U.S. House committee approves bill to back Taiwan's WHO bid
According to the draft, the U.S. secretary of state will be required to develop a strategy to help Taiwan return to the WHO as an observer.
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WHO chief: waive Covid vaccine patents to put world on 'war footing'
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he supports patent waiver to help countries make and sell cheap vaccine copies
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Coronavirus crisis unlikely to be over by the end of the year, WHO warns
Dr Michael Ryan says Covid-19 is ‘very much in control’ as global infections rise for first time in almost two months
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WHO investigator claims China refused to hand over key Covid information
Australian infection expert, part of a team visiting Wuhan, says they were provided only with a summary of data
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Coronavirus: WHO says lab leak theory 'unlikely' but cannot identify animal that carried virus
Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO virus expert, also told a press briefing that work to identify the origins of the coronavirus points to a natural reservoir in bats, but it is unlikely that they were in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the outbreak was discovered in late 2019.
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Coronavirus: WHO says it is 'too early' to dismiss AstraZeneca vaccine
WHO says don’t dismiss AstraZeneca shot after South Africa delays jabs
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WHO warns against COVID-19 lockdowns due to economic damage
“We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus", WHO envoy Dr. David Nabarro said.
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WHO: no widespread vaccination until mid-2021
“We are not expecting to see widespread vaccination until the middle of next year,” spokeswoman Margaret Harris told journalists at a briefing in Geneva.
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