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Don’t put family and friends at risk this Christmas – WHO
Spending time with friends and family at Christmas is “not worth putting them or yourself at risk”, according to the head of…
WHO sees progressive control of COVID-19 in 2021, cautions on Christmas
The World Health Organization's top emergency expert said on Thursday the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine should allow the world to gain…
China gives pledge on access for COVID origins probe – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has had assurances from China that an international field trip to investigate the origins of the new…
Europe’s reaction was incomplete – WHO
A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments…
Covid-19: WHO warns it’s ‘not too late’ to take critical action
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that a recent increase in Covid-19 cases in a number of countries…
Europe needs ‘serious acceleration’ in fight against coronavirus: WHO
Europe needs a "serious acceleration" in the fight against the coronavirus and a lack of contact-tracing capacity could drive the disease into…
WHO warns hospitals running close to capacity across Europe
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning to European nations highlighting the acute situation for hospitals and intensive care…
EU calls for more transparency from WHO
The European Union wants the World Health Organization to become more transparent about how states report emerging health crises, a draft proposal…
Herd immunity is scientifically and ethically problematic – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly denied that achieving a herd imunity would a viable option to control the spread of…
Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries
A set of agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries, affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests were today announced by…
UK to increase WHO funding by 30%
The U.K. will increase funding for the World Health Organization by 30 percent to £340 million over the next four years, the…
Russia’s Putin wants stronger WHO, proposes conference on coronavirus vaccine
Russian President Vladimir Putin told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the World Health Organization should be strengthened to coordinate the…