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Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal welcomes 1 bn euro aid from EU
Kiev : Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has welcomed the decision of the European Union (EU) to grant Ukraine a new aid package of 1 billion euros.
The aid, which was approved by the finance ministers of the EU member states earlier…
Explained : How Omicron dodges immune system
Geneva : Unlike other Covid variants, Omicron appears to be able to evade the antibodies generated by all other variants, according to a study.A team from the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases of the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and of the…
Testing remains a challenge for monkeypox : WHO
Geneva : Testing continues to be a challenge for the monkeypox virus that has infected more than 6,000 people in 58 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.Low testing means that cases go…
WTO’s 12th ministerial meeting opens in Geneva to tackle key issues
Geneva : The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) opened at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.During the four-day meeting which started on Sunday, members of the trade organisation will hold…
Monkeypox cases rise to over 550, infections spreading undetected : WHO
Geneva : The monkeypox virus may be spreading 'undetected', said the World Health Organisation even as the global confirmed cases rise to more than 550 from 30 countries that are not endemic to the virus. While, so far, most cases have been…
Covid, monkeypox poses formidable challenge to world: WHO
Geneva : Even as the world is not over the pandemic yet, it is facing a significant and formidable challenge of the monkeypox outbreak that has so far infected over 100 people in about 15 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.…
Omicron BA.4, BA.5 sub-variants found in over a dozen countries : WHO
Geneva : Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have been detected in more than a dozen countries driving Covid outbreaks across the world, according to the World Health Organization. According to WHO's technical lead on Covid Maria Van…
Nearly 15 mn deaths directly or indirectly linked to Covid: WHO
Geneva : The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that almost 15 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of 2021. According to the WHO's estimates, the full Covid-19 death…
Vaccines still protect against new Covid-19 variants: WHO
Geneva : Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasised on Wednesday that vaccines are still highly effective against Covid-19, even new variants of the disease emerging in South Africa and the US.WHO data shows that global…
World lost nearly 1.5 crore excess lives due to Covid: WHO
Geneva : Worldwide about 1.49 crore excess lives were lost due to Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Thursday. Excess deaths -the difference between the number of recorded…
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