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COVID vaccine booster doses can't be ticket to go ahead with planned celeb
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 22 (ANI): Blanket booster programmes of COVID-19 vaccines are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate, s
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Over 3.3 mn lives lost due to COVID this year, 2022 must be year we end pa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 21 (ANI): Noting that over 3.3 million people have lost their lives to COVID-19 this year - more deaths than from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020 -- WHO has said that "2022 must be the year we end the pandemic".
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COVID-19: India one of the largest contributors of global solidarity trial
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 20 (ANI): WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday said India is one of the largest contributors of the global solidarity trial that is aimed to provide robust results on whether a drug can save lives in patients hospitalized with severe or
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Deliberations ongoing for a global treaty to deal with future pandemics: W
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 20 (ANI): Amid the unabated spread of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday said that discussions are taking place at the global level on whether there is need for an in
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WHO chief raises concern over low COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 16 (ANI): Amid the spread of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday raised concern over the low vaccination rate in Africa.
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'Toxic mix' of low Covid vaccination, testing rates recipe for amplifying
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): Amid the spread of new coronavirus variant Omicron, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said the world has a "toxic mix" of low vaccine coverage and very low testing - a recipe for breeding and amplifying va
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Omicron coronavirus variant confirmed in 23 countries: WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 1 (ANI): The new Omicron coronavirus variant has been confirmed in 23 countries and their number is expected to rise, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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WHO chief says COVID-19 vaccine disparity must stop: VOA
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the "scandal" of global COVID-19 vaccine disparity must stop, according to a recent report by Voice of America (VOA).
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WHO chief warns about spike in COVID-19 as cases surge in Europe, Central
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 5 (ANI): Amid the latest rise in COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday (local time) warned about the rising number of cases and deaths.
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WHO chief 'glad' to see Covaxin get WHO approval for emergency use
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): Director-General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he was glad to see Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, get WHO approval for Emergency Use Listing (EUL).
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WHO's Soumya Swaminathan congratulates India for Covaxin emergency nod
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 3 (ANI): WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Wednesday congratulated India after the World Health Organisation (WHO) granted approval for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin.
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WHO chief meets Russian FM Lavrov at G20, agree to strengthen health archi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 31 (ANI): Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and both leaders came to the idea of strengthening the global health architecture.
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