Tag: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Covid-19 overshadowing emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, WHO and UNICEF

UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunization services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases.
Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 08:37 UTC
WHO's chief Tedros under self-quarantining after contacting a tested positive Covid-19 case

The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.
Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
“We need to prevent vaccine nationalism”, WHO chief Tedros

Nations that hoard possible COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact.
Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 10:04 UTC
WHO admits no “silver bullet” despite strong hopes for a vaccine: “big battle ahead for Brazil and India”

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080 have died.
Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
WHO insists virus “remains public enemy number one” and strict healthcare precautions must be complied

The new coronavirus pandemic raging around the globe will worsen if countries fail to adhere to strict healthcare precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.
Friday, July 10th 2020 - 07:52 UTC
WHO announces an independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response

WHO announced on Thursday the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 18:04 UTC
Uruguay in the list of 14 countries to which the Europe Union opens its borders

The European Union agreed on Tuesday to reopen its borders to 14 countries excluding the virus-stricken US, as the pandemic accelerated globally with more than 505,000 deaths worldwide. Of Latin America the only country included in the list is Uruguay.
Tuesday, May 19th 2020 - 08:53 UTC
WHO admits an independent probe into the coronavirus management; China pledges US$ 2 Billion

The World Health Organization bowed to calls on Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the international response to the coronavirus, which has been clouded by finger-pointing between the U.S. and China over a pandemic that has killed over 300,000 people and leveled the global economy.
Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
World will have to learn to live with Covid-19, warns World Health Organization

The new coronavirus may never go away and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday. As some countries around the world begin gradually easing lockdown restrictions imposed in a bid to stop the novel coronavirus from spreading, the WHO said it may never be wiped out entirely.
Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 07:13 UTC
Brazil indigenous leaders call on WHO to set an emergency fund to protect their communities

Indigenous leaders in Brazil have asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.