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WHO: COVID Cases and Deaths Falling Nearly Everywhere

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere except the Middle East and Southeast Asia last week, according to a World Health Organization weekly report released Wednesday. In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the UN health agency said confirmed cases dropped 12% to more…

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WHO: COVID cases and deaths falling nearly everywhere

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia

The Independent UK

Monkeypox Virus: Over 550 confirmed cases detected in 30 countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been informed about over 550 confirmed monkeypox cases in 30 non-endemic countries around the globe, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Monkeypox has likely spread undetected ‘for some time’: WHO

Appearance of monkeypox cases in many parts of the world suggests there may have been undetected transmission, WHO says.

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Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?

Hundreds of health ministers and diplomats from around the world meet in Geneva this week for the World Health Organization's first in-person assembly in three years as the U.N. agency seeks to define its future role in global health policy.

Reuters

Serving those who serve: On WHO honour for ASHA workers

Health workers need better remuneration and safety guarantee, not just awards

The Hindu

Tedros re-elected as head of World Health Organization

The World Health Organization's (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five years, the president of the World Health Assembly said on Tuesday.

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WHO chief to be confirmed for 2nd term after no opposition

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is expected to be confirmed by the U.N. health agency’s member countries for a second five-year term

The Independent UK

Fate of ancient Athens guides WHO at gathering to plan for next pandemic

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will have history on his mind when he hosts almost 200 member states at the U.N agency's annual assembly this week.

Reuters

Covid Scotland: Only one Edinburgh neighbourhood remains a 'hotspot'

The Scottish Government data, provided by Public Health Scotland, also shows the nine areas in the capital that are 'coronavirus free' including Pilton, Cramond and Gorgie.

Edinburgh Live

WHO chief: The COVID pandemic is 'most certainly not over'

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over” despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave

The Independent UK

WHO: COVID Deaths Dropped Last Week but Cases Rising

The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the pandemic released Thursday, the UN health agency said the number of new COVID-19 cases appears…

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WHO: COVID deaths dropped by 21% last week but cases rising

The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization

The Independent UK

North Korea reports uptick in suspected Covid-19 cases

North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in their early handling of the COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation.

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WHO: COVID-19 Falling Everywhere, Except Americas and Africa

The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic. In its weekly pandemic report released late Tuesday, the UN health agency said about 3.5 million new cases and more…

The Independent UK

WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa

The Independent UK

‘Irresponsible’: China hits back at WHO criticism of zero-Covid strategy

The Chinese foreign ministry urged the World Health Organisation to ‘refrain from making irresponsible remarks’

The Times of India

China blasts WHO chief over criticism of Xi’s Covid-Zero policy

BEIJING: China denounced the World Health Organization chief’s criticism of its zero-tolerance Covid strategy, defending a policy that has left it increasingly isolated on the world stage and under pressure from its own citizens at home.

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Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable

The leader of the World Health Organization says he doesn't think that a 'zero-COVID' strategy is sustainable, given the behavior of the virus.

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China Slams WHO Chief for 'Irresponsible' Remarks on its Zero-COVID Policy

China's foreign ministry called on World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to avoid making "irresponsible" remarks, after he said China's zero-COVID policy was not sustainable. Speaking at a regular news conference in Beijing on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian defended China's measures on fighting the pandemic and…

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China berates WHO chief for 'irresponsible' remarks on its zero-COVID policy

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WHO chief says China's zero-Covid strategy is 'unsustainable'

China's flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization has said, adding that it had told Beijing so and called for a policy shift.

The Independent UK

Shanghai reaffirms 'zero-COVID'; WHO says not sustainable

Shanghai is reaffirming China's strict “zero-COVID" approach to pandemic control, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said that was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies

Reuters

Half of Shanghai achieves 'zero COVID'; city presses on with 'unsustainable' fight

China hit back on Wednesday against what it called "irresponsible" comments by the head of the World Health Organization, who described the country's uncompromising and increasingly painful "zero COVID" policy as "not sustainable."

The Times of India

China risks 1.6 million deaths in virus ‘tsunami’ if Covid Zero is abandoned: Study

BEIJING: China risks a “tsunami” of coronavirus infections resulting in 1.6 million deaths if the government abandons its long-held Covid Zero policy and allows the highly-infectious Omicron variant to spread unchecked, according to researchers at Shanghai’s Fudan University.

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