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Emergence of variants reminder that pandemic far from over: WHO Regional D
Updated : 4 years, 3 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, 6 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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Health Ministers of South-East Asia Region commit to renew efforts to end
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): The Ministers of Health of countries in WHO South-East Asia Region on Tuesday committed to renew and accelerate efforts to end tuberculosis, in view of the pandemic disrupting services and leading to increase in TB cases in the already high-burden Region.
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WHO discusses strengthening health emergency security systems with South-E
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 9 (ANI): In order to effectively respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and at the same time prepare for future health emergencies, the World Health Organization and its member countries of the South-East Asia region discussed further strengthening health emerg
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Countries have to rebuild health systems when government revenues are unde
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 6 (ANI): As the five-day Regional Committee meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Region began on Monday, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director of World Health Organization South-East Asia emphasised that countries have to rebuild their health systems at a ti
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Health Ministers from WHO's South-East Asia region to discuss COVID, healt
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Health ministers of member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region will deliberate next week on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and measures to 'build back better' essential health services to achieve universal health coverage (UHC).
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India achieved 99 pc coverage of DPT3 vaccine in 2021 amid COVID pandemic:
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): During the COVID-19 pandemic, India prioritised childhood immunisation programme as an essential service and achieved an all-time high coverage with DPT3 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director WHO South-E
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618.5 million doses administered in WHO South-East Asia Region, 489 millio
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): As much as 618.5 million vaccine doses have been administered in the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region till August 6, in which the maximum number of doses around 489 million have been administered in India, WHO observed.
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