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Six African countries to establish mRNA vaccine production: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 18 (ANI): World Health Organization Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Thursday announced that Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be establishing mRNA vaccine production.
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WHO board nominates its chief Tedros for re-election in May
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 25 (ANI): The World Health Organisation's Executive Board nominated its chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for re-election as Director-General, a position to be decided at the 75th World Health Assembly in May 2022.
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Omicron variant leading to tsunami of COVID cases: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 30 (ANI): The World Health Organisation's chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the Omicron variant is very transmissible and is leading to a tsunami of COVID cases.
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COVID vaccine booster doses can't be ticket to go ahead with planned celeb
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 22 (ANI): Blanket booster programmes of COVID-19 vaccines are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate, s
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Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants, infects vaccinated
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that evidence has shown Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants.
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WHO urges vaccination for health workers as over 115,000 have died
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to prioritize vaccination for health workers in the light of its new paper estimating that 115,000 died from coronavirus between January 2020 and May 2021.
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100 cr vaccination mark: WHO chief congratulates PM Modi, scientists, heal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 21 (ANI): As India's COVID-19 vaccination drive achieved another milestone with a cumulative administration of over 100 crore vaccine doses on Thursday, World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Prime Minister Nare
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WHO bestows posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General's award, recognizing the world-changing legacy of this Black American woman who died of cervical cancer, 70 years ago, on 4 October, 1951.
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WHO chief welcomes US support for temporary waiver on intellectual propert
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised the commitment shown by Joe Biden's administration to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines.
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WHO gives AstraZeneca-Oxford's COVID-19 vaccines emergency use approval
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 16 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (local time) gave emergency use approval (EUA) to two versions of AstraZeneca-Oxford-developed COVID-19 vaccines, allowing these shots to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are being produc
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PM Modi, WHO D-G discuss global collaboration against COVID-19, role of tr
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and discussed ongoing global collaboration for countering the COVID-19 pandemic
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WHO deeply concerned about impact of COVID-19 on global response to HIV: D
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 7 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) is deeply concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on the global response to HIV, its Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.
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