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  WHO says global COVID-19 tally to hit 20-million mark this week

  World | August 10, 2020 18:35 IST

  In a briefing on Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged that behind these statistics there is a great deal of pain and suffering, but said there were still "green shoots of hope" no matter what stage in an outbreak a country or region might

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  India's coronavirus testing rate lower than other nations, says WHO Chief Scientist

  India | August 04, 2020 17:17 IST

  The Chief Scientist of WHO, Soumya Swaminathan, in an interactive session through video conference said,as of now about 28 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are under clinical trial, of which five are entering Phase-II and over 150 candidates are in pre-clinical trials across the globe.

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  WHO expects long-term response efforts against COVID-19

  World | August 02, 2020 8:04 IST

  The WHO Emergency Committee on COVID-19, convened by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus under the International Health Regulations (IHR), held its fourth meeting on Friday (July 31), WHO said in an online statement released on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.

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  Johnson & Johnson identifies single dose lead coronavirus vaccine, begins human trials

  Good News | July 31, 2020 11:56 IST

  Johnson & Johnson has begun human trials of its coronavirus vaccine after publishing results of its study on monkeys showing it the best vaccine candidate, offering protection from the infectious virus in one single dose.

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  WHO reports record daily spike in COVID-19 cases

  World | July 25, 2020 22:02 IST

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a record increase in daily coronavirus cases across the world, despite many countries starting to ease lockdown measures.

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  WHO reports record daily spike in COVID-19 cases

  World | July 25, 2020 15:59 IST

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a record increase in daily coronavirus cases across the world, despite many countries starting to ease lockdown measures. 

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  COVID-19 herd immunity will take time, says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

  India | July 24, 2020 18:59 IST

  ​The chief scientist of the WHO, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, on Friday warned that the concept of “herd immunity”, or a large section of the population developing antibodies against COVID-19, is still a long way off and can be sped up by a vaccine. 

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  Don't expect first COVID-19 vaccinations until early 2021, WHO says

  World | July 23, 2020 17:55 IST

  ​The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the first use of COVID-19 vaccinations cannot be expected until early 2021. The statement comes at a time when over 150 COVID-19 vaccines are at different stages of development, with a few advancing to the late-stage clinical trial.   

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  COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate conflict, humanitarian crises: WHO

  World | July 18, 2020 8:04 IST

  COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate many issues the world is facing, such as years of conflict and other humanitarian crises, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, while calling for continuity of essential health services.

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  Too many countries heading in wrong direction; COVID-19 getting 'worse and worse': WHO warns

  World | July 13, 2020 21:08 IST

  With the rising number of coronavirus cases worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that the pandemic has the potential to get far worse if all nations do not adhere to basic healthcare precautions.

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  WHO believes ‘unknown pneumonia’ in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19

  World | July 11, 2020 16:53 IST

  The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization says the agency believes an unexplained pneumonia outbreak in Kazakhstan is likely due to the coronavirus. Dr Michael Ryan says Kazakh authorities have reported more than 10,000 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last week and just under 50,000 cases and 264 deaths as of Tuesday.

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  WHO warns COVID-19 'getting worse'

  World | July 11, 2020 15:42 IST

  The World Health Organization (WHO) said the novel coronavirus was yet to be brought under control "in most of the world", while warning that it was actually "getting worse". 

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  Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, lauded by WHO for breaking chains of COVID-19 transmission

  India | July 10, 2020 23:00 IST

  Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, was lauded by the World Health Organisation for breaking chains of coronavirus transmission. Citing exemplars from across the globe, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday mentioned Dharavi along with Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and South Korea.

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  Inhaling aerosols containing virus can cause COVID-19. WHO issues airborne transmission guidelines

  World | July 10, 2020 12:10 IST

  The World Health Organization issued fresh guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. WHO also emphasised that more evidence in terms of research of airbone tranmission was required in that direction.

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  As WHO acknowledges evidence of airborne COVID19 spread, Twitter erupts with memes and jokes

  Trending | July 08, 2020 8:59 IST

  As the World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledged that 'evidence is emerging' of airborne spread of coronavirus, netizens took to social media to express their 'disappointment' towards China and the year 2020 through a number of memes and jokes.

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  US formally notifies UN of decision to withdraw from WHO

  World | July 08, 2020 8:58 IST

  The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization, officials said, breaking off ties with the global health body amid the expanding coronavirus pandemic.

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  WHO acknowledges 'emerging evidence' of coronavirus transmission through air

  World | July 08, 2020 12:19 IST

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has acknowledged that 'evidence is emerging' of airborne spread of coronavirus after a group comprising of global scientists urged the world health watchdog to update its guidelines on how COVID-19 spreads among people.

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  Coronavirus spreads through air, hundreds of scientists confirm. What we know

  Fyi | July 06, 2020 15:00 IST

  Hundreds of health experts including scientists, researchers in a big claim based on evidence have said that coronavirus is an airborne disease and have urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to review its guidance.

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  Coronavirus is airborne and infects those nearby, evidence confirm; scientists urge WHO to act

  Science | July 06, 2020 15:00 IST

  Coronavirus is an airborne disease several scientists have claimed and requested the World Health Organisation to revise its guidelines based on the theory that coronavirus is spread primarily by large respiratory droplets that come following coughing and sneezing of an infected person.

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  WHO halts trial of HCQ, lopinavir/ritonavir after 'lack of evidence' in hospitalised patients

  World | July 05, 2020 16:17 IST

  The World Health Organization has discontinued trials of the combination HIV drugs lopinavir and ritonavir as a combined treatment for hospitalized coronavirus patients after interim results showed the drugs “produce little or no reduction in the mortality” of COVID-19 patients.