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WHO calls for global investment in hand hygiene in underdeveloped countrie
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A global investment of just USD 1 per person in hand hygiene annually could prevent thousands of deaths in the least developed countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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China warns against 'manipulation' of WHO COVID-19 origin probe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 15 (ANI): A day after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a launch of an expert group to study the origins of COVID-19, China on Thursday warned against "political manipulation" of the fresh investigation by the global health body.
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WHO establishes new group to study origins of coronavirus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an expert group that will study the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
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WHO panel to discuss need for COVID-19 booster shots on November 11
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 12 (ANI): A advisory panel of the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to discuss the need for COVID-19 booster doses on November 11.
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WHO investigating new Ebola case in DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 10 (ANI): The World Health Organization is investigating a new case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO chief said Saturday.
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WHO set to vaccinate 40 pc population of every country against COVID-19 by
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced an initiative to vaccinate 40 per cent of the population of every country against COVID-19 by the end of 2021 and 70 per cent by mid-2022, by prioritising vaccine delivery to low-income
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WHO says COVID-19 testing, vaccination decline in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that there has been a drop in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in Afghanistan since August and nearly 1.6 million doses of vaccine could expire if not used quickly, local media has said.
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WHO says process of Sputnik V's approval about to be sorted out
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The process of approval of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V at the World Health Organization (WHO) is about to be sorted out following negotiations with Moscow, Mariangela Simao, the assistant director-general of the WHO, said on Thursday.
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Afghanistan records drop in COVID testing, vaccinations as crisis worsens
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 7 (ANI): Amid the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that there has been a drop in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in the troubled country and that around 1.6 million doses of vaccine could expire in near
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WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission.
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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine developer hopes to receive WHO approval before
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The developer of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Gamaleya research institute, hopes that the drug will receive necessary approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) by the end of the year, Vladimir Gushchin, a senior researcher at the i
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Germany will take next step after WHO's approval of Covaxin, says envoy Li
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): German Ambassador to India, Walter J Lindner on Sunday asserted that his country would take the next step regarding Covaxin as soon as World Health Organization (WHO) would recognise Bharat Biotech's COVID vaccine to treat the virus.
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