World Health Organisation
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'Until China shares all data on COVID origin, all hypotheses remained on table': WHO Chief
World | Apr 07, 2023, 08:29 PM 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 | Apr 07, 2023, 06:01 PM ISTCOVID-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 | Mar 12, 2023, 05:59 PM ISTEarlier 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 | Feb 15, 2023, 04:57 PM ISTCOVID-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 | Feb 15, 2023, 08:42 AM ISTTurkey-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 | Dec 25, 2022, 01:55 PM ISTCovid 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 | Dec 22, 2022, 06:13 AM ISTChina 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 | Dec 15, 2022, 08:41 AM ISTChina 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 | Oct 12, 2022, 01:28 PM ISTHaryana: 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 | Oct 07, 2022, 06:12 AM ISTEnquiry 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 | Oct 06, 2022, 07:12 PM ISTSpeaking 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 | Oct 06, 2022, 11:45 AM ISTIndia'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 | Oct 06, 2022, 09:46 AM ISTWHO 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 | Sep 19, 2022, 05:11 PM ISTHealth 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 | Sep 15, 2022, 08:03 AM ISTCOVID-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 | Sep 09, 2022, 02:52 PM ISTWHO 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 | Aug 18, 2022, 12:43 PM ISTMonkeypox 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 | Jul 28, 2022, 11:17 AM ISTTo 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 | Jul 24, 2022, 06:58 AM ISTMonkeypox: 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 | Jun 30, 2022, 10:11 AM ISTSpeaking 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.