BANGKOK (REUTERS) : The Thai government on Sunday (Feb 14) defended its decision not to join the WHO-sponsored coronavirus vaccine … More
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China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID-19 cases: Investigator
SHANGHAI : China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the … More
What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
WUHAN, China (AP) : A World Health Organization team is leaving China on Wednesday after gaining some new insights into … More
Where did coronavirus come from? WHO scientists uncover fresh clues
WUHAN (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) : Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and … More
The Latest: WHO team meets with managers, residents in Wuhan
WUHAN, China — World Health Organization investigators looking for clues into the origin of the coronavirus in Wuhan say the … More
WHO team visits Wuhan market, where first Covid-19 cases were reported
WUHAN, CHINA (AFP, REUTERS) : A team of World Health Organisation (WHO) experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 visited a … More
WHO chief lambasts vaccine profits, demands elderly go first
GENEVA (AP) : The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it’s “not right” … More
China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
BEIJING (AP) : China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in infections … More
Asia Today: China’s COVID-19 hospitalizations, cases rise
BEIJING (AP) : China says it is now treating more than 1,000 people for COVID-19 as numbers of cases continue … More
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
WUHAN, China (AP) : A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was … More
‘My country in trouble’: WHO chief on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
Tedros, the most high-profile Tigrayan, says he has many relatives in the troubled region, ‘including my younger brother’. In rare, … More
Can Poor Countries Avoid A Vaccine Bidding War?
The world has received the best possible gift for the coming year. The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines … More
My early thoughts on the impending Covid-19 vaccination in our nation — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin
Like most of you, I have been following the Covid-19 pandemic at close range. I honestly hope it has been … More
Govt considering cutting quarantine period to 10 days
This is in line with a WHO study stating that seven days is enough time to determine whether a person … More
1 million COVID-19 deaths ‘an agonising milestone’: UN chief
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) described the 1 million deaths from COVID-19 as an “agonising milestone”, even as infections … More
Malaysia to extend movement curbs to Dec 31, says PM Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday that the country’s movement curbs will be extended to Dec … More
ASEAN, Australia vow to work with WHO to enhance collective response to COVID-19
PHNOM PENH Xinhua) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia on Tuesday vowed to work with the … More
Meeting affirms ASEAN-Russia solidarity
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosted a video conference with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) … More
‘This virus may never go away,’ WHO says
“We need to get into the mindset that it is going to take some time to come out of this pandemic”
