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COVID-19 ten times deadlier than swine flu: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 14 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (local time) warned that the COVID-19, which originated in China's Wuhan last year, is 10 times deadlier than the swine flu.
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Lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to 'deadly resurgence' of COVI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 11 (ANI): As the world battles coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday (local time) warned countries against hastily lifting restrictions which have been put in place to curb the spread of the virus.
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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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'Don't politicize this virus': Tedros defends WHO's handling of coronaviru
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 9 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday (local time) defended the organisation's handling and response to the coronavirus pandemic, a day after UN health body came under stinging criticism from US President
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Saving lives and protecting livelihoods go hand in hand: IMF
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 4 (ANI): IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has urged the world to come together to protect the most vulnerable from the unprecedented health and economic crisis.
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Sanctions don't apply to emergencies, Iran to get all help to fight COVID-
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 1 (Sputnik/ANI): World Health Organisation's (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday said that the sanctions against Iran do not apply to emergencies and that Tehran would get all help it needed to fight with the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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WHO calls on international community to prepare for potential coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 24 (ANI): World health officials on Monday said that countries across the world should prepare for a potential pandemic of coronavirus, which has now spread substantially outside China.
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Window of opportunity to contain coronavirus outbreak may be closing: WHO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 22 (Xinhua/ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the window of opportunity to contain the wider worldwide spread of COVID-19 epidemic is narrowing, urging the international community to act quickly before it completely closes.
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China possess resources to tackle coronavirus: Foreign Minister
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Jan 28 (ANI): China has all the necessary means and resources to tackle the new coronavirus, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday during a meeting with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom.
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Ebola resurges in Congo, WHO convenes Emergency Committee
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kinshasa [D.R. Congo], Oct 16 (ANI): The World Health Organisation's (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom convened an Emergency Committee on Monday under the International Health Regulations following the recent outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo.
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