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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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US calls on WHO to invite Taiwan as observer during upcoming annual meetin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): The United States on Friday called upon the World Health organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to invite Taiwan to participate as an observer at the upcoming annual meeting of World Health Assembly, saying there is "no reasonable justification
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WHO chief welcomes US support for temporary waiver on intellectual propert
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised the commitment shown by Joe Biden's administration to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines.
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India's COVID-19 situation 'beyond heartbreaking', says WHO chief
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 26 (ANI): Highlighting that several countries are still experiencing intense COVID-19 transmission, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that situation in India is "beyond heartbreaking".
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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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Tedros lauds India, PM Modi for supporting vaccine equity
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 25 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "supporting vaccine equity".
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WHO open to all hypotheses on coronavirus origins: Tedros
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization's (WHO) team probing coronavirus origins, which is on a visit to China's Wuhan, the first Covid-19 hotspot, will publish a preliminary report next week, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday.
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WHO chief warns against COVID-19 vaccine distribution, says 'world is on b
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 19 (ANI): As several countries have rolled out coronavirus vaccines, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has questioned the fairness in the distribution of the vaccines and said that the world is on the "brink of a catastr
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Tedros refutes new Japanese coronavirus mutation more aggressive
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 12 (ANI/Sputnik): There is no evidence to suggest that the newly-detected Japanese mutation made the coronavirus more aggressive, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
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COVID-19 fatality up nearly 60 per cent in last 6 weeks, Europe, Americas
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday warned about a spike of approximately 60 per cent in Covid-19 fatalities in the world over the last six weeks, with majority of cases and deaths concentrated in Europe and the Americas.
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WHO's Tedros says govt decisions made in coming days will determine course
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 5 (ANI/Sputnik): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that decisions made by the governments and individuals in the coming days would be decisive.
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