As of 31 July, WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region has reported almost 12.6 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 236 000 deaths. Many countries are reporting a substantial increase in the number of cases and deaths over the past month, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Somalia. An...
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WHO: Understanding the long-term consequences of COVID ‘a clear priority’
A senior World Health Organization official urges national authorities to make a priority of understanding the long-term consequences of coronavirus infections as some people show worrying symptoms months later. “It’s a clear priority for WHO, and of the utmost importance. It should be for every health authority,” Hans Kluge, regional director for WHO Europe, tells...
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After Wuhan mission on pandemic origins, WHO team dismisses lab leak theory
After a 12-day visit, a World Health Organization mission to Wuhan appeared no closer Tuesday to solving the mystery of the pandemic’s origins, reiterating that the coronavirus likely spread to humans from an animal and casting doubt on theories it leaked from a lab. The group’s findings — more than a year after the initial...
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WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at center of speculation
A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 has visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the high-security laboratory at the center of speculation about a possible link to the outbreak. The experts spent around three hours at the facility, where they aimed to question key staff and review data, as part of a broader mission that has included visits to hospitals, research centers and the wet market tied to early cases in Wuhan.
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WHO team visits Wuhan wet market to find COVID clues
A World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Wuhan’s Baishazhou seafood market, one of the city’s largest wet markets and an early focal point of the outbreak. The experts, accompanied by Chinese officials, are conducting field visits to key sites in Wuhan, including hospitals and laboratories, to gather clues on how the virus first emerged.
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WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan set to leave quarantine
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan is preparing to leave hotel quarantine and begin on-the-ground fieldwork, two weeks after arriving in China. The visit, delayed by diplomatic tensions and concerns over access, marks a new phase in the long-awaited probe into how the virus first emerged, with experts cautioning that there are no guarantees of clear answers.
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Health Minister, UNRWA discuss plan to vaccinate Palestinians
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Monday met with an “UNRWA” delegation headed by UNRWA Director in Lebanon, Claudio Cordone, in the presence of World Health Organization representative in Lebanon, Iman Al-Shankiti, and head of the National Committee for the Management of the Vaccination dossier, Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Bizri. The meeting agreed on...
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WHO team arrives in China’s Wuhan to investigate COVID-19 origins
An international team of World Health Organization scientists has arrived in Wuhan, China, to investigate the origins of COVID-19. After a delayed approval process and amid calls for a transparent probe, the experts will begin their mission with two weeks of quarantine before interviewing researchers, hospital staff and market workers linked to the early outbreak.