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COVID-19 vaccine distribution expected to start in Mid-2021: WHO Chief Sci
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The large-scale global distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 is not expected until mid-2021, the World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan told a press briefing on Friday.
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US announces next steps of its withdrawal from WHO-led Covid vaccine effor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 4 (ANI): The US will not participate in the World Health Organization-led global effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine with the Trump administration on Thursday announcing next steps for its withdrawal from the multilateral body and the redirection of American
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US informed WHO chief of USD 62mn funding cut: State Dept
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], September 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States informed World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that Washington is reprogramming USD 62 million to finalize its withdrawal from the body, State Department official Nerissa Cook said on Wednesday.
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Many countries interested to probe COVID-19 origins in China: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Many countries have expressed their interest in the opportunity to participate in the international mission to China aimed at investigating the origins of coronavirus, Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) He
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COVID-19: WHO official says attempts to reach herd immunity naturally 'da
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Attempts to reach herd immunity naturally would be dangerous and fraught with scores of deaths, while vaccination is a safer and more effective path, Maria van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Th
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Global COVID-19 tally rises by over 2,86,000 to reach 21 mn
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 15 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases globally has grown by more than 286,000 in the past 24 hours, while over 6,700 patients have died in the same period of time, the World Health Organization's (WHO) data revealed on Friday.
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Global coronavirus caseload rises by over 276,000 in last 24 hrs
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases globally has increased by more than 276,000 in the past 24 hours, while over 6,900 people have died in the same period of time due to the infection, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) data.
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WHO says global COVID-19 fatalities topped 700,000
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 7 (Sputnik/ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the overall number of coronavirus cases globally at 18,614,177, with 702,642 people having died from the disease.
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UL helps advance vaccination storage technologies with new World Health Or
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] July 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): UL, a leading global safety science company, has announced that its Refrigeration Laboratory in Gurugram, India, has received World Health Organization (WHO) accreditation as a designated third-party testing laboratory for refri
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WHO experts arrive in China to find COVID-19 source
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 13 (ANI): Two experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in China for research on the source of the new coronavirus, the country's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying confirmed on Monday.
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Global COVID-19 case total rises by 219,983 to 12.3 million
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The global COVID-19 cases has risen above 12.3 million after 219,983 new positive tests were reported worldwide over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
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Locals, doctors credit joint efforts for Dharavi getting praise from WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 11 (ANI): With World Health Organization (WHO) praising the efficient COVID-19 management in Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world, local medical practitioners and the administration have said that results have been achieved due to work do
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