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Covid-19: US trade representative meets WHO chief, discusses vaccine production

US trade Representative Katherine Tai explained her support for the TRIPS waiver and text-based negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Published on May 15, 2021, 6:01 AM IST

'India's Covid-19 situation hugely concerning': WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), noted that Covid-19 has cost more than 3.3 million lives across the world, "We’re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first,” he said.

Updated on May 15, 2021, 5:45 AM IST

WHO slams rich nations for vaccinating kids, urges them to donate jabs to Covax

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world is witnessing "moral catastrophe" play out.

Published on May 14, 2021, 10:37 PM IST

Covid-19 pandemic to be 'far more deadly' this year, WHO warns

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference.

Published on May 14, 2021, 9:26 PM IST

Diplomats, donors concerned about sex abuse reports at WHO

WHO has declined to comment on the specific allegations reported by the AP.

Published on May 14, 2021, 2:29 PM IST

WHO has not termed B.1.617 as Indian variant, says Centre

A health worker collects a swab sample for the Covid-19 test at a market in Jammu.

Updated on May 12, 2021, 1:35 PM IST

Vaccines, medicines effective against Covid variant B.1.617, says WHO official

Dr Roderico H Ofrin said that the statement was based on what the WHO knows so far as per the discussions with experts globally.

Published on May 11, 2021, 6:13 PM IST

Goa wants all adults to take Ivermectin. Here's why FDA warned against its use

A pharmacist holds the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin. The drug has been found to have "weak evidence" in favour of its benefits in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) treatment.

Published on May 11, 2021, 12:59 PM IST

Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no Covid-19 jabs at all

Many poorer countries are scrambling to secure enough doses, and some, like Chad, have yet to receive any.

Published on May 9, 2021, 2:43 PM IST

WHO gives emergency approval to Sinopharm, first Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

A medical worker poses with a vial of the Sinopharm's Covid-19 vaccine.

Published on May 7, 2021, 8:59 PM IST

'Monumental in fight against Covid': WHO on US support for vaccine patent waiver

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed US' decision to support to waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines.

Updated on May 6, 2021, 5:44 AM IST

No region in the world spared as Covid-19 cases, deaths surge

A health worker gets a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at a vaccination center.

Updated on Apr 10, 2021, 3:02 AM IST

WHO chief laments 'shocking imbalance' in Covid-19 shot distribution

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Published on Apr 9, 2021, 8:01 PM IST

WHO expects to review Chinese Covid-19 vaccines on April 26: Official

Employees pick up vials containing CoronaVac, Sinovac's vaccine against Covid-19, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Updated on Apr 9, 2021, 7:48 PM IST

WHO rejects SII’s proposal seeking extension of Covishield shelf life

Published on Apr 9, 2021, 7:07 AM IST

Scientists call for new investigation into Covid-19 origins: Report

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (greenish brown) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (pink), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample.

Published on Apr 8, 2021, 5:57 AM IST

Causal link between AstraZeneca and clots 'plausible but not confirmed': WHO

A member of the medical staff draws serum from an AstraZeneca vaccine container at a vaccination center in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, April 7, 2021.

Published on Apr 7, 2021, 10:56 PM IST

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine risk-benefit 'still largely positive': WHO

A man receives a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Ronquieres, Belgium April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Updated on Apr 6, 2021, 9:41 PM IST

Highest daily Covid-19 cases globally in next two weeks, US expert predicts

Healthcare workers treat patients inside a Covid-19 ICU at a field hospital in the Heliopolis favela of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Published on Apr 4, 2021, 10:56 PM IST

Severe Covid-19 travel curbs in South America as WHO blasts EU vaccine rollout

Travelers walk through the Augusto Merino Benitez international airport in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Chile has largely closed its borders to control surging COVID-19 cases despite a region-leading vaccine campaign, joining other South American countries in new moves to clamp down on movement. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Published on Apr 2, 2021, 4:42 PM IST

China under pressure after WHO chief revives lab leak theory

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 27, 2020 an aerial view shows residential and commercial buildings of Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, amid a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. - An international expert mission to Wuhan has concluded that it was very likely that Covid first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, while all but ruling out a lab incident. The experts said that the intermediary host hypothesis was deemed "likely to very likely", while the theory that the virus escaped from a laboratory was seen as "extremely unlikely", according to the final version of the long-awaited report, of which AFP obtained a copy on March 29, 2021 before the official release. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

Published on Mar 31, 2021, 3:44 PM IST

Beijing did share all Covid-19 data with WHO, says Chinese scientist

Liang Wannian attends the WHO-China joint study news conference on the study of origins of Covid-19.

Published on Mar 31, 2021, 2:18 PM IST

Japan demands further probe into Covid-19 origins after WHO releases report

The report said the virus most likely came from bats and spread to an unidentified mammal before being transmitted to people.

Published on Mar 31, 2021, 2:18 PM IST

US officials suspect China's hand in writing WHO Covid-19 origin report

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken removes his mask as gives a press briefing at the end of a NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021.

Published on Mar 29, 2021, 6:15 AM IST

UN health agency in talks with India about Covid-19 vaccine export: WHO chief

WHO is still struggling to persuade countries to abandon their nationalistic tendencies and help get vaccines where they’re needed most.

Published on Mar 26, 2021, 11:01 PM IST

WHO urges countries to donate 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses 'immediately'

The Covax global vaccine-sharing scheme ensures that 92 of the poorest countries in the world can access vaccines, with the cost covered by donors.

Published on Mar 26, 2021, 10:48 PM IST

Hope WHO report on virus origins 'based on science': US

An elderly woman with Covid-19 is comforted by a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan, China in a scene from the documentary "76 Days."

Published on Mar 24, 2021, 10:53 PM IST

‘Truly worrying trends’: WHO chief on rising Covid-19 cases and deaths

The rapid development of vaccines has given some hope, but rich countries are not sharing them equitably with poorer and developing nations, Tedros said.

Published on Mar 23, 2021, 9:57 PM IST

WHO working on ‘smart digital certificate’, different from ‘vaccine passport’

A woman receives the AstraZeneca vaccination against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a drive-through site, in Milan, Italy.

Published on Mar 18, 2021, 9:29 PM IST

WHO Europe urges countries to keep using AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

WHO Europe director Hans Kluge during a press conference.

Published on Mar 18, 2021, 4:12 PM IST

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