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WHO chief promises independent & ‘transparent’ review of its handling of Covid-19 pandemic response

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The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has promised that an independent review of the organization’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic will begin at the “earliest appropriate” time. … Read More >WHO chief promises independent & ‘transparent’ review of its handling of Covid-19 pandemic response

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Coronavirus to burn out ‘naturally’ BEFORE vaccine? Former top WHO oncologist Karol Sikora says there’s ‘REAL CHANCE’ of that

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Covid-19 could be “petering out by itself” before the world comes up with any vaccine, a leading academic, formerly the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top oncologist has said. … Read More >Coronavirus to burn out ‘naturally’ BEFORE vaccine? Former top WHO oncologist Karol Sikora says there’s ‘REAL CHANCE’ of that

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‘Humans are not herds’: WHO thrashes ‘brutal arithmetic’ of herd immunity to beat Covid-19 pandemic

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In the absence of a vaccine, the increasingly discussed idea of beating the novel coronavirus pandemic through achieving so-called herd immunity could be a disastrous miscalculation, a senior WHO official has warned. … Read More >‘Humans are not herds’: WHO thrashes ‘brutal arithmetic’ of herd immunity to beat Covid-19 pandemic

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War of words over actual war? US BLOCKS UN resolution on global Covid-19 ceasefire over its support for WHO

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A dispute between the US and China scuttled a proposed UN resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic, after Beijing insisted on support for the World Health Organization and Washington vetoed it. … Read More >War of words over actual war? US BLOCKS UN resolution on global Covid-19 ceasefire over its support for WHO

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‘No going back to business as usual’: WHO boss says pandemic won’t end until inequalities fueling it are addressed

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The head of the World Health Organization has said the Covid-19 pandemic won’t be successfully tackled until the world deals with the inequalities that have allowed the virus to wreak havoc across the globe. … Read More >‘No going back to business as usual’: WHO boss says pandemic won’t end until inequalities fueling it are addressed

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WHO should debunk ‘conspiracy theorist’ Pompeo with independent Covid-19 probe, says German politician

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Leading member of Germany’s Green Party Jürgen Trittin called on the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the coronavirus so as to counter ‘conspiracy theorists’ such as the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. … Read More >WHO should debunk ‘conspiracy theorist’ Pompeo with independent Covid-19 probe, says German politician

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WHO’s not invited? World Health Organization seeks permission to participate in China’s investigation into Covid-19 origins

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Beijing is investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, but the agency has so far been prevented from participating in the probe. … Read More >WHO’s not invited? World Health Organization seeks permission to participate in China’s investigation into Covid-19 origins

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US SNUBS launch of WHO-led initiative aimed at making Covid-19 vaccine globally & generally available

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World leaders have taken part in the launch of a global initiative to ensure equal access to the future vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The event, hosted by the World Health Organization, was notably snubbed by the US. … Read More >US SNUBS launch of WHO-led initiative aimed at making Covid-19 vaccine globally & generally available