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WHO accuses China of hiding data on coronavirus' origin
Updated : 4 days, 6 hours ago IST
"These data could have -- and should have -- been shared three years ago," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO's director general, said. The missing evidence now "needs to be shared with the international community immediately," he said.
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WHO chief Ghebreyesus vows to "push until we get the answer" on Covid orig
Updated : 1 month ago IST
"We need to continue to push until we get the answer," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, referring to the search for the origins of the virus that first began spreading in China in late 2019.
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Earthquake death toll across Turkey-Syria crosses 34,000
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and northwestern Syria has gone past 34,000 as rescue efforts continue.
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WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus departs for earthquake-hit Syria
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Taking to his official Twitter handle, he informed about his visit and stated that WHO has been supporting essential health care in earthquake-affected regions.
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WHO Chief says China under-reports COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The WHO chief urged all countries to share true statistics so as to contribute to a more effective fight against the spread of the disease. Last week, Tedros asked China for reliable data on Covid hospitalizations and deaths in the country.
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Chinese doctors asked to avoid listing COVID-19 as cause of death: Report
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A doctor at a hospital in Beijing was asked to not report COVID-19 as the primary cause of death.
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WHO chief asks China for rapid reliable data on COVID deaths
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
This comes as WHO held a high-level meeting with counterparts in China last week to discuss the surge in cases and hospitalisations. Subsequently, WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution and the COVID-19 clinical management expert network groups both met with Chinese
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WHO asks China to share specific, real-time data on COVID situation
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In the high-level meeting, WHO asked for more genetic sequencing data, data on disease impact including hospitalisations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and deaths -- and data on vaccinations delivered and vaccination status, especially in vulnerable people and those over 60 years o
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"We remain concerned...": WHO Chief Tedros on Covid situation in China
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that the global body remains concerned over the evolving situation in China as the COVID-19 infections witness a new spike in the country after curbs were eased.
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WHO chief again asks China to share requested data on COVID-19
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Three years after its emergence in China's Wuhan, exactly how SARS-CoV-2 first emerged as a respiratory pathogen capable of sustained human-to-human transmission remains the subject of active debate.
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WHO chief asks China to share requested data to probe origins of Covid-19
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies that we have requested, to better understand the origins of this virus," the WHO chief told a media briefing, as quoted in a statement on the organization's website.
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Injuries and violence cause 12,000 deaths worldwide each day: WHO
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
As reflected in a new WHO report, Preventing injuries and violence: an overview, 3 of the top 5 causes of death among people aged 5-29 years are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.
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