WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency
New Delhi | The World Health Organisation on Saturday declared the monkeypox as public health emergency of international concern. The global...
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WHO ‘concerned’ as monkeypox spreads to children, pregnant women
Geneva | The World Health Organisation has expressed concern as the recent monkeypox outbreak has spread to vulnerable people, including children,...
WHO does a u-turn on monkeypox, says unsure whether it can be contained
New Delhi | After claiming that the monkeypox infections, now spread to about 30 countries with more than 550 confirmed cases,...
India objects to methodology adopted by WHO to project ‘excess mortality estimates’
New Delhi | India has been consistently objecting to the methodology adopted by the WHO to project excess mortality estimates based...
Global Covid-19 cases on rise again despite reduced testing: WHO
Geneva | The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm over a global spike in Covid-19 cases, despite reduced testing...
No guarantee that future Covid variants will be less severe: WHO
Geneva | The next Covid-19 variant that will rise will be more contagious than Omicron, but there's no guarantee that the...
Omicron is not common cold, warns WHO
Geneva | Amid reports that Omicron has symptoms akin to a common cold, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned...
No science behind night curfews in India: WHO’s Swaminathan
New Delhi | There is no science behind night curfews when it comes to tackling the spread of Covid variants, WHO...
Omicron risk ‘very high,’ could ravage health systems: WHO
Geneva | The overall risk associated with the Omicron variant remains 'very high' which could cause widespread disruption to health systems...
Omicron variant spread to 89 countries, cases doubling in 3 days: WHO
New Delhi | The hyper mutated Omicron variant of Covid-19 has now spread to about 89 countries, the World Health Organization...
