Tag: Maria Van Kerkhove

The World Health Organization is eyeing to end the global health emergency on COVID-19 by the end of the year, an official said, even...

But says dropping its emergency status doesn't mean pandemic is over The World Health Organization (WHO) is working to declare an end to the COVID-19...

The monkeypox outbreaks in non-endemic countries can be contained and human-to-human transmission of the virus stopped, the World Health Organization said Monday. Fewer than 200...

The World Health Organization said the spread of Omicron was down to a combination of factors, including the make-up of the COVID-19 variant and...

WHO warns mild effects not conclusive, risks include severe illness, death The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned against treating the COVID-19 Omicron variant as...

COVID-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health...

A COVID-19 variant spreading in India, which is facing an explosive outbreak, appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being "of...

Geneva—Keeping borders closed to halt the spread of COVID-19 is unsustainable, the World Health Organization said Monday, urging countries to adopt comprehensive strategies based...

The WHO said Tuesday it would study fresh evidence on airborne transmission of the coronavirus, after an international group of scientists concluded it could...