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COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Delta variant: WHO
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Current COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, but they still prevent severe disease and death, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19
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WHO-AIIMS seroprevalence survey outcome 'positive'; larger nationwide samp
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New Delhi [India], June 18(ANI): AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Friday said that the outcome of the joint survey by the World Health Organization-AIIMS, which found out that COVID-19 seroprevalence was 55.7 per cent and 63.5 per cent in the age group below 18 and above respect
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COVID-19: Quarantine exemption for travellers in S Korea only for those fu
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Seoul [South Korea], June 17 (ANI): The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in India on Thursday confirmed that under the new policy of the South Korean government, quarantine exemption for travellers from India and other countries will be applied for those vaccinated with World Health Organiza
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COVID-19: WHO urges countries to bridge 16 billion USD funding gap for ACT
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to close a funding gap of 16 billion US dollars for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator project, which aims to accelerate the development, production, and equitable access to
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WHO's Covid-19 origin probe 'highly deficient', says Blinken
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Washington DC [US], June 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization's first phase of study on the origins of COVID-19 pandemic is "highly deficient", said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) and added that leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) countries will insist China
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G7 leaders call for probe into origins of COVID-19
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London [UK], June 13 (ANI): The G7 leaders on Sunday called for a "timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO-convened" investigation into the origins of COVID-19, including, as recommended by the experts' report, in China.
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WHO chief asks China to cooperate with probe into origins of COVID-19
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Washington DC [US], June 13 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 amid renewed call to further probe the virus.
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France to work with WHO, WTO to ensure intellectual property never becomes
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Paris [France], June 11 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that Paris will work with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure that intellectual property never becomes an obstacle to accessing COVID-19 vaccines
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WHO, UNICEF declare end of polio outbreak in Philippines
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Manila [Philippines], June 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) hailed the Philippines on Friday for ending the polio outbreak almost two years after the highly infectious disease re-emerged in the Southeast Asian country.
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Dr Harsh Vardhan addresses WHO high-level coalition on Health and Energy P
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New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): India's human-centric approach could be a force multiplier for global good, said Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare while addressing the World Health Organization's (WHO) high-level coalition on Health and Energy Platform of Actio
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China's 'massive cover-up' on COVID still happening: WHO advisory board me
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Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): China is continuing with a "massive cover-up" on Covid-19 even as the theory that the coronavirus had leaked from Wuhan lab gains credibility, Fox News has reported citing advisory board member to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Cannot compel China to give more info on COVID-19 origins, says WHO offici
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 8 (ANI): A top World Health Organization official on Monday said that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on the origins of COVID-19.
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