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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov meets with WHO Director General Ghebreyesus in Rome

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COVID-19 pandemic may end soon: WHO

September 15, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The number of fatalities caused by COVID-19 worldwide has decreased over the past week to the lowest level since March 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic may end in the near future, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. “Last week, the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 […]

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India delivers six tons of medical assistance to Afghanistan

July 1, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Unstable country at all stages – including its national politics Afghanistan has received a total of six tons of essential medicines from India. External Affairs (MEA) Ministry of India on Thursday said “India supplied the seventh batch of medical assistance to Afghanistan consisting of six tons of essential medicines as a part of its […]

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England: Health Agency Confirms Community Spread of Monkeypox in the Country

June 2, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Wednesday confirmed that a Monkeypox diesis appears to be spreading from person to person in England. The current outbreak is the first time that the virus has been passed from person to person in England where travel links to an endemic country have not been identified. […]

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China’s zero COVID-19 Strategy to defeat the pandemic is not sustainable: WHO

May 11, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) commented on China’s handling of the coronavirus. In a statement, he said, “China’s zero-COVID strategy to defeat the pandemic is not sustainable,” Draconian measures have trapped most of Shanghai’s 25 million people at home for weeks as China tries to stamp out the country’s worst […]

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World Hearing Day 2022: History, Theme, and Significance

March 3, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: World Hearing Day is held on March 3 annually to promote awareness about deafness and hearing loss prevention. It’s also been discovered that it promotes ear and hearing health all over the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) chooses a subject every year and creates materials such as brochures, flyers, posters, banners, and presentations […]

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Omicron could not be the last variant of Covid-19: WHO Chief-Scientist

February 12, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief Scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, has expressed her views on Friday. She said, “the world is not yet at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen the virus evolve, mutate, so we know there will be more variants, more variants of concern, so we are not at the […]

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Don’t take Omicron lightly – it is dangerous for unvaccinated: WHO

January 13, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated against the disease. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 90 countries were yet to meet the target of vaccinating 40 percent of their populations, and more than 85 percent […]

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Omicron Spreads Faster and Reduces Vaccine Efficacy: The WHO

December 13, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Sunday said, “A new variant of Covid-19 ‘omicron’ is spreading faster than Delta and another variant. It reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms,” the delta variant which was first detected in India. Early evidence suggests Omicron causes “a reduction in vaccine efficacy against infection and transmission”, […]

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Alert Everyone! Air Pollution kills nearly seven million people every year

September 23, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The United Nations (UN) Health Agency the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concerns about consistently rising Air Pollution in the World. The WHO in a statement said that “Air Pollution kills an estimated 7 million people every year, and it is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health’ alongside climate change.” […]

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India among few nations witnessing surge: WHO

September 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The latest statement given by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday alerting India to work on coronavirus spread. The WHO statement said, “India is among the few nations where covid-19 cases are reporting in huge number.” The WHO also classified a fifth “variant of interest” detected in Colombia, which presented immune escape […]