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Bolsonaro threatens to withdraw Brazil from WHO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], June 6 (ANI): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) threatened to withdraw his country from the World Health Organization (WHO), Xinhua news agency reported.
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COVID-19 global tally tops 6.4 million, death toll surpasses 380,000: WHO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has risen by nearly 130,000 in the past 24 hours to 6.4 million, and the death toll has topped 380,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Global COVID-19 tally tops 6.2 million, death toll surpasses 379,000: WHO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 4 (ANI): With more than 93,000 coronavirus cases reported globally over the past 24 hours, the worldwide count of the novel coronavirus reached over 6.2 million cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily situation report.
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No evidence of coronavirus changing its severity: Experts
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 3 (ANI): Epidemiologists and other researchers have rejected the recent findings of Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Italy's Milan, that the novel coronavirus was losing its potency, while the severity of illness is decreasing.
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WHO says global coronavirus tally nears 6.2 million
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 3 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that 6,194,533 people have been infected with the new coronavirus globally.
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No evidence COVID-19 changed in terms of transmissibility, severity of Ill
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 2 (Sputnik/ANI): There is no evidence that the novel coronavirus has changed both in terms of the transmissibility and the severity of the disease, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), told on Monday in a virtual brief
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Coronavirus global death toll surpasses 349,000, case count nears 5.5 mill
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): The global death toll from the novel coronavirus has risen over the past 24 hours by 5,581 to 349,095, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily situation report.
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FIFA, WHO launch #SafeHome campaign to help domestic violence victims amid
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): FIFA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission have joined forces to launch the #SafeHome campaign to support women and children at risk of domestic violence.
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WHO warns of 'second peak' in areas where COVID-19 declining
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 26 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that countries seeing a decline in COVID-19 infections could still face an "immediate second peak" if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak.
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China runs roughshod in South China Sea
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, May 21 (ANI): As dozens of nations have united to request a World Health Organization (WHO) international investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, something that will stick in the proud gullet of China, Beijing continues to throw its weight around elsewhere. One pl
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan set to take charge as WHO Executive Bo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan is set to take charge as the chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on May 22, sources said on Tuesday.
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European Union backs WHO after Trump's new threat over funding
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 19 (ANI): The European Union (EU) has come out in support of the World Health Organization (WHO) after US President Donald Trump threatened to permanently suspend funding to the agency.
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