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WHO says China's zero-COVID strategy unsustainable
China has imposed draconian measures, trapping most of Shanghai's 25 million people at home for weeks as the country combats its worst outbreak since the...
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WHO experts insist COVID still a global emergency
The committee meets every three months to discuss the pandemic and reports to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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WHO slams attacks on health facilities in Ukraine
Doctor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed members of the United Nations Security Council last night amid a growing list of accusations that invading Russian forces have been targeting civilian areas.
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Africa’s role in local COVID vaccine production stressed during WHO visit
WHO Director General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus and Health Minister Joe Phaahla are visiting Stellenbosch University's Biomedical Research Institute.
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Omicron now dominant in US as WHO urges greater effort to end pandemic
Omicron now accounts for 73.2% of new US cases over the past week. In some regions of the country - the Pacific Northwest, South and parts of the Midwest - it already comprises more than 90% of new infections.
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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 change -- and avoid the worst health impacts of the climate crisis.
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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.
