WHO COVID-19

• COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency – but ‘battle is not over’: WHO

  COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 before spreading across the world, leading to lockdowns and other public health measures for more than three years.

  World

  May 5, 2023
  
• COVID-19 pandemic in ‘transition point,’ but remains global health emergency: WHO

  More than 6.8 million people have died during the outbreak, which has touched every country on Earth, ravaging communities and economies.

  World

  Jan 30, 2023
  
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• Can health care withstand a new COVID-19 variant? WHO fearful as China sees cases soar

  Even though China is dealing with a severe COVID outbreak, that doesn’t mean that other nations in the world are in the clear, Dr. Mike Ryan says.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2022
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• Global COVID-19 cases continue rise for fifth week in a row, WHO reports

  Earlier this week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pandemic still qualifies as a global emergency and he was “concerned” about the recent spike.

  World

  Jul 14, 2022
• Global COVID-19 deaths rise for 1st time in 5 weeks, WHO reports

  The WHO said Thursday there were 8,700 COVID-19 deaths last week, with a 21 per cent jump in the Americas and a 17 per cent increase in the Western Pacific.

  World

  Jun 16, 2022
• COVID-19 cases, deaths falling globally, WHO says

  WHO previously noted that the numbers are likely to be an underestimate and dependent on countries' testing and reporting strategies.

  Health

  Jun 8, 2022
• COVID-19 pandemic has killed nearly 15M globally, including indirect deaths: WHO

  WHO provided a range of 13.3 million deaths to 16.6 million between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021, it said in a release Thursday.

  World

  May 5, 2022
• 2 new Omicron subvariants behind recent COVID-19 spike in South Africa: WHO

  WHO said that it is too soon to know if COVID subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 cause more severe symptoms, but they are 'another sign the pandemic is not done with us.'

  World

  May 4, 2022
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• Global COVID-19 decline ‘should be interpreted with caution’: WHO

  New cases and deaths are falling in every region of the world, including the Western Pacific, where a surge of infections has triggered severe lockdown measures in China.

  World

  Apr 13, 2022
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• WHO analyzing 2 new Omicron COVID-19 sub-variants: BA.4 and BA.5

  The WHO said it had begun tracking them because of their "additional mutations that need to be further studied to understand their impact on immune escape potential."

  World

  Apr 11, 2022