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Vaccine-sceptical Tanzania urged to review evidence on COVID-19 shots
By Reuters,
1047, February 28, 2021 (EAT)
The Unites States urged vaccine-sceptical Tanzania on Friday to review evidence on the drugs, saying they work and are one of the tools to fight off t...
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Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history as first woman, first African WTO head
By Reuters,
910, February 16, 2021 (EAT)
Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to...
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Wealthy nations buy most of COVID-19 vaccine, poorer countries left out: WHO
By VOA,
1331, January 9, 2021 (EAT)
The World Health Organization says wealthy nations have bought most of the current supply of available COVID-19 vaccine, leaving the world’s poorest...
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WHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus
By CNN,
1303, January 6, 2021 (EAT)
The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuk...
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WHO: Learn from pandemic, it won’t be the last
By VOA,
842, December 28, 2020 (EAT)
The pandemic caused by the coronavirus “will not be the last pandemic, and epidemics are a fact of life,” World Health Organization Director-Gener...
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WHO: Vaccine approval does not mean end of COVID-19 pandemic
By VOA,
1008, December 7, 2020 (EAT)
Officials with the World Health Organization cautioned Friday that approval of a vaccine for use in Britain this week does not mean the COVID-19 pande...
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WHO sees limited COVID-19 vaccine doses in early 2021
By Reuters,
1320, November 17, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization’s chief scientist said on Monday she expects there to be “very limited” COVID-19 vaccine doses available in the fi...
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COVID-19 pandemic threatens decades of progress in global health: WHO
By VOA,
1028, November 10, 2020 (EAT)
The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warns the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening decades of progress against infe...
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COVID-19 restrictions led to polio, measles outbreaks: WHO
By VOA,
1451, November 7, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions and demands on resources have stifled immunization programs, ...
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WHO Director-General warns against politicization of COVID-19 pandemic
By VOA,
606, October 27, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization Monday once again warned nations against “the politicization” of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it has led to confusi...
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COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end, WHO says
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1805, October 6, 2020 (EAT)
A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Dire...
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WHO says world ‘can’t pretend pandemic is over’
By VOA,
1938, September 1, 2020 (EAT)
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that “no country can just pretend the pandemic is over.” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye...
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WHO chief hopes coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than Spanish flu
By Reuters,
1616, August 22, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years. WHO chief Tedr...
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Coronavirus pandemic now driven by younger adults: WHO
By Reuters,
1939, August 18, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it was concerned that the coronavirus pandemic was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40...
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Anxious WHO implores world to ‘do it all’ in long war on COVID-19
By Reuters,
1853, August 3, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine and that ...
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South Africa outbreak should be wake-up call for continent: WHO
By Reuters,
919, July 21, 2020 (EAT)
South Africa’s growing COVID-19 epidemic should be an alert to the rest of the continent to strengthen disease surveillance, the World Health Organi...
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WHO Official: Coronavirus probably can’t be eliminated under current conditions
By VOA,
1757, July 11, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization’s emergencies program chief said Friday that the new coronavirus probably could not be eliminated if current global co...
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WHO: COVID-19 cases doubled globally over last 6 weeks
By VOA,
1157, July 11, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization reported Friday that the total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide doubled over the past six weeks. At his regular bri...
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to head WHO COVID-19 review amid anti-globalism barbs
By Reuters,
2120, July 10, 2020 (EAT)
Avowed multilateralists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark will lead a World Health Organization (WHO) panel scrutinising the global response to th...
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US officially withdrawing from WHO
By CNN,
914, July 8, 2020 (EAT)
The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organizatio...
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