NEW DELHI: The data was withheld from World Health Organization (WHO) researchers who traveled to China to investigate the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday. The WHO chief who released the long-awaited report on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus cited difficulties in …
Read More »Severe coronavirus pandemic, but ‘not necessarily the big one’: WHO
The new coronavirus has had a devastating impact around the world, but the World Health Organization warned Monday that worse pandemics are coming, urging the world to take preparedness “seriously”. “This is a wake-up call,” WHO emergency chief Michael Ryan told reporters in a briefing marking a year since the …
Read More »The Covid-19 pandemic will not be the last: WHO chief
The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without addressing climate change and animal welfare, the head of the World Health Organization said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” cycle of throwing cash at outbreaks but doing nothing to …
Read More »The Covid-19 pandemic will not be the last: WHO chief
GENEVA: The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without addressing climate change and animal welfare, the head of the World Health Organization said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” cycle of throwing cash at outbreaks but doing nothing …
Read More »The Covid-19 pandemic will not be the last: WHO chief
GENEVA: The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without addressing climate change and animal welfare, the head of the World Health Organization said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the “dangerously short-sighted” cycle of throwing cash at outbreaks but doing nothing …
Read More »WHO chief ‘saw no need for testing’ after COVID-19 exposure
Geneva: World Health Organization ( who) boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus marked his return to the Geneva agency from quarantine on Monday after being exposed to coronavirus and said he didn’t see the need for a test. “I was fine, no symptoms. It is day 17 now and I followed the …
Read More »Vaccine will not be enough to stop coronavirus pandemic: WHO chief
Mr Tedros said that supplies of the vaccine would initially be restricted (Archive) The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that a vaccine alone would not stop the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic is raging months after it broke out, with infections exceeding 54 million and claiming more than …
Read More »Covid-19: WHO chief Tedros says countries are on a ‘dangerous track’
The world is now at a critical juncture in the Covid-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the prospect of health services collapsing under pressure, the head of the World Organization said on Friday. Health. “We are at a critical juncture for the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly …
Read More »WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Prime Minister’s assurance of Indian vaccine prowess
India’s vaccine production will be used to help all of humanity fight this crisis, the WHO chief said. New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance that India will use its vaccine production capacity to help nations fight COVID-19, …
Read More »WHO Board to Receive First Covid Panel Update Oct 5-6, Report Next Year
The independent panel on Covid-19 announced by the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in July, will present its first update to the executive board of the world body at its meeting on October 5-6. The panel was established at the World Health Assembly in the …
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