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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) A pandemic is the "worldwide spread of a new disease", according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which means that nearly every human being on Earth -- close to 8 billion -- is now...

Geneva, March 8 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that the spread of COVID-19 can be significantly slowed or even reversed through implementing robust containment and control activities as the number of cases worldwide has surpassed...

Geneva, March 4 (IANS) Different from SARS, MERS or influenza, COVID-19 is "a unique virus with unique characteristics," the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said here on Tuesday. "We are understanding this virus and the disease it causes...

Geneva, Feb 28 (IANS) WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the world is at a "decisive point" to tackle the coronavirus outbreak as new cases outside China have outnumbered the new cases reported in the Asian...

Geneva, Feb 14 (AFP) The World Health Organization on Thursday said a sharp rise in reported COVID-19 cases in China, due to a change in counting methods, did not represent a big shift in the epidemic. China''s official death toll...

Geneva, Feb 12 (IANS) A two-day global research and innovation forum led by the World Health Organization (WHO) was launched here Tuesday to mobilise international action in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Co-hosted by the WHO and the Global...

Geneva, Feb 9 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said here on Saturday that solid collaboration, transparency, prompt sharing of data, and accurate advice were key to defeat the novel coronavirus outbreak. Speaking at the closing of...

Beijing, Jan 31 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the new coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency after the death toll in China rose to 170 , with more than 7,800 cases confirmed in almost 20 countries. "The...

Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) Visiting WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday said that the global health body was confident in China''s epidemic prevention and control ability, amid the novel coronavirus outbreak that has claimed the lives of 106...

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Of the 11 countries with the worlds highest malaria burdens, India was one of only two countries to reduce malaria cases between 2017 and 2018, achieving a 28 per cent reduction in such cases, according...