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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 117 million: Johns Hopkins University
The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 117 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.59 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University
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WHO head wants Covid-19 vaccine patents waived to increase supply
The head of the World Health Organization called for patent rights to be waived until the end of the pandemic so that vaccine supplies can be dramatically increased
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WHO investigators plan to scrap interim report on probe into Covid origins
WHO team probing into the origins of coronavirus is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington
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World won't finish with Covid-19 by end-2021: World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is "unrealistic" to expect the Covid-19 pandemic to be over by the end of 2021
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Shocked at Patanjali's 'blatant lie of WHO certification', says IMA
The launch was attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
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India's first shipment under COVAX likely this week: WHO chief scientist
She said this in reply to the question of whether WHO would start rolling out the COVAX facility officially to other countries in the next couple of months
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India's vaccine capacity to generate 1.1 bn doses for COVAX scheme: FS
India will generate another 1.1 billion doses for the WHO-led COVAX scheme that distributes them to developing countries, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said
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Never certified any traditional medicine as a cure for Covid-19: WHO
Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna said that Coronil has been granted a certificate of pharmaceutical product, licensed by DCGI
Covid-19: After WHO's probe in Wuhan, China calls for origin tracing in US
Zeng Guang, chief epidemiologist at China's Center for Disease Control, said the US should now be "the focus" of global efforts to trace the virus
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US to pay over $200 mn in assessed, current obligations to WHO: Blinken
President Joe Biden, on his first day in office, reversed his predecessor's decision of withdrawing from the WHO
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US to work with global partners to strengthen, reform WHO: Blinken at UNSC
State Secretary Antony Blinken on Wednesday said that America will work with partners around the globe to strengthen and reform the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Top headlines: Tatas to buy 68% in BigBasket, India Inc profit at new high
Cairn Energy has filed a case in a US district court to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitration award it won in a tax dispute against India, a court document showed. Read top news with Business Standard
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With WHO backing, SII to ship Astra Covid-19 vaccine to 70 countries
After audit of Pune plant, Serum may supply vaccines to UK as well
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WHO authorises AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
In a statement Monday, the WHO said it was clearing the AstraZeneca vaccines made by the Serum Institute of India and South Korea's AstraZeneca-SKBio
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World Health Organization pushes back on Wuhan transparency questions
WHO's COVID-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove said the team, comprised of experts from 10 countries, has plans to visit the Wuhan Institute of Virology, among other sites
China: WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early coronavirus patients
The WHO team members and Chinese officials earlier had their first in-person meetings at a hotel ahead of field visits in and around the central city of Wuhan in the coming days
WHO panel highlights effective multilateralism in Covid-19 response
The Panel's report, available in six UN official languages, will be discussed at the on-going World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting
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World on brink of catastrophic moral failure: WHO on vaccine distribution
"More than 39 mn doses of vaccine have been administered in 49 higher-income countries. Just 25 doses have been given in one lowest-income country. Not 25 mn; not 25 thousand; just 25," said Tedros
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WHO hopes Covid vaccination 'underway in every country in next 100 days'
According to the WHO, 38 out of the 46 countries that have begun inoculations are high-income countries
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'Vaccinationalism' is self-defeating, says UN chief; Covid toll over 2 mn
Since its discovery at the end of December 2019, COVID-19 has now spread to all corners of the world, with cases in 191 countries and regions
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