WHO previously declared emergencies for public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus in Latin America in 2016 and the ongoing…
Expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. The World Health Organisation on Saturday declared the monkeypox as public…
Last Friday, the WHO’s Emergency Committee concluded that the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and warned of several interlinked challenges….reports Asian Lite News The ongoing…
The WHO member states have already tried to force the health body, which typically avoids taking a stance on politics, into taking action over the invasion…reports Asian Lite News Russia…
Besides continuing to respond to the pandemic, WHO is also putting in place new measures to help keep the world safe against future epidemics….reports Asian Lite News Even as some…
The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421 as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)…reports Asian Lite News Globally,…
WHO said in its weekly epidemiological report that the “overall risk” related to omicron “remains very high.” It cited “consistent evidence” that it has a growth advantage over the delta…
Rwanda has achieved the World Health Organization’s (WHO) target of vaccinating 40 percent of its entire population by December 2021, the Ministry of Health said in a statement…reports Asian Lite…
He also asked the governments to exercise maximum caution in the coming weeks and avoid events with large gatherings…reports Asian Lite News. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health…
While some countries are now rolling out blanket vaccine booster programs, three in four health workers in Africa still remain unvaccinated by the end of 2021….reports Asian Lite News Blanket…
