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WHO, China discuss current COVID situation

WHO, China discuss current COVID situation

Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday discussed the current COVID situation with senior officials of China's National Health Commission and the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration, according to a …

WHO hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year

WHO hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he is "hopeful" that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year. His comments at a briefing with media come as …

WHO: drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant

WHO: drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of China witness a rise in infections, the head of the World Health Organization said. "We are …

WHO: measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic

WHO: measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic

There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. public health …

Global COVID-related mortality down almost by 90% since February

Global COVID-related mortality down almost by 90% since February

The number of deaths caused by the coronavirus infection has decreased worldwide almost by 90% since February but the international community should remain on alert given the current overall low level of testing for the presence of the virus and …

WHO: COVID-19 deaths drop, but pandemic not over

WHO: COVID-19 deaths drop, but pandemic not over

The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. The U.N. health agency reported that there …

COVID-related mortality worldwide increases by 35% over month

COVID-related mortality worldwide increases by 35% over month

The number of fatalities caused by coronavirus has increased by 35% over the past four weeks and with the onset of cold weather in the Northern Hemisphere the risk of the infection spreading will only increase, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom …

WHO to reconvene monkeypox emergency meeting

WHO to reconvene monkeypox emergency meeting

With more than 6,000 cases worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to reconvene a meeting to decide whether to declare the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, the organization's highest level of alert, the organization …

Azerbaijan receives monkeypox testing kits from WHO

Azerbaijan receives monkeypox testing kits from WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office has donated 3,000 test kits for monkeypox virus to Azerbaijan for use in case of need. According to the statement, no cases of monkeypox have been detected in Azerbaijan. However, 5,322 …

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 550 mln

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 550 mln

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 550 million on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The global case count amounted to 550,055,230, with 6,340,167 deaths worldwide. The United States reported 87,886,885 …

Covid vaccines saved 20 mln lives in first year

Covid vaccines saved 20 mln lives in first year

Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, is based …

WHO weighs declaring monkeypox global emergency

WHO weighs declaring monkeypox global emergency

The World Health Organization is weighing whether to declare monkeypox an international emergency - a decision that could come as early as Friday. A declaration could escalate the global response as cases rapidly rise in …

WHO renaming monkeypox virus

WHO renaming monkeypox virus

The World Health Organization announced  that it will rename the monkeypox virus, which has infected more than 1,600 people in 39 countries this year, after a group of scientists voiced concerns that the name could be stigmatizing. …

WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study

WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study

Over two years after the coronavirus was first detected in China, and after at least 6.3 million deaths have been counted worldwide from the pandemic, the World Health Organization is recommending in its strongest terms yet that a deeper probe is …

WHO: monkeypox outbreak reaches 257 confirmed cases worldwide

WHO: monkeypox outbreak reaches 257 confirmed cases worldwide

The World Health Organization has received reports of 257 confirmed monkeypox cases and about 120 suspected cases in 23 nations where the virus is not endemic as of Thursday, it said in a Sunday update. In the United States, the …

WHO urges achieving vaccination coverage of at least 70%

WHO urges achieving vaccination coverage of at least 70%

COVID-19 incidence is growing in nearly 70 world nations amid the decreasing testing rates, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday and called achieving a vaccination coverage of at least …

Armenia appointed to WHO General Committee for the first time

Armenia appointed to WHO General Committee for the first time

Armenia has been appointed a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) General Committee for the first time, the Ministry of Health informs. Armenia was appointed a member of the General Committee within the framework of the …

WHO: COVID-19 may spread rapidly in North Korea

WHO: COVID-19 may spread rapidly in North Korea

The World Health Organization warned on Monday that COVID-19 may spread rapidly in North Korea, where it said vaccination programmes had yet to begin. “With the country yet to initiate COVID-19 vaccination, there is risk that the …