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Covid-19 case numbers, deaths continue to drop globally, says WHO

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths globally have continued to fall in the past week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday

Global death toll inflicted by coronavirus pandemic crosses 6 million: WHO

The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421 as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO calls for health, humanitarian principles in resolving Ukraine crisis

A World Health Organization (WHO) official has urged that health and humanitarian principles should play as key drivers of peace in Ukraine.

Moderna, WHO set for vaccine clash as patents threaten mRNA use

Medecins Sans Frontiers and other health and relief groups are calling on the vaccine-maker to abandon three patent applications filed years ago in South Africa

WHO includes oral antiviral molnupiravir in Covid-19 treatment guidelines

Invites manufacturers to submit products for pre-qualification

WHO warns of sharp rise in Covid-induced anxiety, depression worldwide

WHO warned on Wednesday of a sharp increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression related to the Covid-19 pandemic, caused largely by social isolation, young people and women are the worst hit

Science amazing, but no global coordination: WHO chief scientist on Covid

Though the scientific achievement with regards to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic is commendable, there was no global coordination on some of the issue, Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of WHO said

Omicron sibling BA.2 remains variant of concern: World Health Organisation

The Omicron variant of concern is currently the dominant variant circulating globally, accounting for nearly all sequences reported to GISAID (an open access database), said the WHO in a statement

Covid-19 pandemic may end in 2022, says WHO Russia representative

If there are no more major Covid outbreaks after Omicron, the pandemic may see an end in 2022, the WHO representative in Russia said

New coronavirus cases drop by 19% globally, deaths stable, says WHO

The number of new coronavirus cases globally fell by 19% in the last week while the number of deaths remained stable, according to the World Health Organisation.

WHO chief praises South Africa's work to make Covid-19 vaccines

South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the World Health Organization said Friday. On his visit to Cape Town, WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus is viewing three facilities that are starting work to manufacture vaccines. Tedros visited the Biomedical Research Institute at the Tygerberg campus of Stellenbosch University on Friday. He is also scheduled to visit Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines and the Biovac laboratories in Cape Town. The pandemic had shown the need for local production of vaccines in low and middle-income countries, he said addressing a press briefing on Friday. More than half of the world's population is now fully vaccinated, and yet 84% of the population of Africa is yet to receive a single dose," he said. Much of this inequity has been driven by the fact that globally vaccine production is concentrated in a ..

Possibility of new Covid variants really high, warns WHO

WHO Covid Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove said that the global health agency is tracking four different versions of Omicron

In 10 weeks, omicron surge causes Covid-19 cases to soar, says WHO

The WHO chief said that 90 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the omicron variant was first identified 10 weeks ago amounting to more than in all of 2020

Too many masks: WHO cites glut of waste from coronavirus response

WHO says overuse of gloves, moon suits and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide.

Risk persists even though cases starting to plateau in parts of India: WHO

On January 21, the country reported a total of 347,254 new COVID-19 cases after which the daily infection count has been reducing

WHO: Record weekly Covid cases last week but deaths stable

WHO said there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week, the highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began.

Over 21 mn Covid-19 cases reported globally last week, highest ever: WHO

Over 21 million new coronavirus cases were reported around the world last week, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the WHO

WHO chief makes case for second term as Ethiopia criticises him

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus laid out more plans Tuesday to fight the virus as he pitched his case for a new five-year term and faced criticism from his own country Ethiopia

World Health Organisation funding needs a paradigm shift: Director General

With the current funding model, the World Health Organisation (WHO) "is set to fail", warned the global health body chief.

LIVE: Gen Rawat awarded Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan for Nadella, Pichai

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, SII MD Cyrus Poonawalla to be conferred with Padma Bhushan