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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has tightened guidelines on wearing face mask amid a second global wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to its latest recommendation, mask…

More than eight months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic, the disease is far from being under control with several countries experiencing a…

For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a polio vaccine for emergency use. The WHO said that the vaccine, produced by Indonesia’s Bio Farma PT, is aimed at…

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…

Tokyo: In a new find that reiterates the need for frequent hand washing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese researchers have said that the coronavirus remains active on human skin for…

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised India for responding to the coronavirus pandemic with utmost urgency. “India is responding with utmost urgency to COVID-19 from…

Beijing: China, under pressure from the USA and several other countries for their role in the novel coronavirus pandemic which started in Wuhan, tried to soothe sentiments on Monday.…

Geneva:  Even as clinical and human trials of a vaccine for coronavirus are under way in different countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a grim warning for mankind.…

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has debunked a claim on social media that Chinese goods imported for Holi in India should be avoided because they are infected with novel…

New Delhi: India has avoided about 1 million deaths of children under age five since 2005, owing to significant reductions in mortality from pneumonia, diarrhoea, neonatal infections and…