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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicWorld Health Organisation

Topic: World Health Organisation

WHO chief thanks India, South Africa for initiative to waive ITRIPS rules for Covid products

In his opening remarks to the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on nations to share doses through Covid Vaccine Global Access (COVAX).

Bharat Biotech submits 90% documents to WHO to obtain emergency use listing for Covaxin

The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech Ltd is expected to submit the remaining documents by June and is confident about obtaining WHO's authorisation for EUL, sources said.

Religious & political events among factors that accelerated Covid cases in India: WHO

In its Covid weekly epidemiological update, WHO said the exact contributions of each of these factors on increased transmission are not well understood.

Nearly 255 million jobs lost due to Covid globally, signs of economic recovery fragile — ILO

The International Labour Organization said global economy will end this year with the equivalent of 90 million fewer full-time jobs than before the outbreak.

1 year since Wuhan locked down — how the first Covid-19 epicentre tackled the pandemic

The 76-day lockdown in Wuhan was imposed on 23 January 2020, two days before the Chinese New Year. While it tackled the virus spread, the approach received criticism too.

US President-elect Joe Biden to mend ties with WHO, send Anthony Fauci to speak

Biden is underscoring that he intends to set a new science-based tone in seeking to reverse Donald Trump’s ways of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.

WHO advises against use of remdesivir to treat hospitalised Covid patients

WHO experts say their findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean remdesivir is ineffective, but that there is no evidence it improves patient-important outcomes.

WHO likely to give nod to novel polio vaccine before end of 2020, says report

Vaccine-derived polio poses threats of larger outbreaks, which can be fought with the new genetically modified vaccine that is still in trials.

Behind Covid curve or tropical boon? India sees declining cases as US & Europe see surge

Global hotspots including the US, France, Spain, UK, Germany and Italy witnessed a sharp rise in cases in the last week, unlike India. But experts warn against complacency.

ICMR recalls statement that said WHO’s Solidarity Trial plans to continue testing remdesivir

Remdesivir, along with HCQ, lopinavir and interferon, have shown no benefits on Covid patients in WHO's multi-national Solidarity Trial.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.