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WHO warns of Covid-induced anxiety, depression worldwide
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday of a sharp increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression related to the Covid-19 pandemic, caused largely by social isolation. Young people…
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Loud music may up hearing loss risk in over 1 bn young adults: WHO
Geneva: More than 1 billion people aged 12 to 35 years risk losing their hearing due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud music and other recreational sounds, the World Health Organisation…
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Covid pandemic may end in 2022: WHO
Moscow: If there are no more major Covid outbreaks after Omicron, the pandemic may see an end in 2022, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Russia has said. However, it does…
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WHO chief calls for cooperation, financing to end Covid pandemic
Munich: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for cooperation and collaboration in the face of common threats from the Covid-19 pandemic. The WHO chief made the remarks…
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Hyderabad: Kishan Reddy writes to KCR, asks to resolve land issue for WHO’s Centre
Hyderabad: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday wrote to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao regarding the planned WHO’s Global Centre for Traditional Medicine to be set up in Hyderabad. He…
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WHO chief, Taliban discuss Afghan health crisis
Kabul: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that he met Taliban Health Minister Qalander Ebad for talks on the “dire” health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Ghebreyesus…
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WHO shows J-K as part of Pak, China; TMC leader questions Home Ministry, MEA
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO), on its website, has shown Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan and China, Trinamool Congress MP Dr Santanu Sen said in his letter to…
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Japan to watch WHO probe of director’s alleged racism, abuse
Tokyo: Japan’s government said Friday it will watch the World Health Organization’s investigation into staff complaints over racism and abuse by a top Japanese official at the agency but denied it inappropriately…
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WHO: COVID-19 boosters should start with most vulnerable
Geneva: The World Health Organisation says that coronavirus vaccine boosters should now now be offered to people, starting with the most vulnerable, in a move away from its previous insistence that boosters…
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India should adopt risk-based approach not blanket bans to contain Covid: WHO
Kolkata: Blanket approaches such as complete restriction on the movement of people and travel bans can be counterproductive in containing Covid in a country like India, says WHO’s India representative Roderico H…
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Coronavirus is here to stay, will not vanish completely: WHO
Moscow: The way the novel coronavirus pandemic is developing suggests that the virus will never go away completely, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Sunday. The virus will circulate as…
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Omicron exposes inflexibility of Europe’s public hospitals
Strasbourg (France): A World Health Organisation official warned last week of a closing window of opportunity for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed as the omicron variant…