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Rich countries using vaccine hesitancy as pretext to not donate jabs: WHO chief
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that there was nothing to discuss during a recent meeting of an advisory group established to allocate vaccines
1 min read27 Jun 2021WHO chief Tedros to quarantine after contact gets COVID-19
The WHO director-general has been at the forefront of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic
1 min read2 Nov 2020WHO chief Tedros says 184 countries signed up to vaccine facility
COVAX facility aims to finance COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed fairly to both rich and poor countries
1 min read19 Oct 2020Aarogya Setu app helped identify coronavirus clusters, expand testing: WHO chief lauds Covid tracker app
Technologies like mobile apps were making 'tried and tested public health tools' more 'effective', Ghebreyesus saidThe Aarogya Setu app in India that has been downloaded by 150 million users is one such technology, he said
1 min read13 Oct 2020Covid-19 vaccination to realistically begin in mid-2021: WHO
WHO director general said that countries should first give the vaccines to healthcare and other essential workersWHO will not endorse a vaccine that is not effective and safe, director general said
1 min read4 Sep 2020Expect no covid-19 silver bullet: WHO
The WHO and Chinese experts have drafted the terms of reference for the studies and a programme of work for an international team led by the WHOMore than 18 million people have been infected with the disease and 690,181 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University’s live dashboard of the disease
1 min read4 Aug 2020Coronavirius impact will be felt far into the future - WHO
'The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come' - WHO Director General
1 min read31 Jul 2020Over 100,000 covid-19 cases reported each day over past two weeks: WHO
Tedros noted that it took over two months to reach 100,000 reported cases - now that is a daily normThe outbreak first emerged late last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan
1 min read16 Jun 2020WHO to resume hydroxychloroquine arm of Solidarity Trial
Indian pharmaceutical companies, especially Ipca Laboratories and Zydus Cadila Ltd, are two of the world’s largest manufacturers of hydroxychloroquineApart from hydroxychloroquine, Gilead Sciences Inc’s novel drug remdesivir, a combination of lopinarvir and ritonavir
1 min read3 Jun 2020Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO’s deputy director general for programmes
Dr Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed the deputy director general for programmes (DDP) of World Health Organisation (WHO)
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