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17.03.2023 / 16:15

Covid could become threat similar to flu 'this year': WHO

The Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World Health Organization has said.

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North Korea lifts Covid-19 restrictions despite recording almost 100k cases a day

North Korea has opted to lift its Covid-19 restrictions despite recording almost 100,00 cases each day.The World Health Organisation (WHO) have questioned the country's reports of “progress” however, instead assuming that Pyongyang's Covid crisis is actually worsening. Despite no access to data, the WHO are sceptical over state media claims that cases of coronavirus are falling.The country, which announced its first Covid case on May 12, claimed the outbreak is under control, but WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan questioned that belief.“We assume the situation is getting worse not better,” he said, acknowledging, though, that the secretive totalitarian state had provided very limited information.Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s lead on Covid-19, meanwhile said the country had registered more than three million suspected cases, although the official accounts only mention cases of “fever”.The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday (June 2) some 96,600 “fevered cases” in 24 hours, for a total of 3.8 million cases since late April.

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N Korea Covid outbreak likely 'getting worse' - WHO

The World Health Organization said it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".

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WHO questions North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak 'progress'

The World Health Organization has said it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".

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Covid 'far from becoming endemic', says WHO's Mike Ryan

Covid-19 is far from becoming an endemic disease and could still trigger large epidemics around the globe, the World Health Organization has said.

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WHO says ‘acute phase’ of Covid pandemic may end if…

pandemic will end this year, of course with one condition, the 70% vaccination (target is achieved) by mid this year around June, July".

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Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems

Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report.

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Omicron variant may push Covid to endemic stage but vaccinations still vital: Delhi doctor

endemic disease, said a doctor from the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday.

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Global Covid-19 cases rose by 1.8 crore last week as Omicron shows signs of slowing, says WHO

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‘We have a chance to end covid health emergency this year if we…’ says WHO

coronavirus pandemic — deaths, hospitalisations and lockdowns — could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly, the head of emergencies at the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.

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Endemic Covid would not mean end of danger, warns WHO

warned against the notion that the Covid-19 pandemic becoming endemic would mean the disease was no longer dangerous.

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WHO, US scientists say Omicron no worse than other Covid-19 variants

Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus strains, top scientists from the WHO and the United States told AFP, while cautioning that more research is needed to judge its severity.

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Top WHO, US scientists say Omicron no worse than other virus variants

The Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus strains, top scientists from the WHO and the United States said, while cautioning that more research is needed to judge its severity.

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New Omicron Covid-19 variant has caused no deaths yet, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the new Omicron variant has been detected in at least 38 countries.

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'Delta variant is warning,' WHO asks to suppress Covid before it mutates again

Delta is a warning: it's a warning that the virus is evolving but it is also a call to action that we need to move now before more dangerous variants emerge," the WHO's emergencies director Michael Ryan told a press conference.

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Covid delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

COVID-19 was 85 per cent higher than for those infected with the Alpha variant."This particular Delta variant is faster, it is fitter, it will pick off the more vulnerable more efficiently than previous variants," Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, has commented recently. This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.

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High vaccination coverage greatly reduces risk of COVID-19 variant outbreak, WHO says

GENEVA (AP) - A top World Health Organization official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the risk that "imported" coronavirus cases like those linked to new variants could spawn a cluster or a wider outbreak.Dr.

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Appeal for young bell ringers to keep tradition alive

As in-person religious services resumed this week following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, bells rang out from one of Dublin's five remaining manual bell towers for the first time this year.

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UN says Ebola in Guinea may be linked to 2014 outbreak

GENEVA – A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it may have been sparked by a survivor of the devastating West Africa epidemic that ended five years ago.

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WHO cautions against vaccine passports for international travel

World Health Organization official said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because of numerous concerns, including ethical considerations that coronavirus vaccines are not easily available globally.At a press briefing on Monday, WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said there are “real practical and ethical considerations” for countries considering using vaccine certification as a condition for travel, adding the U.N.

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Coronavirus: WHO says ‘vaccine passports’ for travel has ethical considerations due to inequality

The World Health Organization’s Michael Ryan on Monday expressed concern over using so-called “vaccine passports” for international travel, saying it isn’t fair to millions of people in part due to vaccine access not being available on an equitable basis.

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WHO official says it’s ‘premature,’ ‘unrealistic’ to think COVID-19 pandemic will be over by end of year

GENEVA - A senior World Health Organization official said it was "very premature" and "unrealistic" to think the COVID-19 pandemic might be completely stopped by the end of 2021, but noted that hospitalizations and deaths could be dramatically reduced with the recent arrival of effective vaccines.Dr.

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WHO says 'premature and unrealistic' to think Covid-19 pandemic will end soon

World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature" and “unrealistic" to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalisations and death.The world's singular focus right now should be to keep the transmission of Covid-19 as low as possible, said Dr Michael Ryan, director of WHO's emergencies program.“If we're smart, we can finish with the hospitalisations and the deaths and the tragedy associated with this pandemic" by the end of the year, he said at media briefing.Ryan said WHO was reassured by emerging data that many of the licensed vaccines appear to be helping curb the virus' explosive spread.“If the vaccines

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WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' COVID-19 will end soon

GENEVA – A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death.

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WHO slams critics of Covid-19 origins probe

Covid-19 pandemic and challenged those claiming to know better to come forward with the smoking gun.A WHO investigative team is in Wuhan, China -- where the first cases were discovered in December 2019 -- trying to piece together how the virus jumped from animals to humans before going on to kill more than two million people.Also Read | How India can fight vaccine hesitancyThe UN agency's emergencies director Michael Ryan hit out at those sniping at the mission, and said people claiming they have information on how the pandemic broke out should emerge from the shadows.Ryan said many critics were saying they "won't accept the report when it comes out", or that there is "other intelligence available that may show different findings" on how

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Switzerland says arrivals from Ireland must quarantine

People travelling from Ireland will now face quarantine in Switzerland, officials said, following World Health Organization warnings of a "massive increase" in cases.

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Irish doctor leading global Covid-19 response to be honoured

The Irish doctor who is leading the World Health Organization's response to the Covid-19 pandemic is to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Irish Red Cross.

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Don’t hug this holiday: World Health Organization’s life-saving COVID advice

GENEVA – The World Health Organization has an unwelcome but potentially life-saving message for the holiday season: Don’t hug.To stop the spread of the coronavirus, WHO's emergencies chief said Monday that the “shocking” rate of COVID-19 cases and deaths, particularly in the U.S., means that people shouldn't get too close to their loved ones this year.“The epidemic in the U.S. is punishing.

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WHO warns Covid-19 crisis not over as vaccine roll-out starts

The World Health Organization has warned that vaccines are no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis, as Russia started vaccinating its high-risk workers today, and other countries gear up for similar programmes.

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UN: Skiing may not spread coronavirus but slopes still risky

GENEVA – As several European countries have suspended access to the ski slopes to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said the risk of catching COVID-19 while skiing is likely minimal.“I suspect many people won’t be infected barreling down the slopes on their skis,” said Dr. Michael Ryan said at a WHO news briefing on Monday.

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UN: New daily record as COVID-19 cases hit more than 350,000

GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization has announced a new daily record high in coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, with more than 350,000 infections reported to the U.N. health agency on Friday.The new daily high of 350,766 cases surpasses a record set earlier this week by nearly 12,000.

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UN: New daily record as COVID-19 cases hit more than 350,000

GENEVA – The World Health Organization has announced a new daily record high in coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, with more than 350,000 infections reported to the U.N. health agency on Friday.The new daily high of 350,766 cases surpasses a record set earlier this week by nearly 12,000.

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WHO believes 10% of world has had Covid-19

The World Health Organization has estimated that 10% of the world has been infected by the coronavirus - way more than has been recorded - as it mulled speeding up internal reforms.

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1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected with coronavirus: WHO

World Health Organization said Monday its “best estimates” indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus — more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases — and warned of a difficult period ahead.Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking to a special session of the WHO’s 34-member executive board focusing on COVID-19, said the figures vary from urban to rural, and between different groups, but that ultimately it means “the vast majority of the world remains at risk.” He said the pandemic would continue to evolve, but that tools exist to suppress transmission and save lives.

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10% of world's people may have been infected with coronavirus, says WHO

GENEVA : The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Monday its “best estimates" indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus — more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases — and warned of a difficult period ahead.Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking to a special session of the WHO’s 34-member executive board focusing on COVID-19, said the figures vary from urban to rural, and between different groups, but that ultimately it means “the vast majority of the world remains at risk." He said the pandemic would continue to evolve, but that tools exist to suppress transmission and save lives.“Many deaths have been averted and many more lives can be protected," Ryan said.

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Over 1 million people have now died of coronavirus worldwide

coronavirus globally, a sobering milestone as countries around the world struggle to contain a growing second wave of the pandemic.The death toll surpassed one million Monday evening, according to public health data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Coronavirus took their lives.

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WHO calls for consistent message on coronavirus

London: The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization says scientific disagreements over COVID-19 interventions — like masks and vaccines — shouldn't be treated as “some kind of political football," but acknowledged that “it isn't easy for everyone to be on message all the time."Asked to respond to the open disagreements between U.S. President Donald Trump and the director of the U.S.

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Coronavirus: WHO says immunity levels ‘nowhere near’ what’s needed to stop COVID-19 transmission

Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization’s Emergencies Programme, said on Tuesday that the levels of immunity to COVID-19 on a global scale are “nowhere near” what’s needed to stop the transmission of the virus.

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World Health Organisation says stadium events “very unrealistic” for remainder of 2020

coronavirus pandemic continues.Speaking during an online discussion, Michael Ryan – executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme – said it would be “disastrous” to allow the return of stadium events in countries who still have “community-level transmission” of coronavirus.As reported on AFP, Ryan said: “Large crowds of 40,000, 50,0000, 60,000 people…it’s not just the risk of being in the stadium – it’s the risk of going to the stadium, the public transport, the bars and the clubs.”He continued: “Imagine all the problems we have now with nightclubs and bars, and you squeeze all of that together into a four- or five-hour experience, where thousands of people go on the same public transport to a venue, get involved in the

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World surpasses 20 million coronavirus cases, WHO warns against despair

COVID-19, such as Rwanda and New Zealand, which said Monday it plans to open a virus-free "travel bubble" with the Cook Islands.With much of the world caught in a cycle of dispiriting outbreaks and economically crushing lockdowns, all eyes are on the race for a vaccine.A WHO overview said 165 candidate vaccines are being worked on around the world, with six reaching Phase 3 of clinical evaluation.But the WHO's emergencies director Michael Ryan warned that a vaccine was "only part of the answer," pointing to polio and measles as diseases with vaccines that have not been fully eradicated."You've got to be able to deliver that vaccine to a population that want and demand to have that vaccine," he said.- Europe feels the heat -Infections have

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COVID-19 seems to lack seasonal pattern, says WHO

LONDON : The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization said that COVID-19 doesn’t seem to follow the seasonal patterns that some viruses exhibit, making it harder to control.Unlike other respiratory viruses like influenza that spread mainly in the winter, the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in the summer. That’s despite earlier predictions from some scientists and politicians it would fade in the heat.“This virus has demonstrated no seasonal pattern as such," said Dr.

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Coronavirus: WHO urges countries not to turn reopening of schools into ‘political football’

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies programme executive director Michael Ryan and the WHO’s technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove spoke Monday about transmission rates of COVID-19 among children as well as the ongoing concerns over school reopenings in the U.S.

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WHO believes 'unknown pneumonia' in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19

GENEVA : The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (local time) that the "unknown pneumonia" reported in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19, CGTN News reported.Michael Ryan, executive director of the Health Emergencies Program of the WHO, said at a regular briefing that the pneumonia outbreak in the Central Asian nation was "certainly on our radar," and the WHO is working with local health authorities amid a rise in reported cases.He also pointed out that there's been a big surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, with over 10,000 confirmed over the last seven days.The WHO is studying the quality of local testing conditions in case some pneumonia cases are in fact undiagnosed cases of COVID-19, Ryan said, adding that the WHO "keeps an

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Record levels of new coronavirus cases are due to peak in big countries: WHO

GENEVA : The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the record levels of new COVID-19 cases are due to the fact that the pandemic is peaking in a number of big countries at the same time and this reflect a change in the virus' global activity.WHO's emergencies chief Dr.

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Over 100,000 covid-19 cases reported each day over past two weeks: WHO

GENEVA : The head of the World Health Organization says more than 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported worldwide each day over the past two weeks - mostly in the Americas and South Asia - and countries that have curbed transmissions “must stay alert to the possibility of resurgence."Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted a new cluster of cases in Beijing, which went more than 50 days without a new case of COVID-19, and said the origin of that new series of cases is under investigation.Dr. Michael Ryan, the WHO's emergencies chief, said the U.N.

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Coronavirus still a 'killer virus', not losing potency, says WHO

The World Health Organization stressed Monday that the new coronavirus has not suddenly become less pathogenic, following claims by a leading Italian doctor that COVID-19 had lost some of its potency.

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Coronavirus outbreak: WHO official says countries must watch for possible ‘2nd peak’ not just ‘2nd wave’

Dr. Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program, explained on Monday that countries must be alert and keep an eye for a potential “second peak” within the current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus outbreak: WHO official says tracing, investigation needed to avoid widespread lockdowns

Dr. Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program, said on Monday that extreme public health and social measures, like stay at home orders, can be an effective method in cases of high transmission.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0