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A sub-variant of the fast-spreading and heavily mutated Omicron strain of the coronavirus has now been detected in as many as 57 countries, warned the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday. In what comes as a key cause for concern,…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the latest Omicron variant may not be the last of Covid-19. Scientists at WHO believe that another variant, which will spread faster than Omicron, may soon appear on the planet.…
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As the world grapples with the surge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that globally the conditions are ideal for more strains to emerge.…
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A top World Health Organisation (WHO) official on Sunday said that while the Omicron variant is less severe than Delta, it is still a dangerous virus. WHO's technical lead on Covid-19, Maria van Kerkhove said that vaccination is…
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The World Health Organization said bans on international travel have proved ineffective. Meanwhile, the English will lower their masks. Follow DW for the latest coronavirus news. The World Health Organization on Wednesday said…
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The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours. The highly transmissible omicron strain has spread unabated around…
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Amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases around the globe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has now warned and urged for preparedness against concurrent outbreaks of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases during the coming spring.…
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More than half of the European population are expected to be infected with the omicron coronavirus variant within the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization’s top Europe official said on Tuesday. Europe saw more than 7…
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The Omicron variant has been causing a surge in the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection across the world. The number of hospitalisations is less, but the spread of infection is faster, owing to a high number of mutations the Omicron…
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In view of the rising number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases around the globe, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said the “tsunami of cases” – driven by the new, highly transmissible…
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