Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Covid-19 Updates
COVID-19: World passes 4 million deaths as Asia battles fresh outbreaks
More than four million people have now died of COVID-19 infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, as…
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WHO approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization on Friday approved the first Covid-19 vaccine from China in a bid to boost global immunization…
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More than 100 million COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide
More than 100 million COVID-19 cases have now been recorded worldwide, according to an AFP tally. The number of cases…
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WHO: COVID-19 vaccine delivery to poor countries to start in early 2021
The World Health Organization and partners said on Friday that the Covax facility, created to ensure equitable access to COVID-19…
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Ethiopian army accuses WHO chief of supporting Tigray forces
Ethiopia’s military has accused the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of supporting and trying to procure arms…
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WHO chief self-quarantines after contact with Covid-19 positive person
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has said that he is self-quarantining after someone he…
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COVID-19 Virus will be with us for a long time: WHO
COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that most…
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Coronavirus in SA: WHO boss praises South Africa’s response to Covid-19 pandemic
World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus this week praised President Cyril Ramaphosa’s leadership as the country battles…
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WHO warns of global shortage of coronavirus protective equipment
The world is facing a chronic shortage of gowns, masks, gloves and other protective equipment in the fight against a…
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WHO chief says widespread travel bans not needed to beat China virus
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with…
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DR Congo records 26 Ebola deaths in one day
Twenty-six people died of Ebola in a single day in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, the highest…
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