Geneva, Oct 5: The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an alert for four “contaminated” India-made medicines, chiefly for paediatric use, identified in the west…
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New Delhi, Jul 25: India has reported four cases of monkeypox so far – three from Kerala and one from Delhi – the latest being…
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Geneva, Jul 15: About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diptheria, largely because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted…
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Geneva, March 7 (IANS) The introduction of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19 infection, to wildlife could result in the establishment of animal reservoirs, which may,…
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Geneva, Jan 28: Chinese researchers have detected a new type of coronavirus among bats in South Africa. While research claims it has latent ability to…
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Kolkata, Jan 18: Blanket approaches such as complete restriction on the movement of people and travel bans can be counterproductive in containing Covid in a…
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New Delhi, Dec 18: With seven countries in the South-East Asia Region confirming cases of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the World Health Organization on Saturday…
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Geneva, Dec 9: Certain features of the Omicron variant, including its global spread and large number of mutations, suggest it could have a major impact…
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Manila, Dec 3 (AP) World Health Organisation officials in the Western Pacific say border closures adopted by some countries may buy time to deal with…
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New Delhi, Nov 29: As fear grows over a new Covid variant now known as Omicron, doctors in South Africa have observed first symptoms of…
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