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Amid Israel-Hamas war, WHO chief says 9,000 Gaza patients in need of urgen
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amid the continuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza in retaliation to the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, last year, and fears of a new front opening up in Rafah amid the ongoing war, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday said approximately 9,000 p
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WHO concerned about Israeli hostages, calls for immediate release of all h
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed concern on Wednesday about the situation of Israeli hostages in Gaza and further called for the immediate release of all the hostages.
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New Covid Omicron sub-variant found in India: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 7 (ANI): A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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World passes 'tragic milestone' of four million COVID-19 deaths: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], July 8 (ANI): The world passed the "tragic milestone" of four million recorded COVID-19 deaths, said World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that the world is at a perilous point in this pandemic.
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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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Coronavirus crisis may get 'worse and worse and worse', warns WHO as globa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 13 (ANI): As the total number of coronavirus cases worldwide touches 13 million, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the situation will worsen if basic norms to avoid coronavirus are not followed.
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Taiwan warned, WHO ignored and Covid-19 became pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 06 (ANI): The coronavirus, which originated in China, could have been stopped from turning into a pandemic if the World Health Organisation paid heed to Taiwan's early warnings regarding the human to human transmission of the virus.
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