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WHO DG urges to go after COVID-19 virus, not the vulnerable
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI): As the countries continue to register news cases of coronavirus every day, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged the leaders to maintain peace and focus on combatting against the virus and "not the vulner
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WHO says each of last four days brought highest number of COVID-19 cases r
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The COVID-19 cases have been increasing around the world, each of the last four days saw the highest number of new cases yet, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday.
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WHO's Tedros says appointment of IPPR co-chairs expedited to prevent delay
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Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation's (WHO) decision to appoint two co-chairs to the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) back in July was expedited in order to prevent delays, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Actual COVID-19 death toll certainly higher than 1 million: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 is "certainly higher" than 1 million.
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WHO fears global COVID-19 toll underestimated
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Health emergencies program, said on Monday that the current death toll from the coronavirus disease was likely underestimated.
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WHO panel on response to COVID-19 pandemic to begin work Tuesday: Tedross
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], September 07 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) review committee established to assess the performance of its International Health Regulations during the global coronavirus pandemic will begin its work on Tuesday, the health body's director-general, Ted
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US informed WHO chief of USD 62mn funding cut: State Dept
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States informed World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that Washington is reprogramming USD 62 million to finalize its withdrawal from the body, State Department official Nerissa Cook said on Wednesday.
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WHO sends USD 1.7 million worth protective equipment to Lebanon
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent to Lebanon USD 1.7 million worth of protective equipment to help fight COVID-19, as well as humanitarian aid after the deadly explosion in Beirut, the body's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu
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No silver bullet for COVID-19 at present, there might never be: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 3 (ANI): A number of coronavirus vaccines are now in phase three of clinical trials but "there's no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation Director-General said on Monday.
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Pompeo's comments on WHO 'untrue', 'unacceptable': Tedros Ghebreyesus
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 24 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday commented on US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo's recent criticism of the organisation, calling it "untrue" and "unacceptable".
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Coronavirus crisis may get 'worse and worse and worse', warns WHO as globa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): As the total number of coronavirus cases worldwide touches 13 million, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the situation will worsen if basic norms to avoid coronavirus are not followed.
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WHO praises efforts to contain COVID-19 in Dharavi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) praised the efforts taken to contain the coronavirus in Mumbai's Dharavi while saying that only aggressive action combined with national unity and global solidarity can turn this pandemic around.
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