カテゴリー: World Health Organization
Japan, Israel and Australia bring in tough travel measures; Joe Biden says variant is ‘cause for concern, not for panic’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in several more cou…
Levels of PM 2.5 particulates hit 20 times safe levels as agricultural fires add to city’s air pollution crisisAuthorities in Delhi have announced that schools are to close for a week as the Indian capital’s pollution control body warned of a looming h…
Speaking to the G20 summit by video, China’s president stressed vaccine cooperation and economic stabilityChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has called for mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccines based on the World Health Organization’s emergency use list,…
A group of 26 experts will also be tasked with examining new pathogens and how to prevent future pandemicsSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization has unveiled a team of scientists it wants to revive the stalled inquiry into Covid-…
The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapseWatching Afghanistan’s unfolding trauma, I’ve thought a lot about Mumtaz Ahmed, a young teacher I met a few years ago. Her family fled Kabul during Taliban …
Lack of planning and coordination has left the west scrambling to do the right thingAt the weekend, in advance of Tuesday’s crisis meeting of G7 leaders, Boris Johnson tweeted that it was vital for the international community to work together to “ensur…
Data analysis highlights the human cost if thousands of overseas projects lose fundingExperts have warned of “devastating” consequences of the UK’s foreign aid cuts after Guardian analysis revealed the UK is cutting funding at a time when major recipie…
Whatever this week’s Biden review finds, the cause of the pandemic lies in the destruction of animal habitatsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf Joe Biden’s security staff are up to the mark, a new report on the origins of th…
WHO proposal to audit Chinese laboratories is ‘arrogance towards science’, says health officialCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s government has refused to cooperate with the second stage of an international investigati…
World health body also wants second phase of inquiry to focus on the origins of Covid-19 in ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization has said that the second stage of an investigation into the origi…
Tedros says ‘accidents happen’ in labs and calls on China to be more transparentSee all our coronavirus coverageThe head of the World Health Organization has acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the Covid-19 pandemic and a…
‘A crisis is brewing’, experts warn, with contaminated water exposing villagers to increased risk of cancer and affecting children’s brain developmentNine members of Pankaj Rai’s family have died from cancer over the past 20 years. But the 25-year-old …
Statement indicates leaders will also commit to delivering 1bn vaccine doses and plans to tackle forced labourCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Leaders at the G7 summit will call for a new, transparent investigation by the Wo…
Theory that coronavirus leaked out of a Wuhan lab was ‘not off the table’, Dale Fisher says Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage A health expert affiliated with the World Health Organization has called on the US to share any int…