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London: World Health Organization (WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday warned that a vaccine will not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic and that it "will complement the…

London: The number of COVID-19 cases reported globally in the last 24 hours was 6.57 lakh. This is the highest number recorded since the outbreak of the global pandemic in March this year,…

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Friday that it will set up a Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing…

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said late on Sunday that he was self-isolating after someone he had been in contact with tested…

New Delhi: Following an emergency committee meeting on October 29 on COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is still a public health emergency of international concern.…

Washington: The US saw a record one-day increase in infections with 84,218 people being diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday. The spike broke the record of 77,299 set on July 16.…

New Delhi: Soumya Swaminathan Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation (WHO), feels that the coronavirus is here to stay. “We should plan and be mentally prepared for another two…

New Delhi: Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir had little or no effect on the length of hospital stay of COVID patients or their chances of survival, a clinical trial by the World…

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is studying reinfection coronavirus cases and has identified three, said Dr Balram Bhargava, director-general (D-G), ICMR, on…

Contrary to earlier findings by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that coronavirus can survive for up to 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel and up to 24 hours on cardboard, and four…