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  COVID-19 deaths lowest since March 2020, end of pandemic in sight: World Health Organization

  World | September 15, 2022 8:03 IST

  COVID-19: In its weekly report on the pandemic, the UN health agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide.

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  Monkeypox infections rise 20 per cent to over 35,000 cases, 12 deaths: WHO

  World | August 18, 2022 12:43 IST

  Monkeypox virus: Speaking at the media briefing on monkeypox, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that almost 7,500 cases were reported last week, which is a 20 per cent increase over the previous week.

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  Brazil confirms first monkeypox-related death

  World | July 30, 2022 8:20 IST

  Monkeypox news: The case was reported on Friday (July 29) in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeast Minas Gerais state, and the victim was a 41-year-old man.

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  Monkeypox declared global public health emergency; WHO says outbreak continues to grow

  World | July 24, 2022 6:58 IST

  Monkeypox: More than 16,000 cases have now been reported from 75 countries and there had been five deaths so far as a result of the outbreak.

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  'Ebola-like' Marburg virus cases detected in Ghana, WHO declares outbreak in country

  World | July 18, 2022 8:12 IST

  Marburg Virus in Ghana: The disease, a very infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola, is spread to people by fruit bats and transmitted among people through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces

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  Expert believes monkeypox can be fatal for children, WHO says South-East Asia on 'alert'

  India | July 16, 2022 7:27 IST

  Monkeypox in India: Notably, the first case of monkeypox in the WHO South-East Asia Region has been reported from India, in a 35-year-old man who arrived from the Middle East earlier this week.

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  COVID-19 pandemic 'nowhere near over', says World Health Organization

  World | July 13, 2022 8:37 IST

  COVID-19 updates: Last Friday (July 8), the WHO's Emergency Committee concluded that the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and warned of several interlinked challenges.

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  Monkeypox outbreak declared a pandemic by World Health Network; urges WHO to take immediate action

  Health | June 24, 2022 12:29 IST

  Monkeypox is a virus with the potential to cause significant harm including acute painful illness that may require hospitalisation, and may result in death, skin scarring, blindness, and other long-term disability.

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  WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency

  World | June 23, 2022 15:58 IST

  Monkeypox has sickened people for decades in central and west Africa, where one version of the disease kills up to 10% of people. In the epidemic beyond Africa so far, no deaths have been reported.

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  Covid virus likely leaked from Wuhan lab: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

  World | June 20, 2022 19:11 IST

  According to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the most likely explanation was a catastrophic accident at a laboratory in Wuhan, where infections first spread during late 2019, Daily Mail reported.

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  WHO: Covid-19 deaths climb again, reversing a 5-week decline

  World | June 16, 2022 21:28 IST

  In its weekly assessment of the pandemic issued on Thursday, the UN health agency said there were 8,700 COVID-19 deaths last week, with a 21% jump in the Americas and a 17% increase in the Western Pacific.

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  WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears

  World | June 16, 2022 9:00 IST

  Vaccines for smallpox, a related disease, are thought to be about 85% effective against monkeypox. WHO’s Europe director, Dr. Hans Kluge, said Wednesday he was concerned by the scramble by some rich countries to buy more vaccines without talk of buying supplies for Africa.

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  Explained: WHO to change name of monkeypox virus; here's why

  Health | June 15, 2022 16:05 IST

  The WHO aims to consult experts in orthopoxviruses on more appropriate names for the monkeypox virus. Earlier during coronavirus pandemic, people around the world referred to the Covid virus as China or Wuhan virus, and again the emergence of a Covid strain in South Africa led to travel bans, prompting the WHO to quickly rename SARS-CoV-2.

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  WHO may declare Monkeypox a global health emergency

  Health | June 15, 2022 6:33 IST

  WHO noted that although monkeypox is not as transmissible or dangerous as Covid, there needs to be clearer guidance as to how a person infected by monkeypox should be isolated, more explicit advice on how to protect people who are at risk, and improved testing and contact tracing.

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  Covid-19: WHO says lab-leak theory needs further investigations; China responds

  World | June 10, 2022 18:04 IST

  Even after two years, WHO's recent report states that key pieces of data that can explain how the pandemic began are still missing.

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  Monkeypox cases rise to over 550, infections spreading undetected, claims WHO

  Health | June 02, 2022 16:45 IST

  The Monkeypox virus may have been transmitted for months or years undetected though investigations are ongoing and there are clear no answers yet, said WHO.

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  COVID getting worse, not better in North Korea: World Health Organization

  World | June 02, 2022 8:18 IST

  At a briefing on Wednesday, WHO’s emergencies chief Dr Mike Ryan appealed to North Korean authorities for more information about COVID outbreak there, saying “we have real issues in getting access to raw data and to the actual situation on the ground.”

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  WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns

  World | May 30, 2022 20:03 IST

  In a public session on Monday, WHO’s Dr Rosamund Lewis said it was critical to emphasize that the vast majority of cases being seen in dozens of countries globally are in gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men, so that scientists can further study the issue and for populations at risk to take precautions.

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  WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reappointed to serve second five-year term

  World | May 24, 2022 23:26 IST

  Tedros, a former government minister from Ethiopia, has directed WHO throughout its management of the global response to COVID-19 and withstood occasionally withering criticism over its multiple missteps. 

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  Monkeypox is spreading through sex among men but it is containable, informs WHO

  Health | May 24, 2022 15:45 IST

  Monkeypox virus itself is not a sexually transmitted infection, which are generally spread through semen and vaginal fluids, the most recent surge in cases appears to have been spread among men who have sex with other men, WHO officials said, emphasising that anyone can contract monkeypox.