WHO chief on COVID-19 booster
GENEVA: WHO chief warned Wednesday that the rush in wealthy countries to roll out additional Covid vaccine doses was deepening the inequity in access to jabs that is prolonging the pandemic.…
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Covid-19 situation in India ‘beyond heartbreaking’: WHO chief
GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief voiced alarm Monday at India's record-breaking wave of Covid-19 cases and deaths, saying the organisation was rushing to help address the crisis. "The situation…
Race is on to inoculate health workers: WHO chief
MANHATTAN: With equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines continuing to be a major concern, the UN health chief has said that with just over a week remaining until the deadline for…
COVID-19, US Election: WHO chief to work closely with Biden
UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday hailed the election of Joe Biden as the next US president, with the hope that it could…
China tests entire city for virus as WHO slams herd immunity idea
BEIJING: China rushed Tuesday to test an entire city of nine million within days after a minor coronavirus outbreak, as the WHO warned that letting the pathogen run free to…
Letting virus ‘run free’ with eye to herd immunity ‘unethical’: WHO
GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief warned Monday against suggestions by some to just allow Covid-19 to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying this was "unethical".…
WHO’s emergency panel reviews pandemic
GENEVA: Six months after sounding its top alarm over the new coronavirus outbreak, the WHO's emergency committee meets for a fourth time Friday to assess the raging pandemic. The World…
‘Long, hard road ahead’ to beat coronavirus: warns WHO
UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that countries that do not use every option available to them to tackle coronavirus face a "long, hard road ahead" to…