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Bangladesh participates in WHO’s Health for All Film Festival 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO)'s second call for entries to its Health for All Film Festival has received 1,175 submissions from 110 countries including Bangladesh, the organization said on Thursday.
WHO expert skeptical coronavirus leaked from controversial Wuhan lab
An expert from the World Health Organization tasked with tracing the origins of the novel coronavirus in China has argued it is difficult to imagine it was leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, Russia's state-run media reported Thursday.
Key workers in 145 countries must get Covid jabs by June-end: WHO
With the rollout of the Covid vaccination programme, the United Nations has urged key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries to get immunised by the first half of this year.
Covid impact: Cancer deaths likely to rise in coming years, says WHO
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a “profound” impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
WHO team to visit Wuhan lab where coronavirus rumored to be released
A team from the World Health Organization is scheduled to visit later this week a laboratory in China's Wuhan, from which the novel coronavirus is rumored to have accidentally released, sources close to the matter said Monday.
Covid: WHO lauds consecutive drop, but warns nations against complacency
Though the number of new Covid-19 cases globally has fallen for the third week in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries not to let up efforts to halt the virus.
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine OK for all adults: S Korea panel
A South Korean panel of experts has said that vaccines for the novel coronavirus by AstraZeneca can be administered to elderly people amid efficacy controversies, according to the country's drug safety agency Monday.
WHO teams visits Wuhan food market in search of coronavirus clues
A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.
Prioritise inoculation, share excess doses, WHO urges nations
With Covid-19 vaccines currently in short supply, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged governments to prioritise inoculation of health workers and the elderly, and share excess doses with other nations.
How experts will hunt for Covid-19 origins in China
After a two-week quarantine, the real work can begin. Maybe.