WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak
KINSHASA: The World Health Organisation on Tuesday (May 19) voiced concern about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 130 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and warned it could be lengthy. The UN health agency has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever in […]
Read MoreWHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
By AFP and published by CNA MADRID – World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday (May 12) “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three […]
Read MoreWHO says Nipah virus risk low in India with no sign of spread
By Reuters and published by CNA GENEVA – A World Health Organization official said on Friday (Jan. 30) that the risk of the spread of the Nipah virus is low, saying that none of the over 190 contacts of the two people infected in India had tested positive or developed symptoms of the disease. […]
Read MoreWHO again declares mpox a global public health emergency
By Reuters and published by CNA THE World Health Organization on Wednesday (Aug. 14) declared mpox (previously known as monkeypox) a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. An emergency committee […]
Read MoreMinistry keeping eye on spread of Mpox in Africa with most patients being children
THE Public Health Ministry has stepped up surveillance and screening measures for Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) as the World Health Organization is now preparing to raise the highest alert level over an outbreak sweeping through several African countries, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 11). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said 70% […]
Read MoreOfficial stats not reflecting true impact of Covid-19 wave in China: WHO
Beijing –The World Health Organization (WHO) criticised China’s “very narrow” definition of Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday (Jan. 4), warning that official statistics were not showing the true impact of the outbreak. “We believe that the current numbers being published from China under-represent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in […]
Read MoreWHO recommends gay and bisexual men limit sexual partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox
By Spencer Kimball, CNBC THE World Health Organisation yesterday (July 27) recommended that gay and bisexual men limit their number of sexual partners to protect themselves from monkeypox and help slow transmission of the rapidly spreading virus. The WHO’s monkeypox expert, Rosamund Lewis, said men who have sex with men are the group at […]
Read MoreMonkeypox ‘a mild disease that is difficult to control’
A PROMINENT virologist said in a Facebook post today (July 25) that Monkeypox is a mild disease with mortality rate likely to be less than 3 in 10,000, especially among the most vulnerable, but difficult to control, INN News said. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty […]
Read MoreThailand’s vaccine regulatory system reaches WHO’s second-highest level
THE World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Thailand’s National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for vaccines reached Maturity Level 3, the second highest in the WHO classification of national regulatory system. Dr Marieangela Simao, the assistant director-general on access to medicines and health products, announced the news during her opening remarks at the extraordinary virtual International […]
Read MoreDangerous trend: WHO warns against mixing and matching Covid vaccines
By Reuters Staff, published by India Today, and Thai Newsroom THE World Health Organisation’s chief scientist yesterday (July 12) advised against people mixing and matching Covid-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a “dangerous trend” since there was little data available about the health impact. “So it’s a little bit of a dangerous trend […]
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