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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 …

NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator has allowed AstraZeneca The Covid-19 vaccine will be used for up to nine months from its date of manufacture, as opposed to the prescribed six months, according to a document reviewed by Reuters and a source. Approval, granted to an authorized version of the drug …

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday welcomed India’s decision to authorize the emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines. Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of the WHO South-East Asia Region, said: “The World Health Organization welcomes India’s decision to authorize the emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines.” “The use of the …

VG Somani, Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), in a webinar on Thursday indicated that India was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Somani was participating in a webinar, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, in which vaccine experts, infectious disease experts and representatives of companies developing vaccines …

The Delhi government on Thursday issued an order on the imposition of night curfew on UT on December 31 and January 1 from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there will be no restrictions on the interstate movement of people and goods during the …

BEIJING: The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new coronavirus emerged a year ago before it became a pandemic and changed lives around the world, has started emergency Covid-19 vaccination in some key groups, said a senior health official Tuesday, even as China has yet to officially certify its multiple …

“This pandemic has been very serious,” acknowledged WHO emergency chief Michael Ryan. Geneva, Switzerland: 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 …

The nations of the European Union launched a coordinated effort on Sunday to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to the most vulnerable among the bloc’s nearly 450 million inhabitants, marking a moment of hope in the continent’s battle against the worst crisis in public health in a century. Healthcare workers, the …

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 …

The WHO director general said it was time to learn the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic. Geneva, Switzerland: 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. …