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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 ...

World Updated 29 Jul, 2021 12:21pm

Blinken meets with WHO chief, backs study into Covid origins

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday and affirmed...

World Updated 15 Jul, 2021 08:08pm

China should provide raw data on pandemic's origins - WHO's Tedros

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked China to be transparent and open and to...

Health Published 10 Jul, 2021 12:35am

WHO sees 'likely' Covid vaccine link to rare heart inflammation

The UN health body's Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) said that...

Health Published 08 Jul, 2021 06:51pm

Variants like Delta ‘winning race against vaccines’, says WHO chief

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that passing the four millionth recorded...

Health Published 28 Jun, 2021 10:39am

More infectious COVID-19 variants account for most UAE cases

New coronavirus infections in the United Arab Emirates are mostly from more infectious variants leading to an...

Health Published 26 Jun, 2021 02:23pm

WHO pleads for vaccines as poor countries go wanting

By Michael Shields and Stephanie Nebehay Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who...

World Published 05 Jun, 2021 11:10am

Russia expects WHO to approve Sputnik V vaccine within 2 months

Russia expects the World Health Organization (WHO) to approve the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus within two...

World Published 02 Jun, 2021 04:03pm

WHO narrows in on Delta Covid variant

GENEVA: The WHO said Tuesday that one strain of a Covid-19 variant first detected in India was now considered "of...

World Published 02 Jun, 2021 02:35am

Sinovac becomes 2nd Chinese COVID vaccine approved by WHO for emergency use

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it has validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19...

World Published 21 May, 2021 04:11pm

Total death toll from COVID-19 could be at least 6-8 million: WHO

At least 6-8 million people may have died due to the COVID-19 pandemic so far versus the World Health Organization's...

World Published 17 May, 2021 01:04pm

India's virus cases lower but WHO expert says positive tests ominously high

India on Monday reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases though daily deaths remained above 4,000 and...

World Published 08 May, 2021 10:44am

WHO approves China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the...

World Published 16 Apr, 2021 02:39am

COVID-19: Vaccines a powerful tool but not the only tool: WHO Chief

Novel coronavirus has been dominating the world for over 15 months and is showing no signs of stopping anytime soon...

Updated 09 Jun, 2021 02:13pm

WHO urges countries to donate 10m vaccine doses ‘immediately’

GENEVA: The WHO called Friday for the donation of 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to ensure that every country...

World Published 13 Mar, 2021 11:50am

WHO approves J&J vaccine

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday approved Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, after already...

World Published 10 Jan, 2021 06:01pm

WHO map rejects Modi’s claim on Jammu and Kashmir

The WHO in a colour-coded world map posted on its official website depicts...