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Mpox is no longer a "global health emergency": World Health Organisation
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
He said that on Wednesday, the emergency committee for mpox met and recommended him that the multi-country outbreak of mpox no longer represents a public health emergency of international concern.
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Covid-19 global health emergency over: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency. However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat. Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes - and that's just the deaths we know about," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey
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WHO chief calls situation in Sudan "heartbreaking," says peace only soluti
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
World Health Organisation (WHO) condemned the loss of lives in Sudan on Thursday as clashes continue to deepen between the army and the paramilitaries in the country.
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"Without full access to information that China has, you cannot say this or
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"All hypotheses are on the table. That's WHO's position and that's why we have been asking China to be cooperative on this," he added.
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WHO accuses China of hiding data on coronavirus' origin
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"These data could have -- and should have -- been shared three years ago," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director general, said. The missing evidence now "needs to be shared with the international community immediately," he said.
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WHO chief Ghebreyesus vows to "push until we get the answer" on Covid orig
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"We need to continue to push until we get the answer," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, referring to the search for the origins of the virus that first began spreading in China in late 2019.
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Earthquake death toll across Turkey-Syria crosses 34,000
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and northwestern Syria has gone past 34,000 as rescue efforts continue.
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WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus departs for earthquake-hit Syria
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Taking to his official Twitter handle, he informed about his visit and stated that WHO has been supporting essential health care in earthquake-affected regions.
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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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