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Decision on Emergency Use Listing of Covaxin likely in August first week: WHO
India | July 10, 2021 16:33 ISTSpeaking at a webinar organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Friday, Soumya Swaminathan said the WHO is reviewing Covaxin as its manufacturer Bharat Biotech is now uploading its entire data on the health body’s portal.
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Europe expected to be 'Delta dominant' by August, warns WHO
World | July 02, 2021 15:48 IST"Last week, the number of cases rose by 10 per cent. This is taking place in the context of a rapidly evolving situation, a new variant of concern, the Delta variant, and in a region where despite tremendous efforts by the member states, millions remain unvaccinated," the WHO's Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge said at an online press conference in here on Thursday.
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Until we end pandemic everywhere, we will not end it anywhere: WHO
World | July 01, 2021 22:37 ISTAsserting that when some countries cannot vaccinate, it's a threat to all countries, WHO chief Ghebreyesus called for a global effort to vaccinate at least 10 per cent of the population of every country by September.
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Delta variant to become dominant strain of Covid-19 in coming months: WHO
India | July 01, 2021 11:50 ISTIn its Covid-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, the WHO said as of June 29, 2021, "96 countries have reported cases of the Delta variant, though this is likely an underestimate as sequencing capacities needed to identify variants are limited."
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WHO certifies China malaria-free after 70-year effort
World | June 30, 2021 13:45 IST"Today we congratulate the people of China on ridding the country of malaria," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, was quoted in an official statement issued by the world body as saying.
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Delta Plus strain calls for urgent measures, including vaccination: WHO representative
World | June 27, 2021 8:29 ISTEarlier in this month, the WHO included the Delta variant in its list of coronavirus variants of concern as the strain had become prevalent and has caused a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in some countries, including Russia.
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COVID-19 Delta variant 'most transmissible' identified so far, says WHO
World | June 26, 2021 8:17 ISTAt a press briefing on Friday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the lack of vaccines in poor countries was exacerbating the delta variant's transmission.
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Indian scientist identified Delta variant put it onto global database: Ministry of Science and Technology
News | June 25, 2021 18:42 ISTIn a recent media briefing, Renu Swarup Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology explained about Genomic surveillance and Genome sequencing and how it works in a body.
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Bharat Biotech, WHO meet for 'pre-submission' of Covaxin's Emergency Use Listing
India | June 24, 2021 12:11 ISTAs per WHO guidelines, Emergency Use Listing (EUL) is a procedure to streamline the process by which new or unlicensed products can be used during public health emergencies. It has already submitted 90 per cent of documents to WHO for obtaining EUL for Covaxin
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Scale up health infra, speed up vaccination to prevent another Covid surge: WHO to nations
India | June 20, 2021 16:19 ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called upon countries in its south-east Asia region to scale up public health infrastructure, rigorously implement social measures and make efforts to accelerate vaccination to prevent another COVID-19 surge.
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30 to 40 countries unable to give 2nd Covid shots: WHO
World | June 19, 2021 12:37 IST"We have a huge number of countries currently that have had to suspend the rollout of their second doses of vaccine," Xinhua news agency quoted Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to the WHO Director-General on Organizational Change, as saying on Friday.
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Bharat Biotech's pre-submission meeting for Covaxin EUL with WHO on June 23
India | June 18, 2021 15:45 ISTBharat Biotech had said last month that 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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Third wave of Covid-19 unlikely to affect children much: AIIMS survey
India | June 17, 2021 21:02 ISTAs per the survey, the SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity rate among children was high compared to the adult population, which was conducted in five selected states with a total sample size of 10,000 by WHO.
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IIT Kanpur professor appointed honorary member of WHO body
India | June 12, 2021 18:45 ISTA 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 ISTAs 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 ISTOf 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 ISTData 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 ISTThe 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 ISTWHO 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 ISTThe 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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