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Kerala to implement district-level decentralised online system for reporti
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 14 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday said that the government has issued orders for implementing the district-level decentralised online system to report COVID-19 deaths in the state from Tuesday.
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Japan's upper house of Parliament passes motion to support Taiwan's bid to
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Tokyo [Japan], June 12 (ANI): The upper house of the Japanese Parliament on Friday passed a resolution supporting the self-governed island's participation in the World Health Organisation's (WHO) annual assembly.
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Citing global shortage of health personnel, WHO seeks solutions for intern
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New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has observed a global shortage of health personnel and is seeking solutions for challenges faced in international mobility.
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Must work with WHO, WTO for easy access of COVID-19 vaccines: France Presi
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Paris [France], June 11 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday emphasised that countries must work with World Health Organisation (WHO) and World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure that intellectual property should not become an obstacle to accessing COVID vaccines.
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Thousands of wild animals were sold in Wuhan markets in months before COVI
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Beijing [China], June 10 (ANI): Thousands of wild animals were sold in markets in the Chinese city of Wuhan ahead of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new research.
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Hyderabad's Rockwell collaborates with Dr Reddy's lab to provide vaccine f
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 9 (ANI): Hyderabad-based Rockwell Industries has joined hands with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories to provide its WHO PQS (World Health Organisation - Performance, Quality and Safety) certified Covid-19 vaccine freezers to enable storage of Sputnik V vaccine acro
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Lifting COVID-19 restrictions too quickly can be disastrous for those not
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Geneva [Swizerland], June 7 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said with the increased global transmission of variants of concern including the Delta variant, lifting restrictions too quickly could be disastrous for those who are not
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India seeks further studies on WHO-convened global study on the origins of
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New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India on Thursday supported the World Health Organisation (WHO) convened global study on the origins of COVID-19, saying it is an "important first step" and further studies deserve cooperation of all.
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COVID-19: WHO approves emergency use of China's CoronaVac vaccine
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday approved the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac for emergency use, the second Chinese vaccine to receive the global health body's green light.
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WHO honours Harsh Vardhan for efforts in tobacco control
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Geneva [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) has awarded Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan with 'WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award' for his accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.
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WHO urges Indians to get COVID-19 vaccination at first opportunity
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New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for South East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Sunday issued a word of caution as India is witnessing a 'plateau' in daily COVID-19 cases, advising the people to get jabbed at the first available opportunit
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International Council of Jurists seeks 'White Paper' from WHO on Covid-19
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Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to release all scientific and medical information regarding Covid-19 in the light of reports that coronavirus had originated from a laborato
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