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In a recent incident, the World Health Organization (WHO) has linked the death of 19 Uzbekistan kids to cough syrups made in India. As per the recommendation by WHO, there are two India-made cough syrups that should not be prescribed to…
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New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. The global health body said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an…
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Geneva: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been identified in 171 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. In its latest technical brief, the global health body said that Omicron is soon set to replace Delta globally as a…
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New Delhi: Hyderabad-based pharma major Bharat Biotech's Covid vaccine Covaxin will be added to the UK government's approved list of vaccines for international travellers from November 22. "From 4 a.m. on Monday 22 November, the…
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New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has identified counterfeit versions of India's primary Covid vaccine, Covishield, BBC reported. The doses were seized by authorities in India and Africa between July and August, a…
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New Delhi: Amid concerns over the effectiveness of Covid vaccines, the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has submitted phase III trial data of Covaxin to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). Phase-III trial data is also required for…
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New Delhi: Indians who have been inoculated with Covaxin jabs manufactured by Bharat Biotech may not be able to travel abroad as and when the countries roll out their travel policies as it has not been listed under the World Health…
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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…
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday listed the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth vaccine to receive emergency validation from the WHO. In December 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration…
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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…
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