The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while there is hope for a vaccine against Covid-19, one might never be found. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing there was “no silver bullet at the moment
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WHO: Coronavirus pandemic is a 'once-in-a-century' health crisis
WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says effect of coronavirus will be felt for decades to come. The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General
WHO warns partying youngsters not to 'let down guard' on COVID-19
GENEVA (Reuters) – Young people letting down their guard to enjoy the summer holidays are partly driving a spike in new COVID-19 cases in some countries, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. A fresh jump in cases in parts
WHO says Covid-19 by far its worst global health emergency
GENEVA (REUTERS) – The new coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the World Health Organization (WHO) has faced, its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday (July 27).
The Chinese spy who hunted on LinkedIn
Jun Wei Yeo, an ambitious and freshly enrolled Singaporean PhD student, was no doubt delighted when he was invited to give a presentation to Chinese academics in Beijing in 2015. His doctorate research was about Chinese foreign policy and he
Greeley police arrest man who allegedly sprayed officers with bear spray, shot at officers
A 51-year-old man who police said sprayed officers with bear spray and then shot at officers during a pursuit that started in Greeley was arrested early Saturday morning, according to the Greeley Police Department. James Nicholson was arrested on suspicion
Lakewood man who killed two people while driving high on meth gets 158 years in prison
A 29-year-old man who killed two people while driving high on methamphetamine was sentenced Monday to 158 years in prison. William Lloyd Jokay-Szilagji killed Jacob Bowen, 26, and Jesse Edmonds, 30, in May 2019 when he ran a red light
WHO and other experts say no evidence of COVID-19 losing potency
LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – World Health Organization experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been losing
WHO has worked 'day and night' on pandemic, funding lags: Tedros tells board
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has worked non-stop since the novel coronavirus emerged, informing its 194 member states of its evolution and providing technical advice, its director-general said on Friday. “WHO has worked day and night to
Republican senators ask U.N. chief for independent WHO review panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the body appeared to have shown “remarkable deference” to