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WHO chief hails India's step to engage in polio surveillance network to fi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 16 (ANI): WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday appreciated India's collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the systematic engagement of polio surveillance network across the country to fight against coronavirus.
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Trump's decision to suspend funding for WHO comes under criticism
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 15 (ANI): Russia's permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva on Wednesday criticised the US decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying that such steps do "significant damage" to the international organisation that has play
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Regret US President's decision to order halt in funding to WHO: D-G Tedros
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 15 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has regretted the decision of US President Donald Trump to order stopping the funding to the UN's global health body.
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'WHO must be supported', says UN chief after Trump halts organisation's fu
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New York [USA], April 15 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) must be supported, hours after US President Donald Trump's announcement of halting his country's funding to the organisation.
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WHO does not recommend BCG vaccination for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 14 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday played down studies suggesting that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine may be effective in the prevention of the highly contagious coronavirus infection.
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COVID-19 ten times deadlier than swine flu: WHO
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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
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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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Ministry of Science and Technology with WHO striving to develop vaccine fo
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New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the Ministry of Science and Technology with the World Health Organisation (WHO) is striving to develop the vaccine to treat COVID-19 patients.
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'Don't politicize this virus': Tedros defends WHO's handling of coronaviru
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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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Trump dubs WHO as China centric, accuses it of giving faulty advice
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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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Bosch develops rapid test to combat coronavirus infections
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Stuttgart [Germany], April 7 (ANI): German engineering and technology company Bosch has said its rapid test can detect a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection in patients within two-and-a-half hours.
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WHO praises India's response to ward off COVID-19, say $22.6 bn stimulus p
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 2 (ANI): Praising India's efforts in combating Covid-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, said that the country's USD 22.6 billion economic stimulus plan will benefit millions of poor who have been affected by 21-day countrywide lockdown to curb t
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