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'Don't politicize this virus': Tedros defends WHO's handling of coronaviru
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (local time) defended the organisation's handling and response to the coronavirus pandemic, a day after UN health body came under stinging criticism from US President
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WHO an "accomplice" to China in covering up Coronavirus: Former Trump aide
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 07 (ANI): John Bolton, a former advisor to US President Donald Trump, has accused WHO of acting as "an accomplice" of China in concealing information regarding the deadly virus and asked for the resignation of the agency's Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye
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Taiwan warned, WHO ignored and Covid-19 became pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 06 (ANI): The coronavirus, which originated in China, could have been stopped from turning into a pandemic if the World Health Organisation paid heed to Taiwan's early warnings regarding the human to human transmission of the virus.
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Saving lives and protecting livelihoods go hand in hand: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 4 (ANI): IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has urged the world to come together to protect the most vulnerable from the unprecedented health and economic crisis.
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COVID-19 cases and deaths surging, debt relief needed for poorest nations:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 2 (ANI): The World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and territories across the globe.
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Coronavirus pandemic: Something more than what meets the eye?
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): As the world grapples with coronavirus pandemic, the situation in China where the lethal virus originated last year is gradually improving.
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Lockdown will not be enough, use this time to attack coronavirus: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 26 (ANI): Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO on Wednesday said that a lockdown, which is being implemented by several countries to combat COVID-19, will not be enough to eradicate the coronavirus pandemic from the world.
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Deepika Padukone takes up 'Safe Hands Challenge' by WHO chief
Updated : 5 years, 12 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 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 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 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 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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