World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that suspected deaths in the current Ebola outbreak have reached 220. He warned that delayed detection allowed the epidemic to spread rapidly beyond health responders’ control. The outbreak has raised urgent concerns across central Africa, particularly in neighbouring countries bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tedros […]
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WHO says hantavirus response remains ongoing
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said efforts to contain a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship are still ongoing, despite the successful evacuation of passengers and crew. Speaking at a joint press conference in Madrid alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Tedros said the situation remains under close monitoring and warned […]
WHO chief heads to Tenerife as ship hantavirus outbreak prompts evacuation
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to arrive in Spain’s Canary Islands to coordinate emergency response efforts following a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise vessel carrying around 150 passengers and crew. The ship, identified as the MV Hondius, is scheduled to reach waters near Tenerife, where authorities are preparing a controlled […]
WHO evacuates 41 critical patients from Gaza
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday announced it had led the medical evacuation of 41 critically ill patients and 145 companions from Gaza, amid growing international concern over the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn enclave. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X that around 15,000 Gazan patients are still […]
Starvation crisis deepens in Gaza, warns WHO chief
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has raised serious concerns over growing hunger in Gaza. On Wednesday, he warned that a large number of people in the region are starving due to food shortages and restricted aid. He called the situation “mass starvation” and stressed that it is a man-made […]