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Victor Dasgupta March 23, 2026 7:52 AM IST
According to Ghebreyesus, the war has entered a dangerous phase as attacks are taking place dangerously close to sensitive nuclear sites.
Analiza Pathak October 28, 2023 6:42 AM IST
Fire is being exchanged between the Israeli army and Palestinian militants on the Gaza Strip border as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announces an expanded ground assault into the enclave.
India.com News Desk May 24, 2023 12:01 PM IST
The WHO has identified nine priority diseases that pose the biggest risk to public health, adding that they were deemed to be most risky due to a lack of treatments or their ability to cause a pandemic.
Manmath Nayak December 2, 2022 11:05 PM IST
The WHO, however, noted that 90% of the world's population now has some level of immunity to the virus owing to prior infection or vaccination.
India.com News Desk September 14, 2022 9:09 PM IST
The Covid-19 cases have been falling dramatically since past one week across the globe, citing which, the World Health Organisation Chief said the end of coronavirus disease is in sight.
India.com News Desk August 31, 2022 1:53 AM IST
The first monkeypox death in the United States has been confirmed in the state of Texas where the authorities said that a person diagnosed with the virus passed away.
India.com News Desk August 18, 2022 12:11 AM IST
While speaking at a weekly press briefing on COVID, monkeypox and other issues, the WHO chief also pointed out how such risks of Covid can be averted.
India.com News Desk July 24, 2022 1:30 AM IST
Since Thursday, monkeypox experts have been discussing whether the World Health Organization (WHO) should classify the outbreak as a global health emergency. Earlier this week, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that more than 70 countries have reported about 14,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox infections. In addition, five deaths have also been reported in Africa adding that the global health agency is increasing efforts to curb the spread of infectious disease.
India.com News Desk January 24, 2022 3:39 PM IST
Addressing media, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of WHO, said now countries have all the tools available to end the pandemic.
India.com News Desk January 3, 2022 10:03 AM IST
WHO Chief Tedros said "while no country is out of the woods from the pandemic, we have many new tools to prevent and treat COVID-19. The longer inequity continues, the higher the risks of this virus evolving in ways we can't prevent or predict. If we end inequity, we end the pandemic."
Manmath Nayak November 3, 2021 8:32 PM IST
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus underlined that the more products the world has to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the better it is.
India.com News Desk September 22, 2021 9:24 PM IST
The UN health agency has revised the classification of Eta (detected in 81 countries), Iota (identified in at least 49 countries) and Kappa (spread to 57 countries) from variants of interest (VOI) to Variants Under Monitoring.
India.com News Desk September 22, 2021 12:35 PM IST
The WHO chief thanked Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya after he announced that in the fourth quarter of 2021, the government of India will resume 'Vaccine Maitri', an initiative to provide COVID vaccines to countries around the world and also fulfil its responsibility under COVAX.
India.com News Desk July 15, 2021 2:45 PM IST
Tedros also said that the Covid-19 virus is continuing to evolve, resulting in more transmissible variants. "The Delta variant is now in more than 111 countries and we expect it to soon be the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating worldwide if it isn't already," he said.
India.com News Desk April 27, 2021 8:56 AM IST
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was among other things sending "thousands of oxygen concentrators, prefabricated mobile field hospitals and laboratory supplies".
PTI April 13, 2021 1:41 PM IST
Warning that the pandemic is a long way from over, Ghebreyesus said the world has many reasons for optimism.
India.com News Desk May 5, 2020 8:00 AM IST
While praising the efforts of global leaders who had managed to raise funds for the organisation, he said that it was a "powerful show of global solidarity".
India.com News Desk April 27, 2020 10:18 PM IST
"Although COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll, the WHO is deeply concerned about the impact the pandemic will have on other health services, especially for children," Ghebreyesus said.
India.com Entertainment Desk April 23, 2020 2:03 PM IST
Deepika Padukone revealed about the delay of the talk session that was scheduled to take place through Instagram Live on April 23.
India.com News Desk April 23, 2020 6:29 AM IST
The easing of curbs won't stop the virus. Stopping the virus needs concerted and continued effort from the government and the community, the WHO Chief said.
India.com News Desk April 15, 2020 9:35 PM IST
"The WHO is reviewing the impact on our work of any withdrawal of US funding and will work with our partners to fill any financial gap we face and to ensure our work continues uninterrupted," Ghebreyesus said.
India.com News Desk February 11, 2020 10:45 PM IST
The move comes after the WHO earlier in the day said that the coronavirus outbreak poses a very grave threat for the rest of the world.
ANI Feeds January 18, 2019 10:12 AM IST
Delhi, routinely suffering from air pollution accompanied by thick fog caused by vehicular exhaust and coal burning, witnessed yet another bad day on Friday.
PTI Feeds December 7, 2018 12:09 PM IST
Road accident deaths swell to 1.35 million each year: WHO
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