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Number of Covid-19 vaccines growing but volume of doses remains concern, s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) is encouraged by the growth in the number of vaccines against COVID-19 that have performed well in clinical trials, although the organization remains concerned by the limited number of doses currently ava
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Climate Ambition Summit to mark 5 years of Paris Agreement begins today
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 12 (ANI): The United Nations, United Kingdom and France will be holding Climate Ambition Summit 2020, in partnership with Chile and Italy on December 12, five years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement.
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COVID-19 fatality up nearly 60 per cent in last 6 weeks, Europe, Americas
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday warned about a spike of approximately 60 per cent in Covid-19 fatalities in the world over the last six weeks, with majority of cases and deaths concentrated in Europe and the Americas.
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European air transport recovery to be worse than other regions: IATA
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 11 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released new estimates for the impacts of COVID-19 on air transport and economies in Europe in 2020, indicating a further deterioration in revenues, job prospects and economic activity across the
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UN experts raise concerns over scourge of enforced disappearances and tort
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): UN human rights experts have raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights obligations by initiating prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into suc
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Global air passenger traffic recovery disappointing: IATA
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 9 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said the recovery of passenger demand continued to be disappointingly slow in October with total demand measured in revenue passenger kilometres down 70.6 per cent compared to October 2019.
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Air cargo recovery continues at a slower pace: IATA
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 7 (ANI): Global air cargo demand continued to improve but at a slower pace than the previous month and remains below previous year levels, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Monday while releasing October data for freight markets.
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WHO says almost all COVID-19 cases develop immune response
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI): Almost 100 per cent of COVID-19 patients develop antibodies no matter the course of the disease, WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said on Friday.
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WHO's Tedros says govt decisions made in coming days will determine course
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that decisions made by the governments and individuals in the coming days would be decisive.
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WHO chief urges global leaders to invest in COVID-19 vaccines
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 4 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged global leaders to invest in COVID-19 vaccines as a step to bring an end to the ongoing pandemic.
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World Malaria Report 2020: India continues to make impressive gains in re
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 2 (ANI): India continues to make impressive gains in the reduction of Malaria as per the World Malaria Report 2020 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday.
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We need to know origin of Covid-19 virus, don't politicise probe, WHO chie
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 30 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday urged leaders not to politicise the hunt for the origins of the novel coronavirus as it will not help in unearthing the truth of the virus.
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