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WHO seeks deeper cooperation from China on origins of COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The phone call came on the same day as China announced that nearly 60,000 Covid-19 deaths were reported since the country lifted its strict "Zero Covid Policy" on December 7, last year, state media outlet Global Times reported.
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WHO Chief says China under-reports COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The WHO chief urged all countries to share true statistics so as to contribute to a more effective fight against the spread of the disease. Last week, Tedros asked China for reliable data on Covid hospitalizations and deaths in the country.
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Chinese doctors asked to avoid listing COVID-19 as cause of death: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A doctor at a hospital in Beijing was asked to not report COVID-19 as the primary cause of death.
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WHO chief asks China for rapid reliable data on COVID deaths
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This comes as WHO held a high-level meeting with counterparts in China last week to discuss the surge in cases and hospitalisations. Subsequently, WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution and the COVID-19 clinical management expert network groups both met with Chinese
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WHO asks China to share specific, real-time data on COVID situation
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the high-level meeting, WHO asked for more genetic sequencing data, data on disease impact including hospitalisations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and deaths -- and data on vaccinations delivered and vaccination status, especially in vulnerable people and those over 60 years o
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"We remain concerned...": WHO Chief Tedros on Covid situation in China
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that the global body remains concerned over the evolving situation in China as the COVID-19 infections witness a new spike in the country after curbs were eased.
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WHO chief again asks China to share requested data on COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Three years after its emergence in China's Wuhan, exactly how SARS-CoV-2 first emerged as a respiratory pathogen capable of sustained human-to-human transmission remains the subject of active debate.
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WHO chief asks China to share requested data to probe origins of Covid-19
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies that we have requested, to better understand the origins of this virus," the WHO chief told a media briefing, as quoted in a statement on the organization's website.
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Injuries and violence cause 12,000 deaths worldwide each day: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As reflected in a new WHO report, Preventing injuries and violence: an overview, 3 of the top 5 causes of death among people aged 5-29 years are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.
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Globally one in eight people today are migrants: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Climate change, rising inequality, conflicts, trade, and population growth are accelerating these trends. The health workforce has a vital role in providing for the health rights and needs of refugees and migrants.
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Three candidate Ebola vaccines in Uganda to be shipped next week: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Uganda is going through a major outbreak of the deadly disease, and there have been 141 confirmed cases to date, and 22 probable cases, the UN News reported.
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WHO advises immediate skin-to-skin contact for babies born prematurely
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a statement, the WHO said guidelines advise that skin-to-skin contact with a caregiver - known as kangaroo mother care - should start immediately after birth, without any initial period in an incubator.
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