The WHO denies any complacency towards China. Geneva, Switzerland: The World Health Organization updated its report on the early stages of the COVID crisis to say that it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first cases of pneumonia in Wuhan. The …
Read More »WHO sees first results of COVID drug trials in two weeks
GENEVA / LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon obtain results of clinical trials it is carrying out on drugs that could be effective in treating patients with COVID-19, its Director said on Friday. General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), …
Read More »The WHO admits that China never reported the existence of the coronavirus outbreak
TThe World Health Organization backed down on its claim that the Chinese government alerted the United Nations agency to the coronavirus outbreak. The WHO quietly updated its “Timeline of the WHO Response to COVID-19” on Tuesday after the House Foreign Affairs Committee Republican meeting in mid-June. Interim report on the …
Read More »AstraZeneca, Modern ahead in the COVID-19 vaccine race: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) The experimental vaccine COVID-19 is probably the world’s leading candidate and the most advanced in terms of development, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: The AstraZeneca logo is seen on medication packages at a pharmacy in London, …
Read More »WHO warns of oxygen shortage as COVID cases exceed 10 million
GENEVA (Reuters) – The world is facing a shortage of oxygen concentrators as the number of global cases of coronavirus infection approaches the 10 million mark, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, …
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