Geneva

Geneva : The number of newly reported monkeypox cases has decreased worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).In the week from August 15-21, there were 21 per cent fewer cases than in the previous week, dpa news agency…

Geneva : Monkeypox cases have seen an exponential jump of 20 per cent in the last week with more than 35,000 infections and 12 deaths reported from 92 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). "Almost 7,500 cases were…

Geneva : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid causing any cultural or social offence, the WHO said in a statement. A group of…

Geneva : Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Europe and the Americas have been the hardest hit by the global monkeypox outbreak. Addressing reporters here, the WHO chief said…

Geneva : The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is "nowhere near over" as the number of new cases worldwide has risen by 30 per cent in the last two weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said."I am concerned that cases of Covid-19 continue…

Geneva : Unlike other Covid variants, Omicron appears to be able to evade the antibodies generated by all other variants, according to a study.A team from the Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases of the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and of the…

Geneva : Testing continues to be a challenge for the monkeypox virus that has infected more than 6,000 people in 58 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.Low testing means that cases go…

Geneva : The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that 5,322 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox had been reported to it from 53 countries both endemic and non-endemic."From January 1 to June 30 this year, we have 5,322…

Geneva : The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) opened at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.During the four-day meeting which started on Sunday, members of the trade organisation will hold…

Geneva : The monkeypox virus may be spreading 'undetected', said the World Health Organisation even as the global confirmed cases rise to more than 550 from 30 countries that are not endemic to the virus. While, so far, most cases have been…