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Dr Harsh Vardhan participates in 73rd World Health Assembly online session
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday participated in the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) via video conferencing.
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4,982 more global deaths due to COVID-19, toll nears 200,000: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The global death toll from the novel coronavirus has increased over the past 24 hours by nearly 5,000 to top 198,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
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WHO says over 22,000 healthcare workers across 52 countries infected by CO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 12 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic has hit over 22,000 healthcare workers across 52 countries and regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
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Combating COVID-19: Taiwan takes on China
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 10 (ANI): Taipei has alleged that Chinese internet users are impersonating island country's citizens to publish "racist comments" against WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as per Taiwan's Ministry of Justice.
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South, East Asia requires 1.9 million more nurses, midwives: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 8 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that countries in South-East Asia need to redouble efforts to strengthen and expand their cadres of nurses and midwives by 1.9 million to achieve good health for all by 2030.
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Trump dubs WHO as China centric, accuses it of giving faulty advice
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], April 7 (ANI): Dubbing the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being "very China-centric," US President Donald Trump has accused the global agency of giving "faulty" advice during the early-stage of coronavirus outbreak.
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754,948 coronavirus cases globally, death toll at 36,571: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], Apr 01 (Sputnik/ANI): There are 754,948 people worldwide who have been infected with the coronavirus, announced the World Health Organization adding that 36,571 have died from it so far.
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Essential health services must not stop even amidst COVID-19 crisis: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 30 (ANI): Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) TA Ghebreyesus on Monday said that even though the world is in the midst of coronavirus crisis, other essential health facilities should continue.
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UN in India welcomes PM Modi's 21-day lockdown to fight COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Renata Dessallien, on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strategy of a 21-day nation-wide lockdown to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.
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Priyanka Chopra uncovers coronavirus myths with WHO experts
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Actor Priyanka Chopra on Tuesday night through an Instagram Live conversation put forward questions about coronavirus to World Health Organisation (WHO) experts and busted some myths about the global pandemic.
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US may become new epicenter of coronavirus pandemic: WHO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 25 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Margaret Harris on Tuesday said that with a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, the country could become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Surjewala terms export of masks, ventilators till Mar 19 - 'criminal consp
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday said that allowing the export of varieties of masks, ventilators, and raw textile materials for making masks and coveralls to go on till March 19, even when the World Health Organisation (WHO) had asked for st
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