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The pandemic is going to get worse and worse: WHO

July 14, 2020

Rohit Shishodia

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over lack of adequate measures taken by some countries to contain the transmission of coronavirus. The WHO has

WHO experts to visit China to check source of Covid
July 8, 2020

Rohit Shishoidia

World Health Organization (WHO) has informed that a team of experts will visit China to know from where the coronavirus came and created havoc across the globe by infecting a

Need 620,000 cubic meters oxygen/ day for Covid: WHO
June 25, 2020

Rohit Shishodia

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that there will be need of 620000 cubic meters of oxygen in a day to handle current cases of coronavirus in the world.

WHO lauds UK finding on drug that reduces Covid mortality
June 17, 2020

Rohit Shishodia

The World Health Organization (WHO) has lauded the initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom that show that dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, can be lifesaving for criti

Covid deaths cross 1 lakh in the US
May 27, 2020

Rohit Shishodia

The US continues to top Covid cases and deaths in the world. On May 27, 2020, deaths due to the corona virus in the country crossed the one lakh mark. As per Worldometer data, the c

Dr Harsh Vardhan elected WHO Executive Chairman
May 22, 2020

BS RAWAT
Indian Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan was elected the chair of World Health Organization’s Executive Board replacing Dr Hiroki Nakatani of

US to donate ventilators to India, says Trump
May 16, 2020

DTMT Network
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will donate ventilators to India for battling the Covid pandemic that has killed

WHO: Covid threatening health, development
May 14, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
The World Health Organization has said that the Covid-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threateni

S-E Asia plan to speed COVID-19 drugs, vaccine
April 29, 2020

BS RAWAT
Vaccine manufacturers and national regulatory authorities from South-East Asia Region pledged on Wednesday to accelerate work on tests, drugs and v

Corona kills 42,517 in US, 170,471 die worldwide
April 21, 2020

DTMT Network
Corona virus has infected 24,82,215 and killed 170,471 people across the globe. According to data published on Worldometer website in the morning on April 21, 2020, as many as

WHO's polio surveillance team joins war against corona
April 15, 2020

BS RAWAT
World Health Organization’s national polio surveillance network, and other field staff, joined the Indian government in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, said an official

Lockdown-2: WHO praises Modi's 'timely, tough' decision
April 14, 2020

BS RAWAT
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organisation (WHO), today praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's "timely and tough" decision to

UN chief appeals to religious leaders to help fight COVID-19
April 11, 2020

BS RAWAT
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday reached out to religious leaders and sought their help in the fight against COVID-19.

Corona kills 95,813 worldwide, 16 lakh cases
April 10, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Cases of corona virus infection are spreading rapidly across the globe. According to Covid-19 data published on the worldometer website on Friday afternoon, the total number

UN plan to tackle socio-economic impact of corona
April 1, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ announced on March 31, 2020, in New York that the UN is establishing a