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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Saturday expressed deep concerns about the potential for a "second disaster in Pakistan: a wave of diseases and deaths" following the unprecedented floods caused by climate change, that have engulfed over 1,500 lives
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday said that the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 last week plunged to its lowest since March 2020 and added that the end of the pandemic is now in sight.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): At the six-month mark of the war in Ukraine, the country's badly affected but still-resilient health system is taking stock of lessons learned in providing life-saving care with the support of WHO and partners as it prepares for a challenging winter ahe
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on said "we cannot pretend it's not there."