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Germany, France want more funding, power for WHO as part of sweeping reforms
Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID-19 pandemic underscored long-standing financial…
A look at the WHO’s struggle for a global COVID-19 vaccine plan
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access…
WHO calls for end of vaccine nationalism
Countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to ensure supplies of a possible coronavirus vaccine are making the pandemic…
Asymptomatic people in 20s, 30s and 40s driving spread of Coronavirus – WHO
The spread of the coronavirus is being increasingly driven by people aged in their 20s, 30s and 40s and many are not…
WHO downplays infection risk in frozen food imports
Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, local authorities said, although the…
WHO seeking $76 million for Lebanon after Beirut blast, concerned about coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it had appealed for $76 million in aid for Lebanon after last week's massive explosion in…
WHO lacks info to evaluate Russian COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization has not received enough information on the Russian COVID-19 vaccine to evaluate it, the assistant director of its…
Coronavirus cases pass 20m but WHO sees “green shoots of hope”
Worldwide Covid-19 infections have passed 20 million, just a few days before the fifth month since the World Health Organisation declared a…
Huge shortfall in funds to fight coronavirus, WHO says
There is a huge gap between funds needed to fight the coronavirus and funds committed worldwide, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom…
WHO chief says no country will be safe until we are all safe
Economic recovery around the world could come faster if any COVID-19 vaccine is made available to all as a public good, World…
WHO says North Korea’s COVID-19 test results for first suspected case ‘inconclusive’
North Korea’s test results for a man suspected of being the country’s first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantined more…
Number of youths infected with coronavirus rises three-fold
Young people who are hitting nightclubs and beaches are leading a rise in fresh coronavirus cases across the world, with the proportion…