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The World Health Organization on Friday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over and said there's a possibility of new variants. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told attendees at the Munich Security Conference in Germa..
Akash Bashir is the first Asian to be given the title; his elder brother is now a volunteer guard at the same church attacked by the Taliban splinter group. On the morning of March 15, 2015, Akash Bashir, 21, was standing guard outside the St. Joh..
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (Feb 11) the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if around 70% of the world gets vaccinated. "Our expectation is that the acute phase of this pandemic will end ..
The Regional Subcommittee on Polio Eradication and Outbreaks at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean has chosen HE the Minister of Public Health Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al-Kuwari as co-chair of the committee, du..
A public funeral has been held for a five-year-old boy who fell down well in Morocco, prompting large-scale but ultimately unsuccessful rescue efforts. Large crowds gathered in the village of Ighran to mourn the boy, Rayan Oram, who was trapped in..
Rescuers who are desperately trying to reach a five-year-old boy who fell into a well in northern Morocco four days ago say they are "almost there". The boy, named by local media as Rayan, was reportedly playing near the well in the town..
The emerging BA.2 form of the Omicron coronavirus variant does not seem to be any more severe than the original BA.1 form, an official of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Vaccines also continue to provide similar protection against t..
Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said on Tuesd..
The World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will have caught the Omicron Covid variant within the next six to eight weeks. Dr Hans Kluge said a "west-to-east tidal wave" of Omicron was sweeping across the region, on top ..