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WHO urges COP26 summit to rein in global warming
In the report, entitled 'The Health Argument for Climate Action', the WHO set out 10 recommendations on how to maximise the health benefits of tackling climate...
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WHO calls for moratorium on booster shots as China curbs travel
The World Health Organization said halting booster shots until at least the end of September would help ease the drastic inequity in dose distribution between rich and poor nations.
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COVID-19 update: 16 mn Africans, less than 2% of the continent, fully vaccinated
World Health Organization regional director Matshidiso Moeti gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent on 8 July. Moeti said that in total, there had been close to 5.7 million cases in Africa, with 146,000 people losing their lives to the virus. Moeti also said that less than 2% of Africans had been fully vaccinated, leaving millions more still vulnerable to infection and severe illness.
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Egypt gets hundreds of thousands of vaccines via Covax
The AstraZeneca vaccines, the first to be provided through COVAX to Egypt, were delivered by plane to Cairo late Wednesday, WHO said in a statement.
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Long COVID should be 'clear priority' for authorities: WHO
While some studies have begun to shed light on the illness, it is still unclear why some patients with COVID-19 continue to show symptoms for months, including tiredness, brain fog, and cardiac and neurological disorders.
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New COVID-19 cases down 16% last week: WHO
Five of the six WHO regions of the world reported a double-digit percentage decline in new cases, with only the Eastern Mediterranean showing a rise, of seven percent.
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Second Ebola death in DR Congo: WHO
Since the West African Ebola crisis of 2013-16 - which left 11,300 dead across the region - the WHO has eyed each new outbreak with great concern, treating the most recent Congolese epidemic as an international health emergency.
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WHO says Europe still 'vulnerable' despite falling COVID cases
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge told a press conference that "the decline in cases conceals increasing numbers of outbreaks and community spread involving variants of concern".
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WHO probe team visits Wuhan market at heart of first virus outbreak
Members of the group arrived at Huanan seafood market - which has been sealed since January last year - driving into its barricaded premises as guards quickly blocked others from entering.
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100 million cases worldwide, as US seeks to reset its COVID fight
The United States, which passed 25 million confirmed cases last weekend, remains the country with the largest outbreak - and the largest death toll of over 420,000.
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WHO, China could have acted more quickly: pandemic response probe
COVID-19 was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019, before seeping beyond China's borders to wreak global havoc, costing more than two million lives and eviscerating economies.
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WHO Africa: The second COVID-19 wave is more challenging than the first
Nearly 74,500 COVID-19 patients in Africa have died while more than 3.1 million coronavirus cases have been recorded.
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WHO holds emergency meeting over virus variants
Newly identified mutations of the virus, which appear to be significantly more infectious, come as spiking case numbers force many countries to enforce new restrictions.
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FACT CHECK: ANCYL’s promotion of steam and pH ‘cures’ for COVID-19
Africa Check takes a closer look at two ‘remedies’ for COVID-19 being shared by the African National Congress Youth League in Tshwane.
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China says WHO coronavirus experts to visit from Thursday
This comes more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations Beijing delayed the investigation.
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Vaccine rollout: Around 80% of African countries lagging behind, says WHO
The WHO said each country needed to inform the global health body what priority groups they wanted to jab first, which vaccine they preferred, how they were to execute the plan, and whether they needed assistance.
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Slow vaccine rollouts fuel worry as US logs record daily COVID death toll
The United States broke its own record for the number of daily deaths from COVID-19 yet again on Tuesday, recording 3,936 fatalities in 24 hours.
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WHO virus mission to China in disarray as entry denied
A 10-strong team was due to arrive in China this week after months of painstaking negotiations.
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WHO experts to wade into tricky territory in hunt for virus' origins
The WHO says China has granted permission for a visit by its experts, with a 10-person team expected to arrive shortly for a five-or six-week visit.
