カテゴリー: World Health Organization
Diarrhoea and malaria cases spread, with risk of dysentery and cholera, as millions of displaced people forced to drink flood waterHealth officials have warned of large-scale outbreaks of disease in Pakistan after severe flooding displaced millions of …
WHO report has said origins of virus are still unknown and recommended further investigationChina has repeated its assertion the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic began with a leak from a Chinese laboratory is “a politically motivated lie”, after the W…
Experts doubt state media claims that the worst is over, as WHO warns of global dangers of letting the virus spread uncheckedSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea’s claims of progress in the fight …
Regime reports another 21 deaths as fresh outbreaks of coronavirus in South Africa and US concern health officialsNorth Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has warned his country has been thrown into “great turmoil” after reporting another 21 deaths, days aft…
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for shift in approach as scores of Chinese cities remain in strictly enforced lockdownThe head of the World Health Organization has voiced concerns over China’s effort to eliminate the Covid virus, in a rare rebuke t…
Health ministry says symptoms match those of acute liver disease of ‘unknown origin’ found in almost 170 children worldwideThree children in Indonesia have died from a mysterious liver disease, the country’s health ministry has said, raising the global…
According to WHO analysis, figure for country is more than 4 million and not official tally of 520,000India has been accused of attempting to delay an effort by the World Health Organization to revise the global death toll from Covid-19 after its calcu…
UK transport secretary says testing rules for travellers into country will change from 4am on 11 February; new France rules come into forceBoris Johnson faces fresh outrage over lockdown birthday partyA full list of alleged UK government Covid rule-bus…
Scientific consensus absent as impasse between China and west continues to hamper tracing effortCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRobert Garry, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane medical school in Louisiana, …
Four people are named and shamed – a banned practice – in city of Jingxi; WHO warns of ‘trade-off’ as countries cut back on isolation periodsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageArmed police in Jingxi, in southern China, have par…
UK Health Security Agency says most cases in the community now new variant; France records over 208,000 new cases, health minister confirmsUS sets record for new daily Covid cases amid Omicron surgeScotland reports record number of cases as Omicron tak…
South Korea reports record 109 deaths from Covid in one day; Australia revives mask-wearing indoors, capacity limits and QR code check-insChina locks down 13 million people in northern city of Xi’anRisk of hospital stay 40% lower with Omicron than Delt…
Nearly three-quarters of virus genomes sequenced last month were of new variant, say South African health officialsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Omicron variant has fuelled a “worrying” surge in coronavirus cases in So…
US, Japan and Singapore tighten rules for travellers but WHO says ‘blanket bans’ won’t contain the new Covid strainFollow updates in the pandemic hereSee all our coronavirus coverage hereThe World Health Organization has said those not fully vaccinated…
Unjabbed Greeks face a €100 fine per month; French regulator says children who could develop severe Covid should be vaccinatedModerna boss predicts current jabs may be less effective against OmicronHong Kong and Ecuador join ranks of countries imposing…