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WHO urges countries to take 'rational' measures against Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 30 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for countries to keep calm and take "rational" measures in response to the new Covid variant Omicron.
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Russia blocks EU bid to set up WTO panel to hear public procurement row: R
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has blocked the first EU request to create a panel of judges within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to consider public procurement, a Geneva-based trade official told reporters on Monday.
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Covid Omicron variant: WHO criticizes travel bans on southern African coun
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] November 29 (ANI): The World Health Organization has urged countries across the world not to impose travel bans on southern African countries due to the ongoing concerns over the new COVID-19 variant "Omicron".
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POK leader highlights Pakistan's atrocities in occupied region
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] November 27 (ANI): Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) must be liberated from the clutches of Pakistan's establishment, said a Kashmiri leader as he highlighted the atrocities committed by the Pakistani State.
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COVID Omicron variant: WHO asks countries in South-East Asia Region to be
Updated : 4 years, 4 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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WTO postpones 12th Ministerial Conference amid spread of COVID variant Om
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI): Amid the spread of new COVID strain 'Omicron', the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Saturday postponed the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), that was set to take place in Geneva.
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WHO designates new COVID-19 strain 'Omicron' as 'variant of concern'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The World Health Organisation on Friday alarmed the siren among countries after a new variant of COVID-19 has been classified in South Africa, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) said in a statement.
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WHO names new COVID strain from South Africa as Omicron, calls it 'variant
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday named the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, which has been detected in South Africa, as 'Omicron'.
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WHO extends travel curbs to Pakistan as polio endemic country
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 26 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has extended travel restrictions to Pakistan for another three months as polio-endemic country.
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UN Assistant Secretary-General says border walls not solving migration cri
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Erecting walls to restrict the flow of migrants from Belarus will not solve the border crisis, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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UN experts urge China to release ill journalist jailed for COVID reporting
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 22 (ANI): UN experts on Monday urged China to release journalist Zhang Zhan, who was jailed for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic, "as her health is deteriorating rapidly and her life is in danger."
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UN rights chief condemns killings of peaceful protesters in Sudan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 19 (ANI): At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the October 25 military coup, 15 of whom were reportedly shot dead on Wednesday, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.
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