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COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to UN News, the 30-strong expert group was formed in June 2020 to advise the UN health agency and Member States on coronavirus mutations and variants. The group's last meeting was in October.
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China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 13 (ANI): China has opposed next-phase COVID-19 origins-tracing, saying that it is "inappropriate" that the World Health Organization (WHO) came up with the second phase of the study that focused on a lab-leak theory.
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Less than 1 pc of Africa's population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: W
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Less than 1% of the African population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, while the countries are facing the third wave of COVID-19, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said on Thursday.
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WHO to provide 4,000 oxygen concentrators to India amid surge in COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 27 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) will provide 4,000 oxygen concentrators to India which is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases and related deaths, a spokesperson of the global health body said on Tuesday.
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World records 5,236,922 new Covid cases over past seven days, WHO calls it
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A record-setting 5,236,922 new COVID-19 cases were registered over the past seven days globally, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) data published on Tuesday.
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Covid-19 pandemic long way from over, warns WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 13 (ANI): There have been now seven consecutive weeks of increasing Covid-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said on Monday adding that the coronavirus pandemic is '
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WHO laments 'shocking imbalance' in COVID-19 shot distribution
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 11 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that there is a "shocking imbalance" in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for poorer countries.
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Scientists call for new investigation into COVID-19 origins
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 8 (ANI): A group of international scientists called for a new investigation into the origins of Covid-19 on Wednesday after China and the World Health Organization (WHO) released a scrutinized report last week concluding that the virus most likely came from wildlife inst
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WHO confirms possibility of COVID-19 transmission from humans to cats, dog
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 5 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirms the possibility of transmission of COVID-19 from humans to cats, dogs, minks, raccoon dogs, lions and tigers, WHO representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Monday.
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WHO incapable of holding China accountable for COVID-19: Dissident
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): The chances of a deeper investigation on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and holding Beijing accountable will depend a great deal on Joe Biden administration, said Jianli Yang, a Chinese dissident and son of a former Communist Party leader, a former po
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Japanese WHO expert voices skepticism on China's theory 'virus intruded' i
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): A Japanese expert from the World Health Organization (WHO), who visited Wuhan as part of the investigative team to look into the origins of COVID-19, has voiced skepticism on China's stance that the virus had originally entered the country from abroad throug
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COVID-19: After WHO's probe in Wuhan, China calls for origin tracing in US
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Following the World Health Organisation's (WHO) remarks on the origin of coronavirus in China's Wuhan city, Beijing has now urged the global health body to do an origin-tracing study of the virus in the United States.
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