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WTO chief says world needs to double or even triple vaccine production
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The world needs to boost the production of vaccines, doubling or even tripling it, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization chief, said at the Paris Peace Forum on Monday.
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High testing costs can stall global aviation recovery: IATA
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 14 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to ensure that high costs for Covid-19 testing do not put travel out of reach for individuals and families.
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Champions League: Porto to host final, 6,000 fans of both Chelsea and Man
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): European football body UEFA on Thursday confirmed that the Champions League final between Manchester City FC and Chelsea FC will be held at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto on May 29.
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Time for businesses in Myanmar to take stand on rights violations: UN expe
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations.
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World ignored warnings, Covid-19 pandemic could have been prevented: Repor
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 13 (ANI): The world had ignored warnings which resulted in the outbreak of COVID-19, and the international system could have prevented it from escalating into the devastating pandemic, an independent global panel concluded on Wednesday.
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WHO confirms COVID-19 variant B.1.617 has three sub-lineages
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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European Super League: UEFA opens investigation into Real Madrid, Barcelon
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): UEFA on Wednesday announced that it has opened a disciplinary investigation into Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus' involvement in the controversial and breakaway European Super League.
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COVID-19: India received 200 oxygen concentrators as foreign aid from UK
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 12 (ANI): A Indian Air Force plane carrying 200 oxygen concentrators, arrived from the United Kingdom in Chhattisgarh's Raipur on Tuesday night as part of COVID-19 assistance to India.
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Covid-19 variant B.1.617 first found in India, detected in 44 countries, s
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday informed that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October last year, had been detected in sequences uploaded "from 44 countries in all six WHO regions".
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'No sign' of end to brutal crackdown in Myanmar: UN
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): One hundred days since the Myanmar military coup, the "brutal" repression of protesters has continued, despite all international efforts to end the violence, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday (local time).
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COVID-19: Flights carrying medical supplies from Switzerland, Netherlands
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): As India continues to face the mounting challenge posed by second wave of COVID-19, the country on Wednesday received coronavirus-related assistance from Switzerland and the Netherlands.
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AIBA Men's World Boxing Championship to take place in Oct-Nov in Belgrade
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The dates of the 2021 AIBA Men's World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia were agreed on Tuesday and the tournament will be held from October 26 to November 6 this year.
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