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  IIT Kanpur professor appointed honorary member of WHO body

  India | June 12, 2021 18:45 IST

  A professor at IIT-Kanpur has been appointed as an honorary member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Air Pollution and Health-Technical Advisory Group (GAPH-TAG), a communiqué issued by premier institute said.

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  Lifting Covid restrictions too quickly could be disastrous: WHO Director General

  World | June 07, 2021 22:36 IST

  As part of unlocking, many states including Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra are among the major states that have eased lockdown restrictions, which were reimposed from mid-April as the devastating second wave hit the country.

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  US, India, China account for 60% of 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally: WHO

  World | June 05, 2021 12:53 IST

  Of the two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally till now, about 60 per cent have gone to just three countries - the US, India and China, a senior adviser at the World Health Organisation said.

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  Data sharing going on with WHO to give recognition to Covaxin: Govt

  India | June 04, 2021 21:56 IST

  Data sharing is going on with WHO to give recognition to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, the government said, noting that it wants to achieve this "milestone" as soon as possible.

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  Vaccinating children against COVID not priority from WHO perspective: Vaccines expert

  World | June 04, 2021 14:31 IST

  The World Health Organisation's top vaccines expert says that immunising children against the coronavirus “is not a high priority”

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  WHO approves emergency use of China's CoronaVac vaccine

  World | June 02, 2021 6:28 IST

  WHO recommends that countries using the Sinovac vaccine in older age groups conduct safety and effectiveness monitoring to verify the expected impact and contribute to making the recommendation more robust for all countries.

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  B.1.617.2: WHO renames Covid strain found in India to 'Delta variant'

  World | June 01, 2021 9:07 IST

  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 named covid strain which first found in India "Delta Vairant"

  News | June 01, 2021 7:40 IST

  World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that the COVID-19 variant first found in India will henceforth be referred to as the "Delta variant"

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  World No Tobacco Day: Smoking affects immunity, increases Covid risk: WHO

  Health | May 31, 2021 18:18 IST

  WHO (World Health Organisation) sponsors May 31st as World No Tobacco Day in order to spread annual awareness and highlight the health risks associated with tobacco. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said that smokers have up to a 50 per cent higher risk of developing severe disease and death from Covid-19.

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  'Can't predict next COVID surge but we can prevent it': WHO South-East Asia

  News | May 30, 2021 20:40 IST

  WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on May 30 said that it's hard to predict the next surge but it can be prevented which is a must.

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  US, Britain seek new WHO look into COVID origins in China

  World | May 28, 2021 21:37 IST

  Late Thursday, the US diplomatic mission in Geneva issued a statement saying the first phase of the study was “insufficient and inconclusive,” and called for a “timely, transparent, evidence-based and expert-led Phase 2 study, including in the People's Republic of China”.

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  Bharat Biotech expects EUL from WHO for Covaxin in July- September

  India | May 25, 2021 23:20 IST

  Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said it expects approval for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin from the World Health Organisation for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) during July-September.

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  1,15,000 healthcare workers died due to Covid: WHO chief

  India | May 24, 2021 23:36 IST

  Nearly 1,15,000 health and care workers have died due to Covid since the pandemic began last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, hailing their sacrifice and asserting the need to protect and invest in healthcare workforce as a matter of urgency.

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  Bharat Biotech submitted 90% of documentation to WHO for emergency use listing for Covaxin

  India | May 24, 2021 23:49 IST

  The issue of the WHO's authorisation for emergency use listing (EUL) for Covaxin was discussed at a meeting between the top brass of the BBIL and senior officials of the Ministry of Health, Department of Biotechnology and the Ministry of External Affairs.

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  Case fatality rate of COVID in J&K lower than other states: WHO official

  India | May 22, 2021 23:49 IST

  Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir, Surveillance Medical Officer, WHO, Kashmir Division, expressed optimism over the recovery rate of positive cases along with less case fatality rate in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the rest of the states.

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  No consensus yet on COVID vaccine passport issue at WHO level: Govt

  India | May 23, 2021 0:09 IST

  The WHO is yet to reach a consensus on the vaccine passport issue for allowing international travel to those fully vaccinated against the coronavirus infection, the government said on Saturday and noted that discussions are still on.

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  COVID claimed over 3 million lives more than reported in 2020: WHO

  World | May 21, 2021 18:42 IST

  While the WHO's official death toll due to Covid is around 3.4 million so far, the actual number could be at least 6-8 million, showed the global health body's annual World Health Statistics report 2021.

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  India logs 13 per cent fall in new COVID-19 cases in week; still highest globally: WHO

  India | May 19, 2021 11:26 IST

  The highest numbers of new deaths were reported from India (27,922 new deaths; 2.0 new deaths per 100 000; a 4 per cent increase), Nepal (1,224 new deaths; 4.2 new deaths per 100 000; a 266 per cent increase) and Indonesia (1,125 new deaths; 0.4 new deaths per 100,000; a 5 per cent decrease).

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  WHO reminds Serum Institute of its COVAX commitments amidst devastating COVID-19 outbreak

  Business | May 18, 2021 11:10 IST

  WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that once the devastating COVID-19 outbreak in India recedes, the Serum Institute of India will need to “get back on track and catch up” on its delivery commitments to COVAX, the global initiative to supply coronavirus vaccines to nations around the world.

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  World at risk of 'vaccine apartheid': WHO chief highlights vaccination gap between nations

  World | May 18, 2021 8:52 IST

  The WHO chief highlighted that at least 63 million doses of vaccines have been shipped to 124 countries and economies, but they represent just 0.5 per cent of the combined population of those nations.