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Deepika Padukone takes up 'Safe Hands Challenge' by WHO chief
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Deepika Padukone on Tuesday took the 'Safe Hands Challenge' and shared a video where she is seen washing her hands. The actor took the challenge as the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, nominated her for the cha
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Coronavirus: UK death toll reaches 8 with 2 new fatalities
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Kingdom has witnessed two more fatalities caused by the coronavirus, taking the death toll to eight in the country, Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty said on Wednesday (local time).
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WHO chief says threat of coronavirus becoming pandemic now 'very real'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 9 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organization Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that the threat of the coronavirus outbreak becoming a global pandemic was now "very real" after the deadly virus has spread in over 100 countries.
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Sanctions don't apply to emergencies, Iran to get all help to fight COVID-
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 1 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organisation's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday said that the sanctions against Iran do not apply to emergencies and that Tehran would get all help it needed to fight with the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus survey reveals WHO faces credibility crisis among Hongkongers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 26 (ANI): The majority of Honkongers do not trust coronavirus-related data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Beijing, according to the non-profit Lion Rock Institute think tank.
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WHO calls on international community to prepare for potential coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 24 (ANI): World health officials on Monday said that countries across the world should prepare for a potential pandemic of coronavirus, which has now spread substantially outside China.
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COVID-19: WHO gives official name for novel coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday gave the official name for the latest novel coronavirus, that has sickened more than 42,000 people, as 'Covid-19,' which stands for coronavirus disease starting in 2019.
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WHO says coronavirus poses 'grave threat' for the world
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 11 (ANI): The novel coronavirus outbreak poses a "very grave threat for the rest of the world," said Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in an appeal for sharing virus samples and speeding up research into drugs and v
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WHO praised China's handling of coronavirus outbreak: Chinese Envoy
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): China's Ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, on Friday said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has praised China's efficiency in detecting the coronavirus outbreak, isolating the virus and supporting other countries in the situation.
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WHO declares public health emergency over coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 31 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced a public health emergency of international concern over the coronavirus crisis in China and other countries.
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Coronavirus toll mounts to 170 in China
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 30 (ANI): The death toll from coronavirus has reached 170 on Thursday, Sputnik reported citing China Central television.
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WHO to convene emergency meeting on Thursday on China virus
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organisation (WHO) will convene an emergency meeting on Thursday over the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet on Wednesday.
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