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UN would welcome WHO's recognition of Sputnik V vaccine, process underway:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the process of recognition by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V was underway, and the UN would welcome its completion.
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WHO urges all to refer virus variants by their scientific names
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): After several media reports referred to B.1.617 variant as 'Indian Variant', the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday clarified that it does not identify viruses or variants with names of countries they are first reported from.
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Vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against In
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New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that the vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics "continue to be effective" against the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19.
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No one, including WHO was able to predict 2nd COVID wave would affect Indi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri (Telangana) [India], May 11 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday said no one, including the World Health Organisation (WHO) was able to predict that the second wave of COVID would affect the country so much. He added that the nation wil
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WHO strongly supports TRIPS waiver, not time to worry about patents, profi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) said that the global health body strongly believes that Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade O
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WHO Chief Scientist says India's COVID-19 figures worrying, calls for exer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): As India is in the grasp of a devastating second wave of COVID-19, World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) termed the rate of infections and deaths in the country as "worrying" and called on governments
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Jeopardizing global health at the behest of China is wrong: Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 8 (ANI): Taiwan on Friday thanked US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after Washington extended its support for Taipei's bid at the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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COVID-19: WHO approves emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
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Geneva [Switzerland], May 8 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday approved the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for it to be rolled out globally.
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US calls on WHO to invite Taiwan as observer during upcoming annual meetin
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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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Monumental moment in fight against COVID-19, says WHO chief after US annou
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): Lauding the United States for extending support to waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines amid the global health crisis, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus termed the Biden administration's decision
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'Scale issue' differs in COVID-19 surge in US and India, says WHO's India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 4 (ANI): The difference in COVID-19 surge in countries like the United States and India is the "scale of the surge and scale of the response", says Dr Roderico Ofrin, WHO's India Representative as the pandemic continues to challenges country's health infrastructure.
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Priyanka Chopra appeals to Joe Biden requesting COVID-19 assistance for In
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New Delhi [India], April 27 (India): Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas, on Tuesday, reached out to US President Joe Biden, World Health Organisation (WHO), and other US government officials to help India in its fight against the raging second wave of COVID-19.
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