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WHO warns against overpriced vaccines, substandard COVID products
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 8 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday of the danger of buying overpriced vaccines from intermediaries, reminding those countries should buy vaccines certified by the WHO and make sure to identify the origin of the product.
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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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US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get re-
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Since March, over 400 US colleges and universities have announced students get Covid-19 vaccinations, ahead of the Autumn semester but those who have been inoculated with India's indigenous Covaxin or the Russian-made Sputnik V are being asked to re-vaccinate a
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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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Vietnam's suspicious coronavirus variant not hybrid strain: WHO
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Geneva [Swizerland], June 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A suspicious coronavirus variant detected in Vietnam is part of the existing Delta strain and not a new hybrid mutation, a World Health Organization official said.
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Harsh Vardhan completes tenure as WHO Executive Board Chairperson
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New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday successfully completed his tenure as the Chairperson of Executive Board of World Health Organization.
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Must find ways to ensure affordable access to key drugs amid COVID-19: Har
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New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): As Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan completed his tenure as the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, he said that there is no scope for industries to stick to intellectual property rights (IPR) of COVID-19 vaccines and that o
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COVID-19: WHO renames coronavirus B.1.617.2 strain as 'Delta variant'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday renamed the B.1.617.2 variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, as the 'Delta variant'.
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WHO seeks more data on China's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine
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Geneva [Switzerland], May 27 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking more data on China's Sinovac Biotech-made COVID-19 vaccine, named CoronaVac, as it weighs whether to authorise a second Chinese vaccine under international pressure to help distribute more shots.
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Bharat Biotech submits 90 pc documentation, confident of WHO emergency use
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New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Bharat Biotech is confident about obtaining the World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Use Listing for its COVID-19 vaccine given its experience of getting its other vaccines pre-qualified and has submitted 90 per cent of the documentation required for E
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UK launches plans for Global Pandemic Radar to detect COVID-19 variants, e
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London [UK], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that the United Kingdom will work with the World Health Organization, other partners and nations to develop an advanced international pathogen surveillance network to identify COVID-19 variants and emergin
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COVID-19 vaccination drive in Africa hampered by shortages, financing issu
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Brazzaville [Congo], May 21 (ANI): Africa's rollout of coronavirus vaccines is being undermined by supply shortages and financial difficulties, the African regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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