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Should WHO Members Pursue a Pandemic Treaty amidst Covid-19

May 13, 2021 editorHealth, Int’l relations, Lead News

A draft decision on the negotiation modalities of a pandemic treaty for consideration of the 74th World Health Assembly has been circulated to WHO Members as most governments are struggling to contain COVID-19.

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WHO backs Olympics to make right calls on Covid

May 8, 2021 Staff ReporterOlympic games, Sports

GENEVA – The WHO on Friday backed the International Olympic Committee, Japan and host city Tokyo to make the right choices in managing the Covid-19 risks surrounding the pandemic-postponed 2020 Games.

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WHO, int’l experts expose anti-China slander on Covid-19

May 4, 2021 editorHealth, Int’l relations, Op-Ed

It was meant to counter misrepresentations by the Big Media in the West, and in India which only relayed half-truths spread by the former.

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Low-income countries received 0.2pc of 700m Covid jabs: WHO

April 10, 2021 editorLead News, Medicine

Low-income countries have just received only 0.2 percent of the total Covid-19 jabs globally as more than 700 million vaccine doses have been administered across the world.

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Scavengers who help keep cities clean make plea for vaccine

March 30, 2021 editorHealth, Urban issues

They are among the estimated 20 million people around the world — in rich nations and poor — who are pivotal in keeping cities clean, alongside paid sanitation employees.

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WHO-EU Medicines Agency meet on AstraZeneca vaccine Tuesday

March 16, 2021 editorLead News, Medicine, World News

Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet with top executives of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday to discuss Astra-Zeneca vaccine.

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Covid vaccine: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’

January 19, 2021 editorHealth, World News

The world faces a “catastrophic moral failure” because of unequal Covid vaccine policies, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

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Questions swirl about proposed WHO pathogen collection

January 6, 2021 editorHealth

In December 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus revealed that WHO plans to create a new collection of viruses and other biological samples related to diseases outbreaks.

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WHO for urgent action to avoid trans fat intake deaths

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 editorBangladesh, Health, Lead News

Fifteen countries, including Bangladesh, account for approximately two-thirds of the worldwide deaths linked to trans fat intake, says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) on Thursday.

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WHO DG lauds Bangladesh efforts to control COVID-19

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 sub EditorHealth, Lead News

Dhaka, Aug 29: Director General of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has lauded the ongoing activities and various initiatives taken by the government of Bangladesh to control COVID-19. He thanked Bangladesh for its support and cooperation to…

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Coronavirus cases, deaths slow in most regions: WHO

August 26, 2020 Lutfun NaharHealth, World News

GENEVA, Aug 25, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The coronavirus pandemic is still raging worldwide, but fresh World Health Organization data indicates its pace is easing in most regions, with the biggest slowdown seen in the hard-hit Americas.

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Risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding negligible: WHO

August 5, 2020 editorFood & nutrition, Health

Pointing out that the risk of Covid-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended breastfeeding should continue.

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WHO chief scientist sees no Covid-19 herd immunity yet

July 25, 2020 editorHealth, World News

World Health Organization’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that 50 to 60 per cent of the population will need to be immune to the novel coronavirus to protect the uninfected as herd immunity” is still a long…

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WHO reports record single-day global rise in corona cases

July 19, 2020 editorHealth, World News

The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours – the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. According to the WHO, this is the first time…

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Coronavirus affects over 200 million people globally: WHO

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 editorHealth, World News

Noting that the pandemic has affected over 200 million people globally, the World Health Organization warned that up to 132 million people may go hungry in 2020 due to the impact lockdowns and restrictions imposed in efforts to curb the…

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Fahim Saleh murder: Personal Asst who stole $90,000 held

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 editorBusiness, Lead News, Murder

Dhaka, July 18 – New York police on Friday arrested the personal assistant of Fahim Saleh, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Bangladeshi ride-sharing app Pathao, who was brutally murdered in his own apartment in Manhattan three days back.

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WHO, Unicef calls for immediate effort to vaccinate children

July 16, 2020 editorHealth, World News

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, stressed the need for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world has declined alarmingly.

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COVID Cases Doubled Globally Over Last 6 Weeks: WHO

July 11, 2020 editorHealth, World News

The World Health Organization reported Friday that the total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide doubled over the past six weeks.

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WHO stops hydroxychloroquine lopinavir/ritonavir trials

July 5, 2020July 5, 2020 Lutfun NaharMedicine

The World Health Organization (WHO) has accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering Committee to discontinue the trials of hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 patients.

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BD 8th in global weekly increase in Covid-19 cases: WHO

July 3, 2020 Lutfun NaharHealth, Lead News

Bangladesh on Friday ranked 8th in the global weekly increase in new coronavirus cases, according to World Health Organization (WHO).

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WHO says Mideast at ‘critical threshold’ in virus numbers

July 2, 2020 sub EditorServices

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday the Middle East was at a decisive moment in the fight against the novel coronavirus, with cases surging as countries ease lockdown measures.

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WHO Warns Global Coronavirus Pandemic is Accelerating

July 2, 2020 editorHealth, Lead News

The World Health Organization says 60 percent of the world’s 10 million coronavirus cases since December came in the month of June – a sign that the pandemic is getting worse and not slowing down.

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After six months, worst of pandemic ‘yet to come’: WHO

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 sub EditorHealth, Lead News

The coronavirus pandemic is “not even close to being over”, the WHO warned , as the global death toll passed half a million and cases surged in Latin America and the United States.

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Virus cases top nine million, says WHO

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 sub EditorHealth, Lead News

Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating and Saudi Arabia said it would allow a “very limited” number of pilgrims to the hajj next month.

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WHO reminds people to be vigilant using Mr Bean’s checklist

June 22, 2020 Lutfun NaharArt & culture, Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday reminded people about the importance of washing hands, physical distancing and demonstrating kindness to neighbours through ‘Mr Bean’s Essential COVID-19 Checklist’.

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WHO reports largest one-day increase of 183,000 virus cases

June 22, 2020 editorHealth, Lead News

Geneva, AP/UNB, June 22 – The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.

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Bangladesh in top 10 for increases in Covid-19 cases: WHO

June 12, 2020 Lutfun NaharHealth, Lead News

Bangladesh ranked 10th both in daily and weekly increase of new coronavirus cases according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Wear masks in public, says WHO in new coronavirus advice

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 sub EditorHealth, World News

The World Health Organization Friday changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult.

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Trump says US ‘terminating’ relationship with WHO

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 sub EditorHealth, World News

President Donald Trump said Friday he was severing US ties with the World Health Organization, which he says failed to do enough to combat the initial spread of the novel coronavirus.

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WHO: COVID-19 brings out best and worst of humanity, says DG

May 20, 2020 editorHealth, World News

Geneva, 19 May (Kanaga Raja) -The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best – and the worst – of humanity and has exposed the fault lines, inequalities, injustices and contradictions of our modern world, the Director-General of the World Health…

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