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US reaffirms support to WHO's plan for probe into COVID-19 orgins, includi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met WHO chief Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesu in Kuwait, where he reaffirmed support to the UN agency's additional studies on the COVD-19 origins, including in China to better understand the pandemic.
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Asking China to cooperate on raw data of COVID-19, says WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called on China to cooperate in the investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first cases of which were reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019.
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WHO warns of 'early stages' of COVID-19 third wave amid Delta variant surg
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 15 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warned the world about the 'early stages' of COVID-19 third wave amid Delta surge.
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'Caution folks': Top WHO scientist flags 'dangerous trend' of mixing COVID
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 12 (ANI): Mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers is a "dangerous trend" and could lead to chaos as there is limited data on it on the practice, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday.
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15 EU countries recognise Covishield vaccine, says WHO Chief Scientist
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 10 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said 15 countries in the European Union (EU) now recognise Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) and developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University
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Delta variant 'well on its way' to becoming globally dominant, says WHO Ch
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that the Delta variant is "well on its way" to becoming the dominant variant globally because of its significantly increased transmissibility.
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WHO chief asks China to cooperate with probe into origins of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 13 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 amid renewed call to further probe the virus.
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Lifting COVID-19 restrictions too quickly can be disastrous for those not
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], June 7 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said with the increased global transmission of variants of concern including the Delta variant, lifting restrictions too quickly could be disastrous for those who are not
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World is at risk of 'vaccine apartheid', says WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 18 (ANI): Highlighting the gap of vaccinations between high-income countries and low and lower-middle countries, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that the world is at risk of 'vaccine apartheid'.
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US Trade Representative Tai meets WHO chief, discusses vaccine production,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): US trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday virtually met World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to discuss increasing vaccine production and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on
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High, upper-middle countries with 53 pc population received 83 pc world's
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): Highlighting the inequality in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu on Monday informed that High and upper-middle countries represent 53 per cent of the world's population but have received 83 per cent of the world's v
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WHO strongly supports TRIPS waiver, not time to worry about patents, profi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) said that the global health body strongly believes that Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade O
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