Posts Tagged ‘World Health Organisation’

Covid emergency over … suffering continues

Thursday, May 11th, 2023
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Just because the World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Covid-19 health emergency is over, it doesn’t mean everything’s OK. Far from it. It’s still a global health and welfare threat, WHO officials say. We can expect the same devastating health and social consequences will continue to plague us. The virus keeps evolving and spreading. Many Read more

WHO calls on countries to bring back mask rules as Covid ‘runs free’

Monday, July 18th, 2022

Fresh surges of Covid infections show the pandemic is nowhere near over, the World Health Organisation’s chief has said, warning the virus is running free. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was worried case numbers were shooting up, putting more strain on health systems and workers. The number of Covid cases reported to the WHO increased Read more