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WHO concurs with ‘emerging evidence’ of COVID-19 being airborne

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2020 0

By Sharon Isaalah World Health Organisation has responded to an open letter by a group of scientists urging the umbrella health body to address the possibility of COVID-19 virus being airborne. The letter opens with: “We appeal to the medical community and to the relevant national and

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WHO urges more investments, services for mental health

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2020 0

By Doosuur Iwambe World Health Organisation ( WHO) has called on countries to increase their support for mental health services. According to the WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, investing in mental health has become imperative due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global health body therefore stressed the need for a massive scale-up […]

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Corticosteroids, WHO approves for treatment of server case of COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2020 0

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a guidance for clinicians and healthcare decision-makers on the use of Corticosteroids for patients with severe COVID-19. In a statement on Wednesday, Corticosteroids are listed in the WHO model list of essential medicines, readily available globally at a low cost, Daily Times gathered. It said: “We recommend systemic […]

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Coronavirus: WHO Chief, Ghebreyesus gives virus end date

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2020 0

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes coronavirus pandemic will be over under two years, Daily Times understands. READ ALSO: COVID-19: No plans to reopen Universities — ASUU clears The world Health Oganization boss chef, speaking in Geneva,said the Spanish flu of 1918 had taken two years to overcome. Adding that current advances in technology could […]

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$100b dollars needed to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccine- WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2020 0

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus has stated that more than 100 billion dollars will be required to ensure everyone globally can access the tools to fight COVID-19. Ghebreyesus stated this during a virtual news conference in Geneva. “This sounds like lots of money and it is. “But it is small in […]

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Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 700,000

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2020 0

COVID-19 death toll worldwide has surpassed 700,000, reaching 701,754 as of Thursday, according to the latest number from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Daily Times gathered. Globally, 18,575,326 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported to the WHO. The U.S. and Brazil remain the top two in both confirmed cases and deaths, with 4,728,239 cases […]

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COVID-19 vaccines now in phase 3 clinical trials – WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 3 August 2020 0

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), says a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. READ ALSO: 19 potential COVID-19 vaccines currently in clinical… Ghebreyesus made this known at a virtual news conference on Monday at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva. The director-general said:

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Coronavirus: WHO warns pandemic will be lengthy

Ihesiulo Grace 2 August 2020 0

World Health Organization (WHO) says coronavirus pandemic is likely to be “lengthy” and warns of risk of “response fatigue”. .The World Health Organization on Saturday warned the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be “lengthy” after its emergency committee met to evaluate the crisis six months after sounding the international alarm. The

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We will not use UK’s approved ‘Life saving drug’ unless approved by WHO – NCDC

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2020 0

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that the new coronavirus drug, Dexamethasone, recently announced by British Government, is yet to be approved for use in the treatment of patients with the viral disease in Nigeria. The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had on Tuesday said UK researchers identified a new cheap drug, which […]

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Africa COVID-19 cases hit 222,000, death toll over 6,000 – WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 13 June 2020 0

Abuja – The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa is now over 222,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Saturday. “There are over 222,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with […]

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Increased use of antibiotics to fight COVID-19 will lead to more deaths – WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2020 0

Increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organization said Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a “worrying number” of bacterial infections were becoming increasingly resistant to the medicines traditionally used

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World No Tobacco Day: Resist use of nicotine, WHO urges youths

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2020 0

Today is World No Tobacco day and Nigeria is joining the rest of the world to commemorate the day. This year’s theme is “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use.” The motivation behind the theme is the tobacco industry’s manipulation of the youth to become smokers through use of […]

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WHO, UNICEF warn against harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

Encourage women indulge in exclusive breast-feeding of their children A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations children Fund (UNICEF), and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has revealed that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in protecting parents

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WHO praises African leaders on fight against COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2020 0

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa, has paid tribute to African leaders for the progress they have made in their fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Moeti gave the tribute on the official twitter account of the WHO Regional Office for Africa @WHOAFRO on Tuesday. The regional director also commended Africans for […]

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U.S. savages WHO as it promises pandemic review, but China pledges $2 billion

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2020 0

The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China, in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic. But the WHO’s chief critic, the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump, decried […]

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WHO warns Coronavirus may never go away

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2020 0

The WHO has warned coronavirus ‘may never go away’ and that mankind will have to learn to live with the disease in the same way it adjusted to HIV.Dr Mike Ryan, director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies programme, was asked yesterday how long it might take before we emerge on the other side of COVID-19. […]

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Tanzania faulty coronavirus tests, WHO rejects claim

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2020 0

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rejected claims by Tanzanian President John Magufuli that coronavirus tests in his country had been faulty. WHO Africa director Matshidiso Moeti rejected the claim at a media briefing on Thursday. READ ALSO: 80,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported daily – WHO “We are convinced that the tests … are […]

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80,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported daily – WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 7 May 2020 0

The Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says since the beginning of April, an average of 80,000 new cases of COVID-19 are being reported daily. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus disclosed the figure in his speech at a news conference in Geneva. READ ALSO: COVID-19 confirmed cases in Africa rise to over 51,000 […]

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WHO chief reiterates coronavirus had natural origin; US states continue to open

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2020 0

The head of emergencies at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reiterated that the group believes the novel coronavirus is “natural in origin”. Dr Michael Ryan responded today to comments by US President Donald Trump, who said he has seen information that the virus may have emerged from a virology institute in China. Ryan said WHO teams […]

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COVID-19: No evidence that people who recovered can’t be re-infected – WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2020 0

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is no evidence that people who recovered from COVID-19 cannot be re-infected. In a “Scientific Brief” released from its headquarters in Geneva on Saturday and posted on its website, WHO warned against propagating the idea of COVID-19 ‘immunity passport’. READ ALSO: Donald Trump cuts daily briefing short after […]