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‘Variant of interest, not concern’: Ex-WHO chief scientist on new Covid variant scare
1 year ago

‘Variant of interest, not concern’: Ex-WHO chief scientist on new Covid variant scare

Hindustan Times  

Amid the rising new JN.1 Covid-19 variant scare, former World Health Organisation chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan asserted that there is no need to panic currently as it is a variant of interest and not of concern. Former World Health Organisation chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan “We need to be cautious, but we don't need to worry because we don't …

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'Until China shares all data on COVID origin, all hypotheses remained on table': WHO Chief
1 year, 8 months ago

'Until China shares all data on COVID origin, all hypotheses remained on table': WHO Chief

India TV News  

The World Health Organization chief has again insisted China share proper data on the origin of the COVID-19 virus and said until it shares relevant data, it remains a top mystery for the world. WHO chief urges China to share data "Without full access to the information that China has, all hypotheses are on the table. Further, he expressed grave …

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WHO Chief Asks China To Share Data To Understand Origins Of Novel Coronavirus
2 years ago

WHO Chief Asks China To Share Data To Understand Origins Of Novel Coronavirus

ABP News  

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked China for data concerning Covid-19 to understand the origins of the novel coronavirus. The WHO chief said that he was "hopeful" that the COVID-19 pandemic would no longer be considered a global health emergency next year. "We're hopeful that at some point next year, we will be able to say that …

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Lack of help for Tigray crisis is due to skin color, WHO chief suggests
2 years, 4 months ago

Lack of help for Tigray crisis is due to skin color, WHO chief suggests

LA Times  

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — himself an ethnic Tigrayan — said the situation caused by the ongoing conflict in his home country of Ethiopia is worse than any other humanitarian crisis in the world. The head of the World Health Organization described the persistent crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” and wondered …

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’Have tools to end Covid but...’: WHO chief alerts on new variants. Read here
2 years, 11 months ago

’Have tools to end Covid but...’: WHO chief alerts on new variants. Read here

Live Mint  

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that we have the tools to end the COVID pandemic, but if we fail to share the vaccines then variants will keep ravaging. WHO chief comment comes as a response to a Telegraph UK article that noted that “If we do not vaccinate the world, the pandemic won't end, more variants …

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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus optimistic that COVID will be beaten in 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus optimistic that COVID will be beaten in 2022

India TV News  

Highlights Tedros comments come 2 yrs since WHO 1st notified of cases of an unknown pneumonia strain in China WHO Chief warned that continuing inequity in vaccine distribution was increasing risk of virus The higher the risks of virus evolving in ways, we can't prevent or predict: Tedros Adhanom The World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he …

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BTS members called by nicknames, congratulated by WHO chief for being appointed South Korea’s special presidential envoy
3 years, 5 months ago

BTS members called by nicknames, congratulated by WHO chief for being appointed South Korea’s special presidential envoy

Hindustan Times  

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has congratulated BTS members on their appointment as South Korea's Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture. Taking to Twitter, Tedros wrote, "Dear @BTS_twt Namjoon, Jin, Yoongi, Hobi, Jimin, Tae & Jungkook, congratulations on your appointment as #SouthKorea’s Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations & Culture! The title of South Koreas Special …

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WHO chief says it was ‘premature’ to rule out COVID lab leak
3 years, 5 months ago

WHO chief says it was ‘premature’ to rule out COVID lab leak

India TV News  

The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and he said Thursday he is asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus. Tedros told reporters that the U.N. health agency based in Geneva is “asking actually …

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WHO chief scientist says India's COVID-19 figures worrying; calls to report actual numbers
3 years, 7 months ago

WHO chief scientist says India's COVID-19 figures worrying; calls to report actual numbers

India TV News  

As India is in the grasp of a devastating second wave of COVID-19, World Health Organisation Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday termed the rate of infections and deaths in the country as "worrying" and called on governments to boost exercises on reporting actual numbers. Every country in the world, in fact, the number of cases and deaths has been …

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Coronavirus likely to vanish in less time than Spanish Flu: WHO Chief
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus likely to vanish in less time than Spanish Flu: WHO Chief

India TV News  

Coronavirus is likely to vanish in less time than the time taken by Spanish Flu, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Speaking in a video conference from Geneva, WHO general said that the Spanish flu of 1918 had also taken two years to overcome, but current advances in technology could enable the world to halt the Covid-19 pandemic in a …

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