Monkeypox cases are rising at an alarming rate. It is happening because of the physical, intimate and close contact of a person with the infected person. To cut its chain, sexually active people should know these facts.
Malaria cases have been increasing in many states of India. Many countries are also registering alarming cases every year and are fighting to get rid of it completely. Whereas, there are 40 plus countries and territories that have been certified as malaria-free nations by the World Health Organisation.
As of March 13, 2022, over 455 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and over 6 million related deaths have been reported globally.
The agreement would help position AYUSH systems across the globe and provide leadership on global health matters pertaining to traditional medicine.
The yet-to-be peer-reviewed findings, recently posted on the preprint repository BioRxiv, show that the BA.2 sub-variant may have features that make it as capable of causing serious illness as older coronavirus variants. the World Health Organization (WHO) said while BA.2 is more transmissible than BA.1, the subvariant is not more severe.
First reported last month in southern Africa, Omicron is already the dominant variant in the United States and parts of Europe.
A South Africa returnee has tested positive for COVID-19 in Chandigarh. One of his family members & domestic help have also tested positive.
Speaking on the issue Guleria said, "We are hopeful that now with all the data in and studies having been done it should happen soon rather than happening late."
The Commission made the remarks during a press conference at the WHO Regional Office in Copenhagen on Friday.
Delta variant is expected to soon be the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating worldwide, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Dr Ashiq Rashid Mir, Surveillance Medical Officer, WHO, Kashmir Division, expressed optimism over the recovery rate of positive cases along with less case fatality rate in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the rest of the states.
The Jaipur unit of the World Health Organisation (WHO) donated 100 oxygen concentrators to the Rajasthan government here on Monday.
The head of WHO says that the UN agency has dispatched critical supplies to India, including thousands of portable oxygen machines that help patients breathe.
"The situation in India is a devastating reminder of what the virus can do," Ghebreyesus said during a virtual briefing in Geneva.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a record increase in daily coronavirus cases across the world, despite many countries starting to ease lockdown measures.
World Health Organization warns the world, says Coronavirus may never go away and become a part of our lives.
President Donald Trump Wednesday termed the World Health Organization "literally a pipe organ for China" and said the United States will soon come out with its recommendations on the global body, followed by one on Beijing.
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone announced that her conversation with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros on mental health has been put on hold due to 'unforeseen and highly unavoidable circumstances.' The talk was to take place on 23rd April, 2020.
According to the WHO, nearly 1.5 billion people - in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand together - are currently experiencing lockdowns.
As the news of deadly virus has spread across the world with scary headlines and warnings, people have also begun sharing cure and prevention methods to fight it. Here is a list of myths debunked by WHO.
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