WHO declares COVID still global crisis, pandemic at transition point
Geneva—Three years to the day after the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the highest level of global alert over COVID-19, ...
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Three years on, WHO says Covid still global emergency
Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest level of global alert over Covid-19, it said ...
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COVID slows down; WHO mulls
lowering alert level on pandemic
COVID-19 has significantly slowed down, but still kills thousands across the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun discussions—its ...
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WHO chief worried over COVID deaths
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern over the increasing number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide. WHO Director-General Tedros ...
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PH is prepared as end of COVID looms—DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) has assured that the country is “prepared” and will continuously prepare for COVID-19. This, even ...
Read moreDOH: PH ready once pandemic state is lifted
The Department of Health (DOH) said the Philippines is ready should the World Health Organization (WHO) declare the end to ...
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COVID global crisis may end in 2023—WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) sees the declaration of the COVID-19 disease as a public health emergency being lifted this ...
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China stats ‘under-represent’ true impact of Covid outbreak: WHO
The World Health Organization criticised China's "very narrow" definition of Covid deaths on Wednesday, warning that official statistics were not ...
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‘Grant tax incentives to volunteer doctors’
A group of legislators sought the grant of tax incentives to doctors volunteering their services for free to indigent patients as ...
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WHO eyes end to COVID, Mpox
Geneva—The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday it hopes that COVID-19 and Mpox will no longer be public health emergencies ...
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