Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO), in a new draft treaty —currently under negotiation has urged the rich nations to take the lead in equipping the world against health emergencies, as it termed the global COVID-19 response "a catastrophic failure of the international community". The document states
United Nations: Global progress in reducing the premature deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies, has flatlined for eight years due to decreasing investments in maternal and newborn health, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said in a report, published Tuesday. The report,
United Nations: The World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a “global health emergency”. At a news conference in Geneva, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he made the announcement with “great hope”. The shift in status “does
Hong Kong: Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the Covid-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said. Fang Bin and other members of the public
New Delhi: The number of active cases in the country stood at 49,622, government data showed. Active cases refer to persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 and are currently undergoing treatment. Amid a rise in coronavirus cases in the country over the last couple of
New Delhi: India on Wednesday recorded 7,830 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day jump in infection count in 223 days, showed data from the Union health ministry. The last time that India registered a higher single-day rise was on September 1, when the country recorded 7,946
New Delhi: India is observing a rise in coronavirus disease cases, with the number of new infections crossing 6,155 on Saturday, prompting authorities to step up surveillance measures to prevent the situation from getting out of control. The World Health Organization has identified XBB.1.16, an omicron
Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday the global health body had asked China to cooperate with it to help trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. “Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or
London: A study has revealed that the quality of immune response has been weakened in those people who had suffered from the COVID-19 virus before their vaccination jabs. Moreover, the study also noted that the level of the "key immunity cell" that targets the COVID-19 virus
Beijing: Chinese health experts are warning that counterfeit versions of Indian generics are flooding the black market in China as a record wave of COVID-19 cases fuels demand for antivirals, particularly Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Indian generic versions. With the huge demand for COVID-19 medication, some fake