can't dismiss as 'mild', Omicron spreading faster than other Covid-19 vari
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Amid concerns arising out of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region on Thursday said that Omicron appears to be spreading faster than any other previous variant and added that one should
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South-East Asia Region should strengthen COVID-19 response measures to cur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 3 (ANI): As India confirmed two cases of Omicron, the World Health Organization on Friday said that countries in South-East Asia Region should further strengthen COVID-19 response measures to curtail the spread of the virus and its variants.
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Omicron cases found in South-East Asia region 'not unexpected' in view of
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 2 (ANI): As the Union Health Ministry confirmed two COVID-19 cases of Omicron (B.1.1.529) in Karnataka on Thursday, World Health Organization (WHO) said that it was 'not unexpected' in South-East Asia Region while emphasising the need for all countries to step u
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COVID Omicron variant: WHO asks countries in South-East Asia Region to be
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): In view of the surge in COVID-19 cases globally and detection of new variant of Omicron, the World Health Organization on Saturday appealed to countries in South-East Asia Region to scale up surveillance, strengthen public health and social measures,
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WHO Regional Director congratulates India for emergency use listing of Cov
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): World Health Organisation's South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has congratulated India on the Emergency Use Listing of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin on Wednesday.
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Holborn Wells and SpeedBio India enter joint venture for In Vitro Diagnost
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Holborn Wells, a UK-based healthcare focused company which recently established an IVD business unit in India has concluded a joint venture with SpeedBio to establish IVD manufacturing unit in India.
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USAID launches new initiative to accelerate clean energy transition, impro
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 29 (ANI): The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the launch of a new, five-year, USD 49 million initiative called the South Asia Regional Energy Partnership (SAREP), which will facilitate collaboration among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Mald
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