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USA will officially leave WHO on July 6th 2021
The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6, 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving formal…
WHO: access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 as AIDS response stalls
Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Hundreds of scientists say coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise recommendations
Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling…
Record increase in daily cases registered by WHO
The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24…
Almost a third of COVID-19 samples show mutation, but no evidence it led to more severe disease
Almost 30% of genome sequencing data from samples of the COVID-19 virus collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown signs…
WHO to get first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks
The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in…
WHO reports that more than 6,000 health workers have been infected with coronavirus in Africa
The World Health Organization says more than 6,000 health workers have been infected with the coronavirus in 38 countries across its Africa…
WHO reiterates: “Very little risk” pets can infect owners with COVID
The World Health Organization again said there's 'very little risk' that pets can infect their owners with COVID-19. Soumya Swaminathan, WHO's chief…
Middle East has recorded a million cases of Covid-19
The Middle East has recorded a million cases of Covid-19, and is at a “critical threshold”, the World Health Organisation has warned.…
WHO warns some nations still face ‘long, hard’ battle with COVID-19
Nations who fail to use every mechanism available to combat the still-raging novel coronavirus will struggle to beat it, the World Health…
China registers 19 new cases of coronavirus as WHO experts fly in to investigate causes of outbreak
China has registered 19 new cases of coronavirus on the mainland, seven more than the day before. Of these new cases, seven…
Covid-19 is behaving like Spanish Flu, WHO Senior official
A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said Friday that the new coronavirus hotspots that have cropped up in Italy in recent…