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US Trade Representative Tai meets WHO chief, discusses vaccine pro
Updated : 1 day, 5 hours ago IST
Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): US trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday virtually met World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to discuss increasing vaccine production and the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on
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UN would welcome WHO's recognition of Sputnik V vaccine, process u
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New York [US], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the process of recognition by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V was underway, and the UN would welcome its completion.
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WHO confirms COVID-19 variant B.1.617 has three sub-lineages
Updated : 3 days, 8 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): COVID-19 variant B.1.617, which was first identified in India last year and has been classified as a variant of global concern, has three sub-lineages, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Wednesday.
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Taiwan chides China for 'shameless lies' over WHO participation is
Updated : 3 days, 9 hours ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 12 (ANI): Taiwan has criticised China for its "shameless lies" as tensions have escalated over Beijing blocking the island from the World Health Organization (WHO).
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WHO has not associated the term 'Indian Variant' with B.1.617 Covi
Updated : 3 days, 14 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Government of India (GoI) on Wednesday clarified that World Health Organization (WHO) has not associated the term "Indian Variant" with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic.
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Covid-19 variant B.1.617 first found in India, detected in 44 coun
Updated : 3 days, 21 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday informed that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October last year, had been detected in sequences uploaded "from 44 countries in all six WHO regions".
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WHO classifies B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India,
Updated : 4 days, 18 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The coronavirus variant B1617 first identified in India last year has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Monday.
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Members states to decide on Taiwanese observership at World Health
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Washington DC [US], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): It is up to the 194 member states of the World Health Organization to decide on whether to extend an invitation to Taiwan to participate in the World Health Assembly, according to WHO.
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French Senate passes resolution to support Taiwan's WHO bid
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 8 (ANI): Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the French Senate adopted a resolution in support of Taiwan's participation in international bodies, including the World Health Organization (WHO).
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COVID-19: WHO approves emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19
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Geneva [Switzerland], May 8 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday approved the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for it to be rolled out globally.
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G-7 countries back Taiwan's observer status in World Health Assemb
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London [UK], May 6 (ANI): Ahead of the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have come out in support of Taiwan's observer status in the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Researchers find benefits of deworming for expectant mothers to th
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Researchers from Syracuse University, the World Health Organization, and SUNY Upstate (The State University of New York Upstate Medical University) measured the impact of deworming medicine during pregnancy on the subsequent risk of neonatal mortality and low bi
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