Tag Archives: World Health Organization

Jubilee News Desk New variant of covid B.1.1529 has compelled countries to impose travel restrictions and increase screening and testing. More countries are tightening their travel restrictions. This after South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong reported the new variant in the past one week. Collectively they have reported 10 cases …

Special Desk  World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) next stage plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has been dumped by China. WHO wanted to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified including Wuhan labs from where the virus is said to have been ‘leaked.’ But China …

Special Desk While covid vaccines are being administered and new ones are under trials a new study has begun to see possibilities of merging two different vaccines for separate doses. IN UK, scientists have launched the world’s first study examining whether different coronavirus vaccines can safely be used for two-dose …

Special Desk What led to the leak of covid-19 virus? To find an answer, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reached Chinese city of Wuhan to investigate the origin of the Covid-19. The long-awaited probe came up only after months of negotiations between the WHO and China. Ten scientists will …

Jubilee News Desk India has reported 20 cases of the new covid strain said authorities where 33,000 passengers, who’ve arrived from the UK between November 25 and December 23, are being tracked of which 1655 are in Uttar Pradesh. Fresh 14 cases of the new coronavirus mutant strain that was …

Special Desk A new coronavirus strain which surfaced in England could spread faster and authorities have called for greater public vigilance to reduce transmission. England’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty confirmed Saturday that London had informed the World Health Organization of its findings. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said scientists had …

Special Desk World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a record 307,930 new covid cases, in 24 hours with India, US and Brazil reporting majority. WHO said that deaths rose by more than 5,500, bringing the global total to 917,417. Worldwide there have been more than 28 million confirmed cases. The …

Special Desk Everyday some statement rocks our mind about the COVID-19 and here is yet another one from the World Health Organization (WHO) that says the coronavirus pandemic will be over in two years. Speaking in Geneva WHO head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus compared and said the Spanish flu of 1918 …

Dr. Seema Javed Though the threat of corona virus is grave and deserves every bit of the attention it is receiving. Perhaps embracing the seriousness of air pollution with a similar vigor would allow billions of people around the world to lead longer and healthier lives. People in states like …

Special Desk As coronavirus spreads in Afghanistan, the already burdened hospitals by decades of war face the heat also with worsening Covid-19 crisis. Beds are in short supply in the city, and resources are desperately stretched. Demand even for oxygen cylinders has been so high during the pandemic that the …