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Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

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WHO says its chief spoke with Chinese officials, welcomes Covid-19 data

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy an evening stroll in front of the skyline and the European Central Bank (ECB) as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Europe

Air pollution killed 238,000 Europeans prematurely in 2020: EEA

The sun rises above the London skyline, as a second heatwave is predicted for parts of the country, in London, Britain, August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Europe

At least 15,000 killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHO

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Health

Monkeypox is not a global emergency for now, says WHO

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Monkeypox presents moderate risk to global public health, WHO says

World+Biz

First steps in reforming global health emergency rules adopted at WHO meeting

The palms of a monkeypox case patient from Lodja, a city located within the Katako-Kombe Health Zone, are seen during a health investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. Brian W.J. Mahy/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

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WHO says monkeypox outbreak 'containable', confirms 131 cases outside Africa

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks after receiving the Silver Commemorative Medal of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, in Prague, Czech Republic, October 27, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo

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Taiwan says 'very difficult' to get WHO invite, but trying hard

World+Biz

WHO says it advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs to prevent disease spread

People dance and party in a nightclub, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Belgrade, Serbia, October 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Splash

Turn down the volume as WHO sets new safe limit for music venues

As employee of multi-metals Nyrstar is seen at one of the plants of the company in Auby, Northern France. The IHU variant was discovered by researchers from France's Méditerranée Infection.(AFP Photo)

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Covid-19: IHU variant not spreading far enough, cases extremely low, says study

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‘Tsunami’ of new Covid-19 cases clog global health systems, WHO sounds alarm

An employee holds a vial containing Sputnik vaccine at a factory of Hankook Korus Pharm, in Chuncheon, South Korea September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Heo Ran

Coronavirus chronicle

Kremlin convinced WHO will approve Sputnik V vaccine within months - Ifax