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WHO chief hopes coronavirus pandemic will last less than two years

Aug 22, 2020

GENEVA: The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday, if the world unites and succeeds in finding a vaccine. The WHO has always been cautious about giving estimates on how quickly the pandemic can b...

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WHO advance team heads to China to set up probe into coronavirus origin

Jul 11, 2020

GENEVA: A two-member advance team of World Health Organization (WHO) experts has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus behind a pandemic that has killed more than 550,000 people globally, the UN agency said on Friday. The virus is believed to have emerged in a wholesale market in the central Chinese c...

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WHO acknowledges ‘evidence emerging’ of airborne spread of COVID-19

Jul 8, 2020

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people. “We have been talking about the possibility of airborne tra...

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Adaptation is key to meeting the many demands of our new COVID-19 normal  

Jul 7, 2020

COVID-19 is a direct threat to the health and well-being of all people in the WHO South-East Asia Region. For as long as the virus spreads, the health and well-being of the region’s near 2 billion people will be at risk, whatever the transmission scenario. WHO and its member states in the region must continue to dig deep and aggressively min...

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Coronavirus is airborne say 239 scientists in a letter to WHO

Jul 6, 2020

In an open letter to the World Health Organisation, 239 scientists from 32 countries have outlined evidence that coronavirus is airborne. The scientists plan to publish their letter in a scientific journal in the coming months but extracts have already leaked to the New York Times and other media outlets. The WHO has said that coronavirus is spre...

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WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up more than 212,000

Jul 5, 2020

The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil and India, according to a daily report here The previous WHO record for new cases was 189,077 on June 28. Deaths remained steady at about 5,00...

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WHO calls for Brazil to better coordinate efforts against coronavirus

Jun 30, 2020

SAO PAULO/GENEVA: Brazil still faces a “big challenge” to curb the coronavirus pandemic and should do more to integrate its efforts at different levels of government, a top World Health Organization official said on Monday. “We would encourage once more that Brazil continues to fight against the disease, that Brazil...

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WHO director for Americas says 226,000 have died of COVID-19 in region

Jun 25, 2020

BRASILIA: Nearly half of all COVID-19 cases globally can be found in the Americas and the numbers continue to climb, the World Health Organization’s regional director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, said on Wednesday. As of June 23, there have been more than 4.5 million COVID-19 cases and 226,000 deaths reported in the Americas, she said ...

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Brazilians flock to beach as WHO says country undercounting coronavirus surge

Jun 23, 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO/GENEVA: Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de Janeiro beaches, but the World Health Organization said on Monday that even more cases were likely going uncounted. Brazil’s health ministry said on Monday that an additional 21,432 conf...

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WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

Jun 22, 2020

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours. The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the US next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in India. Experts said rising case counts can reflect mu...

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