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World Published 19 Jan, 2022 12:02pm

Covid pandemic 'nowhere near over': WHO chief

World Health Organisation director general cautions against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is risk-free

World Published 09 Jan, 2022 11:07am

WB approves $90m in pandemic aid for Iran

WB spokesperson says funding will not go to the Iranian budget

World Published 29 Dec, 2021 05:48pm

World hits record Covid cases in a week as WHO warns over Omicron

PARIS:The world hit a record number of Covid infections in a week, an AFP tally revealed Wednesday, as the WHO ...

World Published 29 Dec, 2021 01:09pm

Omicron risk remains 'very high': WHO

GENEVA: The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high", the World Health Organization said Wednesday,...

World Published 18 Dec, 2021 04:00pm

Omicron cases doubling in 1.5 to 3 days in areas with local spread: WHO

Says there are still limited data on the clinical severity of the new Covid variant

World Published 13 Dec, 2021 02:58pm

Omicron poses 'very high' global risk but data on severity limited: WHO

Says more hospitalisations can put a burden on health systems and lead to more deaths

World Published 08 Dec, 2021 02:41pm

Top WHO, US scientists say Omicron no worse than other virus variants

GENEVA: The Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus strains, top scientists from the WHO and...

World Published 03 Dec, 2021 01:44pm

WHO tells Asia-Pacific to brace for Omicron as variant spreads

WHO Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai says people should not only rely on border measures

Health Published 02 Dec, 2021 12:05pm

Omg, Omicron! Why it's too soon to panic about COVID vaccines and the new variant

Researchers around the world are trying to work out whether existing COVID vaccines protect us from the latest...

World Published 29 Nov, 2021 04:40pm

Omicron poses very high global risk, world must prepare: WHO

Urges member states to vaccinate, shore up health systems

World Published 28 Nov, 2021 10:41am

World races to contain new Covid variant

South Africa complains its being ‘punished’ for first detecting strain

World Published 27 Nov, 2021 09:01am

New Covid-19 variant detected in South Africa

WASHINGTON/GENEVA: The discovery of a new coronavirus variant triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed ...

Health Published 19 Nov, 2021 05:07pm

First Wuhan Covid case days later than initially reported: scientist

WASHINGTON: The first case of Covid-19 identified in Wuhan, China and presented as such by the World Health...

World Published 08 Nov, 2021 02:59pm

WHO, UNICEF launch Afghan polio vaccine campaign with Taliban backing

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children's agency kicked off a polio vaccination campaign...

Health Published 05 Nov, 2021 05:28pm

COVID cases break records across Europe as winter takes hold

Coronavirus infections are hitting record levels in many countries across Europe as winter takes hold, prompting a...

Health Published 18 Oct, 2021 11:20am

Taliban govt to resume polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan

The Taliban interim government has allowed the polio vaccination process to resume on November 8 across Afghanistan...

World Published 13 Oct, 2021 10:22pm

WHO unveils new pandemic pathogen sleuth squad

Besides the Covid-19 crisis, a growing number of high-risk pathogens have appeared or reappeared in recent years.

Health Published 08 Oct, 2021 01:14pm

Breakthrough malaria vaccine offers to reinvigorate the fight against the disease

The World Health Organization has announced a historic move: it has recommended the widespread use of the first ever...

World Published 07 Oct, 2021 01:29pm

WHO backs malaria vaccine rollout for Africa's children in major breakthrough

It is a major advance against the disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually

Blog Published 29 Sep, 2021 04:11pm

Children who eat more fruits and vegetables have better mental health

Around 10%-20% of adolescents globally suffer from a mental health condition, such as anxiety or depression,...

Health Published 07 Sep, 2021 10:51am

Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan: WHO

By Emma Farge Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western...

Health Updated 30 Aug, 2021 04:08pm

Coronavirus booster shots 'not a luxury', WHO Europe head says

A third-dose booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccination is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and "not a luxury",...

Pakistan Published 30 Aug, 2021 02:53pm

First PIA cargo flight carrying WHO medical essentials lands in Mazar-e-Sharif

As PIA is providing air transport for the operation, the WHO will be arranging logistics on the ground.

Health Published 17 Aug, 2021 03:51pm

WHO concerned about COVID-19 in Afghanistan as jabs slow

The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried about the spread of the coronavirus in Afghanistan as the upheaval...

World Published 10 Aug, 2021 11:15pm

WHO urges power players to end 'disgraceful' jab inequity

The UN health agency has been increasingly infuriated by what it sees as the moral outrage of ...