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World Health Organisation backs Neil Young in Covid row with Spotify

The chief of the World Health Organization chief has backed rock star Neil Young in his row with music streaming site Spotify over the spread of Covid misinformation.

Evening Standard

Covid to be declared endemic by year's end in Thailand

The Public Health Ministry plans to declare Covid-19 an endemic disease by the end of this year, using its own criteria and with or without World Health Organization confirmation.

Bangkok Post

WHO staff complaint, email allege racism and abuse in Asia

Staffers at the World Health Organization have alleged the U.N. health agency’s top director in the Western Pacific engaged in unethical, racist, and abusive behavior that has undermined its efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic, according to an internal complaint filed last October

The Independent UK

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WHO: Record weekly COVID cases last week but deaths stable

The World Health Organization says there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week

The Independent UK

WHO: Omicron Risk Remains Very High

The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday, with the numbers of new Covid-19 cases hitting another record high last week. "Over 21 million new cases were reported, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sub-variant of omicron on the rise, WHO warns

The World Health Organization warned this week that a sub-variant of omicron was on the rise.

Tribune News Service

Exclusive-U.S. funding to WHO fell by 25% during pandemic -document

U.S. financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) have fallen by 25% during the coronavirus pandemic, provisional data show, with Washington's future support to the United Nations agency under review.

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WHO chief makes case for 2nd term as Ethiopia criticizes him

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has laid out more plans to fight the virus and other priorities as he pitched his case for a new five-year term

The Independent UK

Ethiopia slams WHO chief at international meeting over Tigray comments

An Ethiopian ambassador slammed the World Health Organization's chief over his comments on the Tigray conflict, during the WHO's executive board meeting in Geneva.

Radio France Internationale

WHO head says it is 'dangerous' to assume pandemic is nearing end, but says 'acute phase' could end this year

The head of the World Health Organization says it would be dangerous to assume Omicron will be the last variant to emerge.

ABC News

With U.S. support in doubt, WHO chief praises top donor Germany

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that Germany had become its largest donor as data from the U.N. agency showed it looked set to surpass former top contributor Washington for the latest funding period.

Reuters

COVID-19 pandemic can end in 2022 if international community takes comprehensive measures: WHO chief

The international community can put an end to the coronavirus pandemic in 2022 if it takes comprehensive measures, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.

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WHO Chief Warns Against Talk of 'Endgame' in Pandemic

The head of the World Health Organization is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it's dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame,” while saying the acute phase of the pandemic could still end this year…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO chief warns against talk of 'endgame' in pandemic

The head of the World Health Organization is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it’s dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame.”

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WHO 'sets aside' Ethiopia's request to probe WHO chief's links to rebellious Tigrayan forces

A World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday that the global body would postpone a decision on Ethiopia's request to investigate its leader for allegedly supporting rebellious forces fighting the Ethiopian government.

Reuters

WHO chief says world at 'critical juncture' in COVID pandemic

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday urged countries to work together to bring the acute phase of the pandemic to an end, saying that they now have all the tools available to do so.

Tribune News Service

Looking ahead after 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic

The world was abuzz in late December of 2019 and early January 2020 with the news of human-to-human spread of COVID-19. It would not be named COVID-19 until Feb. 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization.

Asharq Al-Awsat

KSrelief Inks $15m Agreements to Support Yemeni Health Sector

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has inked deals worth $15 million with the World Health Organization to support Yemen’s health sector. The agreements were signed on Sunday by KSrelief General Supervisor Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah and WHO’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari. Under the…

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The Guardian - UK

Testing for fully vaccinated travellers to UK to be scrapped; new vaccine pass rules in France – as it happened

UK transport secretary says testing rules for travellers into country will change from 4am on 11 February; new France rules come into force

The Guardian - UK

74,799 more cases reported in UK; Russia breaks daily infection record – as it happened

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Exclusive-U.S. opposes plans to strengthen World Health Organization

The United States, the World Health Organization's top donor, is resisting proposals to make the agency more independent, four officials involved in the talks said, raising doubts about the Biden administration's long-term support for the U.N. agency.

The Independent UK

World Health Organization updates recommendations to say travel bans don’t work

WHO says countries should ‘lift or ease international traffic bans as they do not provide added value’

Tribune News Service

Lung cancer: It is about more than smoking

ROCHESTER, Minn.— World Cancer Day is February 4 and that makes this the ideal time to talk about lung cancer and smoking. Internationally, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths and the World Health Organization estimates that 90% of cases could be prevented by eliminating tobacco use.

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What does it mean for COVID-19 to be endemic?

Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an “endemic” disease, but the World Health Organization and other officials have warned that the world is nowhere close to declaring the pandemic over

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