Tag: WHO

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Billions of people breathe unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, WHO report

  

  Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits and threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, with people in low and middle-income countries suffering the highest exposures.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Now that billions have been vaccinated, how do we manage Covid-19 health care waste challenge?

  

  As hundreds of millions have been vaccinated against the pandemic, another challenge has emerged, tens of thousands of tons of extra medical waste from the response to COVID-19 has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Covid-19: 21 million new cases and 50,000 deaths globally in week Jan 17/23

  

  Globally, the number of new COVID-19 cases increased in the past week (17-23 January 2022) by 5%, while the number of new deaths remained similar to that reported during the previous week. Across the six WHO regions, over 21 million new cases were reported this week, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.

• Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro “welcomes” Omicron – angers WHO

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 was “welcome” in Brazil, because it “may point to the end of the pandemic.”

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Omicron becomes dominant strain worldwide, WHO says

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday admitted Omicron variant of the coronavirus was already the dominant one worldwide, accounting for almost 60% of the cases.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Omicron affects vaccinated and survivors alike, WHO says

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday warned that the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 “infects those vaccinated and those recovered from coronavirus” alike, according to statements from Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  WHO says travel bans achieve little against Omicron strain

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday advised people aged over 60 or who suffer from comorbidities which could result in more serious cases of COVID-19 postponed all travel whenever possible in the light of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Europe under alert and WHO convenes emergency meeting as new starin of coronavirus detected

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested an emergency meeting due to the appearance of a new strain of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 21:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro tells WHO boss he was the only leader under investigation for genocide regarding COVID-19

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was recorded telling World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom he was the only head of state charged with crimes against humanity for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation is said to have taken place on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome.

• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 06:57 UTC

  Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB) and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.