June 04, 2020 05:45 PM IST The global heath body had earlier suspended the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm of the clinical trials of experimental COVID-19 drugs over safety concerns. However on Wednesday, it recommended the trial to be continued following a review of safety data.
June 03, 2020 10:10 PM IST The WHO has previously recommended against using hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent coronavirus infections, except as part of clinical trials.
June 03, 2020 07:53 PM IST The World Health Organization (WHO) defines asymptomatic cases as those who don't show symptoms but have been confirmed infected through a lab test. WHO notes there are few reports of truly asymptomatic cases.
June 03, 2020 01:30 PM IST Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks during a daily briefing in response to a question about the report by the Associated Press, which said the WHO was frustrated by significant delays in information sharing by Beijing as the coronavirus outbreak took hold in China in January.
June 02, 2020 12:15 PM IST But in fact, Chinese officials sat on releasing the genetic map, or genome, of the deadly virus for over a week after multiple government labs had fully decoded it, not sharing details key to designing tests, drugs and vaccines.
June 02, 2020 07:45 AM IST Professor Alberto Zangrillo, head of intensive care at Italy's San Raffaele Hospital in Lombardy, which bore the brunt of Italy's COVID-19 epidemic, on Sunday told state television that the new coronavirus "clinically no longer exists".
June 01, 2020 06:12 PM IST In a survey of 155 countries last month, the UN health agency found worrying problems in the provision of health care for people with non-communicable diseases, many of whom are at higher risk of severe complications from COVID-19.
June 01, 2020 07:38 AM IST President Donald Trump on Friday terminated America's relationship with the WHO and accused the global health body of being hand in glove with China in sharing inaccurate information to the world about the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 370,000 people globally.
May 31, 2020 01:10 PM IST The UN agency is focusing on spreading awareness among teenagers to mark World No Tobacco Day on Sunday.
May 30, 2020 09:00 PM IST European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday urged Trump to reconsider, saying that “actions that weaken international results must be avoided” and that “now is the time for enhanced cooperation and common solutions.”
May 30, 2020 02:30 PM IST Amid escalating bilateral tensions over the coronavirus pandemic, trade issues and Beijing's new controversial security law in Hong Kong, Trump announced a series of decisions including issuing a proclamation to deny the entry to certain Chinese nationals and tightening of regulations against Chinese investments in America.
May 30, 2020 08:31 AM IST Trump also announced that the US will end special treatment of Hong Kong in response to Chinese imposition of new controls.
May 26, 2020 06:09 PM IST Ryan said epidemics often come in waves, which means that outbreaks could come back later this year in places where the first wave has subsided.
May 26, 2020 05:55 PM IST While some experts feel that after the WHO decisions, country's medical centres will have to take HCQ and chloroquine our of the treatment regimen of COVID-19 patients, others opined it is "not binding" for India to oblige with the decision of the world body.
May 26, 2020 02:01 PM IST “Right now, we’re not in the second wave. We’re right in the middle of the first wave globally,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, a World Health Organization executive director.
May 26, 2020 08:16 AM IST Hydroxycholoroquine has been touted by Donald Trump and others as a possible treatment for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The U.S. President has said he was taking the drug to help prevent infection.
May 20, 2020 08:41 AM IST Vardhan would succeed Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan, currently the Chairman of the 34-member WHO Executive Board.
May 19, 2020 01:06 PM IST US President Donald Trump has warned the WHO that he would reconsider America's membership in the UN health body
May 19, 2020 09:33 AM IST If the WHO does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days, I will make my temporary freeze of United States funding to the WHO permanent
May 19, 2020 08:22 AM IST By Lalit K Jha Washington, May 19 (PTI) US President Donald Trump once again on Monday attacked the WHO, saying the UN health body was a ‘puppet' of China.
May 18, 2020 04:18 PM IST The virus originated in Wuhan, China, but officials in Beijing have hinted more than once that it could have originated elsewhere.
May 18, 2020 03:29 PM IST A draft resolution pushed by the European Union and Australia calling for an independent review into the origins and spread of the coronavirus has support from 116 nations at the World Health Assembly
May 18, 2020 12:30 PM IST The two-day 73rd session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) of the WHO beginning Monday is taking place in the backdrop of growing calls including by US President Donald Trump to investigate how the virus originated in China's Wuhan city. China and the US were locked in a spat over the issue.
May 17, 2020 10:41 AM IST The pandemic shows how sensitive the environment and the ecosystem surrounding us is. India needs to focus on a green recovery now
May 17, 2020 07:30 AM IST In a document on cleaning and disinfecting surfaces as part of the response to the virus, the WHO says spraying can be ineffective.
