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End of Covid pandemic is near: WHO

The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed ...

A couple walk past closed shops in a quiet lane in central Sheffield, in northern England on 21 October 2020, prior to further lockdown measures to combat the rise in novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases. More than a million people in northern England will be banned from mixing with other households under tougher new coronavirus rules announced by government minister Robert Jenrick on Wednesday

Global Covid cases top 610 million

The overall number of global Covid cases has surged past 610 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

People get tested inside their vehicles at a Covid-19 testing station on 14 January, 2022 in Monterey Park, California. Americans can start requesting free at-home Covid-19 tests, limited to four free tests per home, when a federal website begins accepting orders on 19 January amid nationwide shortages

Global Covid cases top 584 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 584 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968

One youth dies with Monkeypox-like symptoms in India

Health minister of India’s Kerala state, Veena George initiated a high-level inquiry into the death of a youth, presenting with monkeypox-like symptoms. The youth is from Chavakkad Kuranjiyur in ...

A staff member of the Westchester Medical Center applies a monkeypox vaccine to a person in a drive-through monkeypox vaccination point at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, US, on 28 July 2022

Spain, Brazil report first monkeypox-related deaths outside Africa

According to the WHO, more than 18,000 cases have been detected throughout the world outside of Africa since the beginning of May

People line up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing on 22 January, 2021, part of a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant

Global Covid cases top 576 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 576 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

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WHO triggers highest alert on monkeypox

“I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference.

Medical workers in protective suits collect swabs for nucleic acid tests during a city-wide testing following new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in Qingdao, Shandong province, China 12 October 2020

Global Covid cases near 571 million

The overall number of Covid cases is now nearing 571 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in 3 decades : WHO, UNICEF

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in 3 decades : WHO, UNICEF

The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published by WHO and UNICEF on Friday

A woman cooks a meal in a shanty settlement in Dhaka

73pc people in Bangladesh cannot afford healthy food: UN

One has to spend Tk 276 daily for a healthy diet here in Bangladesh and 73 per cent of the total population cannot afford it

Medical workers administer tests at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing centre in the wake of new positive cases in Sydney, Australia on 17 June 2021.

Global Covid cases top 562 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 562 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

People line up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing on 22 January, 2021, part of a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant

Global Covid cases top 561 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 561 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

A 3D-printed coronavirus model in front of the words coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on display in this illustration

BA.4, BA.5 variants spur 20pc rise in Covid cases: WHO

The global figure overall remains relatively stable, but nobody should be under any illusion that the coronavirus is on the way out

A girl drinks water at a school

‘Lack of safe drinking water impacts 8.5m schoolchildren in Bangladesh’

Schoolchildren in the least developed countries and fragile contexts are the most affected, and emerging data shows that few schools have disability-accessible WASH services

Health workers screen passengers arriving from abroad for Monkeypox symptoms at Anna International Airport terminal in Chennai on 3 June 2022.

WHO drops endemic country distinction for monkeypox

The World Health Organization says it has removed the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries in its data on monkeypox to better unify the response to the virus.

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