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Covid-19 pandemic likely to settle as seasonal flu this year: WHO

Covid-19 pandemic likely to settle as seasonal flu this year: WHO

🕔08:30, 19.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed more than seven million deaths globally, may likely end up being as public health emergency of international concern’ this year and pose a seasonal flu threat, the World Health

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India took just 8 days to see Covid surge from 10K to over 1 lakh

India took just 8 days to see Covid surge from 10K to over 1 lakh

🕔13:06, 7.Jan 2022

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) In the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has taken just eight days for India’s daily cases to cross 1 lakh from 10,000. If you compare it with the second wave last year, it took

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Europe reports largest weekly increase in Covid cases: WHO

Europe reports largest weekly increase in Covid cases: WHO

🕔15:55, 14.Nov 2021

Geneva, Nov 14 (IANS) Europe has reported almost two million new Covid-19 infections last week, the largest weekly case count in the continent since the start of the pandemic early last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. There were also

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WHO set to vaccinate 40% population of every nation by yr end

WHO set to vaccinate 40% population of every nation by yr end

🕔17:47, 8.Oct 2021

Geneva, Oct 8 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced an initiative to vaccinate 40 per cent of the population of every country against Covid-19 by the end of 2021 and 70 per cent by mid-2022, by prioritising vaccine delivery to

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WHO urges joint efforts to prevent future Covid-like pandemic

WHO urges joint efforts to prevent future Covid-like pandemic

🕔11:53, 7.Sep 2021

Kathmandu, Sep 7 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for countries to work together to ensure that another pandemic at the magnitude of the Covid-19 crisis should not occur again in the near future. “The pandemic’s

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‘Early stages’ of Covid’s third wave, warns WHO chief

‘Early stages’ of Covid’s third wave, warns WHO chief

🕔19:16, 15.Jul 2021

Geneva, July 15 (IANS) The world is now in the early stages of a third wave, amid rising cases of Covid’s Delta variant, World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. The spread of the Delta variant, along with

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