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  'Deadlier than Covid': WHO chief urges nations to prepare for next pandemic

  World | May 24, 2023 10:57 IST

  WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urges nations prepare for next pandemic Deadlier than Covid 19 World Health Assembly Geneva russia ukraine war

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  WHO issues alert for Punjab-made cough syrup; Company says conspiracy to defame Indian govt

  World | April 26, 2023 11:55 IST

  The analysis found that the product contained unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants.

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  China records first H3N8 bird flu death I Should India need to worry?

  World | April 12, 2023 9:14 IST

  Notably, the virus was first traced in North American waterfowl in 2002. It is known to infect horses, dogs and seals.

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  'Without full access to information that China has, you cannot...', says WHO chief on COVID origin

  World | April 09, 2023 17:11 IST

  WHO chief on COVID origin: "Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that," said Tedros Ghebreyesus in response to a question about the origin of the virus.

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  'Until China shares all data on COVID origin, all hypotheses remained on table': WHO Chief

  World | April 07, 2023 20:29 IST

  "Without full access to the information that China has, all hypotheses are on the table. That's why we have been asking China to be cooperative on this," said the WHO chief.

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  COVID-19: WHO tracking VOI XBB.1.5, six other corona variants under monitoring | DETAILS

  India | April 07, 2023 18:01 IST

  COVID-19: During a review meeting on COVID situation, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya virtually interacted with the health ministers of the states and union territories and advised them to ramp up vaccination of all eligible population, especially of the elderly and vulnerable population group.

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  'Finding COVID-19's origins is moral imperative': WHO chief on 3 years of declaring 'pandemic'

  World | March 12, 2023 17:59 IST

  Earlier last month, the US Department of Energy reassessed the theory of lab leaks and reclaimed that the lethal virus leaked from a lab in China's Wuhan city in 2019.

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  Though an emergency, COVID nearing 'inflection' point: WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

  World | January 30, 2023 17:31 IST

  "We remain hopeful that in the coming year, the world will transition to a new phase in which we reduce hospitalizations and deaths to the lowest possible level,” said Ghebreyesus.

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  WHO calls for action to protect children from contaminated medicines after cough syrups deaths

  World | January 24, 2023 13:37 IST

  Cough syrups row: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that over the past four months, countries reported several incidents of over-the-counter cough syrups for children with confirmed or suspected contamination with high levels of diethylene glycol (DEG) and ethylene glycol (EG).

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  No immediate COVID-19 threat from China, says WHO Europe

  World | January 10, 2023 17:52 IST

  Covid 19: China saw an unprecedented nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing Covid restrictions due to protests against its Zero Covid policy.

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  New & highly-contagious 'Kraken' Covid variant is the 'most transmissible,' warns WHO

  Health | January 06, 2023 14:44 IST

  XBB.1.5, nicknamed Kraken, is "the most transmissible sub-variant which has been detected yet," said WHO's Covid-19 technical lead, Maria Van Kerkhove, during a press conference.

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  WHO asks China to share real-time data on COVID situation

  World | December 31, 2022 7:15 IST

  WHO called on China to strengthen viral sequencing, clinical management, and impact assessment, and expressed willingness to provide support on these areas, as well as on risk communications on vaccination to counter hesitancy.

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  All hypotheses on Covid origin remain on table, will continue to call China to share data: WHO

  World | December 22, 2022 6:13 IST

  China Covid Blast: We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies we have requested, and which we continue to request. As I have said many times before, all hypotheses about the origins of Covid19 pandemic remain on the table, WHO Director said.

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  COVID: WHO chief Tedros asks China to share requested data to probe 'coronavirus origins' | DETAILS

  World | December 15, 2022 8:41 IST

  China COVID origin: "As I have said many times, all hypotheses remain on the table," he added. Three years after its emergence in China's Wuhan, exactly how SARS-CoV-2 first emerged as a respiratory pathogen capable of sustained human-to-human transmission remains the subject of active debate.

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  BTS Permission to Dance plays during WHO meeting, attendees break into dance | VIRAL VIDEO

  October 27, 2022 15:33 IST

  A viral video shows all the attendees at the WHO meeting breaking into a mini dance on BTS song Permission to Dance.

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  Govt panel says information shared by WHO inadequate to determine reason for deaths linked to Gambia

  India | October 15, 2022 23:07 IST

  Rutendo Kuwana from the WHO on October 13 had written to the DCGI seeking to know the progress with the investigation of the manufacturer of the four cough syrups -- the Sonipat-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals.

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  Govt forms panel after WHO report on Gambian deaths linked to Indian cough syrups

  India | October 12, 2022 21:39 IST

  A four-member committee of technical experts consists of Dr. Y. K Gupta, Dr Pragya D. Yadav, Dr. Arti Bahl and A. K. Pradhan to study the report of the World Health Organization's report on the death of several children in Gambia.

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  Gambia urgently recalls India-made cough syrups linked to 66 child deaths

  India | October 06, 2022 19:12 IST

  Speaking to The Associated Press, the Director of Health Dr. Mustapha Bittaye confirmed the wave of child deaths from acute kidney injury, sending shockwaves across the country of 2.4 million people and around the world.

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  WHO says probing four Indian syrups after 66 kids die in Gambia

  India | October 06, 2022 9:46 IST

  WHO had on September 29 informed the Drugs Controller General of India that it was providing technical assistance and advice to The Gambia.

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  WHO strongly advises against antibody treatments for Covid patients

  Health | September 17, 2022 9:57 IST

  The WHO made a conditional recommendation for the use of the antiviral drug remdesivir in patients with severe Covid-19, and a conditional recommendation against its use in patients with critical Covid-19.