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Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that current Covid-19 vaccines may need to be updated if they are to provide continued protection against emerging variants, including Omicron.WHO's Technical Advisory Group on…

Geneva: Nearly 1,15,000 health and care workers have died due to Covid since the pandemic began last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, hailing their sacrifice and asserting the need to protect and invest in…

New Delhi: The government clarified about the labelling of B.1.617 Covid variant as the 'Indian variant' and stressed upon the fact that the word 'Indian' has never been used by the World Health Organisation (WHO).Several media reports…

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against jumping to conclusions about a new coronavirus variant discovered in India, saying it had not yet classified it as worrying.A WHO spokeswoman said that it was not clear at…

Geneva : World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus On Friday addressed a virtual briefing in Geneva and raised the concerned about the rise in covid-19 cases.Tedros said, he was concerned about the rise in covid-19…

Geneva: Over one year into the Covid-19 pandemic, about 90 per cent of the world's 105 countries surveyed still report disruptions to their essential health services, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.A recent WHO survey has…

Geneva: New Covid-19 cases worldwide has increased for the eighth week running, with a record 5.2 million infections reported in the past seven days and an alarming growth rate in young people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.…

Geneva: A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Wuhan city has been denied entry to China.Two members had already set out on their journey - one has now turned back…

Geneva: Despite a number of mutations so far of the Covid-19, none of them, including the new mutant variant found in the UK, has made a significant impact on the susceptibility of the virus to any of the currently used therapeutics, drugs…