GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens stored in the country’s labs to prevent “any potential spills,” the UN agency said on Thursday. In an emailed response, the WHO told Reuters that it has “strongly recommended the Ministry of Health in Ukraine and other responsible bodies” to destroy those […]
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WHO has no reports yet of Omicron Covid deaths
The World Health Organization said Friday it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. The WHO said it was collecting evidence about the variant of concern (VOC), as countries around the world scramble to stop it from spreading. But despite a growing number of countries registering infections […]
WHO cautions against travel curbs over new Covid variant
The WHO on Friday cautioned against imposing travel restrictions due to the B.1.1.529 Covid-19 variant, saying it would take weeks to understand the implications of the newly discovered strain. The World Health Organization said its Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) was holding a meeting Friday to discuss the variant first detected through surveillance […]
WHO fears 700,000 more Covid deaths in Europe
Europe remains “in the firm grip” of Covid and the death toll on the continent could top 2.2 million this winter if current trends continue, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Some 700,000 could die in the coming months, the WHO said, as cases creep up across Europe, prompting some countries to reimpose tough restrictions. […]
World falls short on mental health goals: WHO
UNITED NATIONS: A World Health Organization (WHO) report released on the eve of World Mental Health Day, which is marked on Sunday, says that the world is falling short on its mental health investment goals, calling the lack of progress a “worldwide failure.” According to the WHO’s Mental Health Atlas, released every three years, data […]
Delta remains ‘most concerning’ Covid variant, WHO says
UNITED NATIONS: The fast-spreading delta variant remains the “most concerning” corona-virus strain despite the emergence of the mu variant, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said Tuesday. “I think the Delta variant for me is the one that’s most concerning because of the increased transmissibility,” said Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the Geneva-based. UN health agency’s Technical […]
WHO panel urges rich countries to donate atleast 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses
UNITED NATIONS: Rich countries must share their supplies of coronavirus vaccines quickly, in line with recommendations made earlier this year by an independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the former co-chairs said Tuesday. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, expressed deep concern […]
WHO urges action to suppress Covid before deadlier variants emerge
The Delta variant of Covid-19 is a warning to the world to suppress the virus quickly before it mutates again into something even worse, the WHO said Friday. The highly-transmissible variant, first detected in India, has now surfaced in 132 countries and territories, the World Health Organization said. “Delta is a warning: it’s a warning […]
Covax expecting 250 mn donated doses in 6-8 weeks: WHO
Covax is expecting to receive 250 million donated Covid-19 vaccine doses over the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The influx of doses is a major boost for the scheme, which is aimed at ensuring poorer countries can access jabs and has so far delivered 152 million vaccine doses to […]
China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight
China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease annually in the 1940s but has now gone four consecutive years without an indigenous case. “We congratulate the people of China on ridding the […]