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Omicron detected in 38 countries but Delta remains dominant COVID-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 3 (ANI): Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead of COVID-19 response at WHO's Emergency Diseases Unit, said on Friday that the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been identified in 38 countries, but Delta remains the dominant variant of COVID-19, reported Sputni
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COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Delta variant: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Current COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, but they still prevent severe disease and death, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19
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WHO confirms COVID-19 variant B.1.617 has three sub-lineages
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): COVID-19 variant B.1.617, which was first identified in India last year and has been classified as a variant of global concern, has three sub-lineages, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Wednesday.
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WHO classifies B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, as varia
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The coronavirus variant B1617 first identified in India last year has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Monday.
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: W
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK COVID-19 variant has now spread to 82 countries and the South African strain to nearly 40, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, said on Monday.
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WHO says almost all COVID-19 cases develop immune response
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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 confirms 65 coronavirus cases among headquarters staff since beginning
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 17 (ANI): The World Health Organisation on Monday (local time) revealed that 65 members of staff have tested positive for coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.
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WHO expert says agency had no COVID-19 clusters on premises
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered no cases of coronavirus transmissions on the premises, the technical lead on COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, said on Monday after the director-general had gone into self-quarantine.
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COVID-19: WHO official says attempts to reach herd immunity naturally 'da
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Attempts to reach herd immunity naturally would be dangerous and fraught with scores of deaths, while vaccination is a safer and more effective path, Maria van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Th
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Coronavirus spread by people with no symptoms 'appears to be rare': WHO
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 9 (ANI): The spread of COVID-19 by those who do not show symptoms of being infected by the contagion appears to be rare, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for coronavirus response and head of the emerging diseases, said during a med
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No evidence of coronavirus changing its severity: Experts
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 3 (ANI): Epidemiologists and other researchers have rejected the recent findings of Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Italy's Milan, that the novel coronavirus was losing its potency, while the severity of illness is decreasing.
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No evidence COVID-19 changed in terms of transmissibility, severity of Ill
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 2 (Sputnik/ANI): There is no evidence that the novel coronavirus has changed both in terms of the transmissibility and the severity of the disease, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), told on Monday in a virtual brief
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