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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while there is hope for a vaccine against Covid-19, one might never be found. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing there was “no silver bullet at the moment – and there might never be”. Mr. Tedros implored people …

Covid-19 is easily the most severe global health emergency ever declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), its leader has said. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he would reconvene the WHO’s emergency committee this week for a review. There have been five other global health emergencies: Ebola (two outbreaks), Zika, …

The World Health Organization warned Monday that too many countries were bungling their response to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning there could be no return to normality any time soon. After a daily record of 230,000 new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday, the UN health agency said the pandemic was only …

The WHO pointed Tuesday to “emerging evidence” that the coronavirus might spread by air further than previously thought, and warned the pandemic was still accelerating. The World Health Organization said it would put out a new scientific brief within days, after an international group of scientists concluded the virus could …

Seventy-three countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says a new study on Monday.  Twenty-four countries reported having either a critically low stock of ARVs or disruptions in the supply of these life-saving medicines, according to …

World Health Organization announced on Saturday that it was discontinuing hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir arms for its Solidarity Trial, citing little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The WHO said the decision was in light of the evidence from the Solidarity Trial interim results. “These interim trial …

Bangladesh ranked 8th in the global weekly increase in new coronavirus cases on Friday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Bangladesh ranked 8th with 26,598 new Covid-19 cases in the last seven days, WHO Dashboard showed in its pandemic situation in countries, territories, and areas. Meanwhile, Bangladesh is 9th …

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned nearly six months after the new coronavirus first emerged, that the Covid-19 pandemic is ‘not even close to being over.’ Speaking on the eve of the grim milestone, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for renewed global commitment to save lives as …