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WHO chief 'very concerned' about rising global COVID deaths

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 12:41 PM

The World Health Organization is very concerned over the increasing number of global COVID-19 deaths. Read more »

WHO: Global sequencing reports decline by 90 pct

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 03:33 PM

The number of sequences shared per week has fallen by 90 percent since the beginning of the year, according to WHO. Read more »

WHO: Global monkeypox cases increase by 20%

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 12:14 PM

As monkeypox continues to spread globally, the number of those newly infected by the pathogen has increased by 20 percent, WHO said. Read more »

WHO chief: Monkeypox spread 'likely underestimated'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 06:54 PM

The head of the WHO said countries needed to boost their capacities to prevent onward transmission of monkeypox, which was 'likely underestimated.' Read more »

WHO: Too early to declare victory over COVID-19

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 05:47 PM

The World Health Organization said Thursday that while it is encouraging to see deaths from COVID-19 decline globally, it is still far too early to declare victory over the virus. Read more »

Elton John kicks off world-spanning gigs for climate, vaccines

Eric Randolph, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 07:46 AM

A 'once-in-a-generation' global music event kicked off on Saturday with pop megastars BTS and Elton John launching Global Citizen Live -- 24 hours of shows around the world to raise awareness on climate change, vaccine equality and famine. Read more »

'World failing' on COVID, WHO chief says at delayed Tokyo Olympics

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 21 05:18 PM

The head of the World Health Organization told Olympic chiefs "the world is failing" to stop Covid-19 as the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 sports program got underway on Wednesday. Read more »

Virus will be with us for a long time, says World Health Organization

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 12:54 PM

COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that most countries were still in the early stages of tackling the pandemic.   Read more »

WHO chief Tedros in the eye of pandemic and Trump storm

Agnes Pedrero, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 07:27 AM

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the World Health Organization, has drawn the ire of US President Donald Trump over his chummy tone with China in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »