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US raises concerns over China's interference in WHO's probe on COVID-19 or
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): The US on Saturday raised concerns over the possibility of the Chinese government's interference in the World Health Organisation's (WHO) recent investigation into the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan.
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China refused to hand over important COVID-19 data to WHO officials
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New York [US], February 13 (ANI): Chinese scientists refused to share raw data that might bring the world closer to understanding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, independent investigators for the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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WHO open to all hypotheses on coronavirus origins: Tedros
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 13 (ANI): The World Health Organization's (WHO) team probing coronavirus origins, which is on a visit to China's Wuhan, the first Covid-19 hotspot, will publish a preliminary report next week, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday.
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WHO says COVID-19 fatalities in Africa surged amid new variants
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Nairobi [Kenya], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa has spiked as the continent grapples with local transmission of highly contagious strains of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh risks: WHO
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Moscow [Russia], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) said on Wednesday that the benefits of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the potential risks.
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US refuses to accept WHO's findings on COVID-19 in China, to verify result
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Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): After the World Health Organization said there is no evidence of coronavirus circulation in any animal species in China, the United States has refused to accept the latest findings by the global health body and said it will independently verify the results
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COVID-19 cases globally declined by 17 pc last week
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Geneva [Switzerland], February 10 (ANI): The number of new COVID-19 cases reported across the world have declined, for the fourth week in a row, as per the data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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UK variant of coronavirus strain detected in 86 countries: WHO
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Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday (local time) announced that coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which was first identified in the United Kingdom on September 20, has been reported in 86 countries.
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WHO dismisses 'lab leak' theory of COVID-19 origin in China
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Beijing [China], February 10 (ANI): Following a 12-day visit to China to probe the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, a team of World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday dismissed the theory of a 'lab leak' of the virus.
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No evidence of coronavirus circulation in any animal species in China, say
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Beijing [China], February 9 (ANI): Weeks after a team of World Health Organization experts launched a probe into the origin of the COVID-19 in Wuhan, the global health body on Tuesday said that there is no evidence of coronavirus circulation in any animal species in China.
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WHO assures support for Nigeria on COVID-19 vaccines
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Lagos [Nigeria], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) has assured Nigeria that it will support the country to procure, distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines.
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WHO team visits Wuhan Institute of Virology on COVID-19 origins investigat
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Wuhan [China], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Wednesday, as part of their mission to investigate the origins of COVID-19, local media reported.
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