WHO a puppet of China: Trump
World | May 19, 2020 8:00 ISTUS President Donald Trump once again on Monday attacked the WHO, saying the UN health body was a ‘puppet’ of China
US President Donald Trump once again on Monday attacked the WHO, saying the UN health body was a ‘puppet’ of China
The majority of the world's population remains susceptible to COVID-19 and there is a long road to travel as the risk remains high, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
India along with 62 other countries is calling for an independent inquiry into the WHO's response to the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. A draft resolution proposed for the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) which begins today, demands an "impartial" investigation into coronavirus pandemic.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the importance of stronger health systems and the investment in health for all people.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that a number of treatments are under clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19, but none of those were yet approved.
Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain said that State Government has sent or proposal to Centre for the fourth phase of coronavirus lockdown.
A World Health Organisation (WHO) expert, Soumya Swaminathan has said that containing coronavirus pandemic could take 4 to 5 years. In an attempt to temper expectations about the coronavirus containment timeline, the expert said, "I would say in a four to five-year timeframe we could be looking at controlling this."
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dismissed reports in German newspaper Der Spiegel that claimed the Chinese President Xi Jinping had personally requested WHO chief to hold back information on the coronavirus pandemic.
President Xi had personally requested the WHO chief on January 21 to delay sending a message about coronavirus pandemic and dilute the seriousness of the threat, according to German intelligence. The WHO has denied the allegation
The World Health Organization on Friday said that a market in Wuhan selling live animals played a significant role in the emergence of the new coronavirus, as the source or possibly as an "amplifying setting", however, more research is needed on this. Meanwhile, the WHO also said that it does not recommend that such markets be shut down globally.
Over 4 million worldwide coronavirus cases have been reported so far as confirmed patients tally surges to 4,011,587 with 276,181 deaths while 1,382,394 have recovered.
As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
Even as researchers and scientists across the world scramble to develop vaccines for COVID-19, a World Health Organisation (WHO) envoy is cautioning that there may never be one, according to a new report.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the ultimate measure of success in fighting COVID-19 will not be how fast the tools are developed but how equally they can be distributed.
Under the International Health Regulations, the WHO director-general has the authority to determine that an outbreak constitutes a PHEIC when certain conditions are met, and the decision should be reviewed every three months.
US President Donald Trump Thursday said the World Health Organization should be "ashamed of" itself, as he likened it to a public relations agency for China.
President Donald Trump Wednesday termed the World Health Organization "literally a pipe organ for China" and said the United States will soon come out with its recommendations on the global body, followed by one on Beijing.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should have listened to the agency after it declared a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" on 30 January, when there were 82 cases outside China and no deaths, the BBC reported on Monday.
Governments should not issue so-called "immunity passports" or "risk-free certificates" as a way of easing lockdowns, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a daily situation report.
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