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WHO estimates 90pct have some resistance to Covid

GENEVA: The WHO estimated Friday that 90 percent of the world population now had some resistance to Covid-19, but warned that a troubling new variant could still emerge. Gaps in vigilance were leaving the door open for a new virus variant to appear and overtake the globally dominant Omicron, said World Health Organization director-general Tedros […]

WHO chief hopes pandemic less than two years

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that he hopes the Covid-19 pandemic will last less than two years, reports Xinhua news agency. “Hoping we can have additional tools like a vaccine, I think we can finish it in a shorter time than the 1918 flu,” he told a […]

Slow, steady lifting of lockdowns key to lifting economy, control of virus

GENEVA: While countries have started lifting stay-at-home orders and other restrictions, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday stressed that a slow, steady lifting of Covid-19 lockdowns is the key to economies and control of the virus, reported Xinhua news agency. “A slow, steady lifting of lockdowns is key to both stimulating […]