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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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  Has WHO quietly shelved investigation into COVID-19 origins?

  World | February 15, 2023 16:57 IST

  COVID-19 origins: Research into the root cause of coronavirus outbreak was important as it could have helped scientists prepare better to tackle any such future outbreaks.

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  Turkey-Syria earthquake: WHO urges to ensure cross-border humanitarian aid delivery | DETAILS

  World | February 15, 2023 8:42 IST

  Turkey-Syria earthquake updates: Turkey has suffered cataclysmic casualties, Kluge underlined, with more than 35,000 deaths and several people injured due to the earthquakes. An additional one million people are estimated to have lost their homes, and are currently living in temporary shelters.

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  FACT CHECK: Covid Omicron XBB variant 5-times dangerous than delta! Here's the truth

  India | December 25, 2022 13:55 IST

  Covid Omicron XBB variant: The viral message claims that Omicron XBB variant is so dangerous that it can not be detected through RT-PCR test and also has no peculiar symptoms.

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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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  Haryana stops production of cough syrups at Maiden Pharma linked to deaths in Gambia

  India | October 12, 2022 13:28 IST

  Haryana: The report for the samples of three drugs of the Sonipat-based pharmaceutical company, which were mentioned by the WHO, are yet to come, state Health Minister Anil Vij said.

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  Govt asks WHO to share report on child deaths in Gambia linked with India-made cough syrups

  India | October 07, 2022 6:12 IST

  Enquiry of CDSCO said that Maiden Pharma, Haryana, a manufacturer licensed by the State Drug Controller for products Promethazine Oral Solution BP, Kofexnalin Baby Cough Syrup, MaKoff Baby Cough Syrup & MaGrip n Cold Syrup and has manufacturing permission of these products for export only.

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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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  India's drug regulator initiates probe after WHO flags four cough syrups linked to deaths in Gambia

  India | October 06, 2022 11:45 IST

  India's drug regulator has already taken up an urgent investigation into the matter with regulatory authorities in Haryana, based on the available information, sources have said.

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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 warns of 'second disaster' in flood-hit Pakistan

  World | September 19, 2022 17:11 IST

  Health workers in Pakistan are already working beyond their capacity and are stretched to their limit as they try to provide critical healthcare to millions affected by the floods.

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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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  WHO Regional Committee meet concludes, member countries vow to strengthen health systems

  World | September 09, 2022 14:52 IST

  WHO Regional Committee meeting: The member countries endorsed the Regional Strategy Roadmap on Health Security and Health System Resilience for Emergencies 2023-2027 to boost emergency preparedness.

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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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  WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox

  World | July 28, 2022 11:17 IST

  To date, more than 19,000 cases have been reported in more than 75 countries; deaths have only been reported in Africa.

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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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  COVID-19 changing, not over yet; tough to analyse future emerging variants: WHO

  World | June 30, 2022 10:11 IST

  Speaking on vaccinations, Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in the past 18 months, more than 12 billion vaccines have been distributed globally.

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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 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.