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With the monkeypox cases having surged past the 90-mark in a span of ten days, the WHO has stressed that it was highly unusual to find patients “with no travel links to an endemic area”. The world health body - stressing that it has…
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Monkeypox virus has sparked concerns in at least nine European nations - Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom - with cases having been reported from the United States, Canada and…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the Covid-19 outbreak in North Korea is worrying for new variants of the virus, as the country is battling a rapid spread of a mysterious fever since late April. Addressing a press…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for reforming the World Health Organisation (WHO) and streamlining its approval process for vaccines and therapeutics to keep the supply chains stable and predictable. In his address at the…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that China’s ‘zero-Covid’ strategy to defeat the Covid-19 outbreak is unsustainable, and that it has asked Beijing to initiate a policy shift in order to tackle the surging caseload. “We…
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India on Thursday expressed its strong objections to figures shared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding coronavirus-related deaths in the country. The global health said India reported 4.7 million excess Covid deaths between…
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An unknown, severe strain of hepatitis has been identified in nearly 170 children across 11 countries in recent weeks, with at least one child dying of the mysterious disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Where has it…
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As the fears of an impending fourth wave of the pandemic are rising, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday pushed the countries to do proper Covid-19 testing and surveillance in this…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday “strongly recommended” the use of Pfizer's antiviral pill Paxlovid in patients with mild and moderate forms of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at the highest risk of hospitalisation. The UN…
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India has objected to the methodology used by the World Health Organization (WHO) for estimating the deaths caused by coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country. The ministry of health and family welfare said in a statement that the…
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