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Ethiopia lashes out at WHO chief for Tigray war remarks

Nairobi – Ethiopia has asked the UN health agency to investigate its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for “harmful misinformation”... Read more

14 Jan, 2022

Paris – A Covid “tsunami” threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO said on Wednesday, as record surges fuelled... Read more

30 Dec, 2021

Geneva – Omicron still poses “very high” risk and could overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO warned on Wednesday, as... Read more

29 Dec, 2021

Kinshasa – A vaccination drive against cholera kicked off last week targeting two million people in the troubled east... Read more

28 Dec, 2021

Geneva – The World Health Organisation chief warned on Wednesday that the rush in wealthy countries to roll out additional... Read more

22 Dec, 2021

Geneva – The World Health Organisation chief called Monday for the world to pull together and make the difficult decisions... Read more

20 Dec, 2021

Brazzaville – Africa has recorded a massive rise in Covid cases over the past week, but the number of... Read more

15 Dec, 2021

Geneva – The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less... Read more

13 Dec, 2021

Johannesburg – A preliminary study by South African scientists published on Thursday suggests the Omicron variant is three times more... Read more

3 Dec, 2021

Johannesburg – People infected with earlier variants of Covid do not appear to be protected against Omicron, although vaccination will... Read more

2 Dec, 2021